Month: March 2020
Publications deal with fallout from global pandemic
by Joe Siegel LGBTQ media outlets across the country are adjusting to a new reality in a world gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic. For one, Iowa’s GoGuide, based in Iowa City, announced free advertising for all businesses in two counties through June. […]
Buttigieg candidacy a proud moment for most, but not all
by Joe Siegel Pete Buttigieg ended his historic campaign for president after a poor showing in South Carolina on February 29. The openly gay former mayor of South Bend, Ind., later endorsed rival Joe Biden. But the questions remains: Did LGBTQ media […]
Presidential campaigns largely forego LGBTQ media ads
by Joe Siegel The myriad of political campaign advertising in a busy election year does not seem to have included LGBTQ media outlets. “LGBTQ media is an afterthought for candidates,” said Russ White, publisher of Las Vegas-based QLife. “They will show up […]
Out and The Advocate announce new editorial team
by Fred Kuhr Last December, the editors in chief of two of the most venerable community magazines — Out and The Advocate — both announced that they were leaving Pride Media, which owns both publications, on the same day, December 11. In […]
Blade Foundation awards two fellowships in Washington and Delaware
by Fred Kuhr The Blade Foundation, a non-profit arm of the Washington Blade that works to educate young and upcoming LGBTQ journalists and to fund enterprise projects into community topics, announced that it has awarded two $2,000 fellowships to aspiring journalists. The […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: LGBTQ media’s role in keeping the internet free and uncensored
by Mark Segal (Mark Segal is the publisher of Philadelphia Gay News. This column originally appeared in PGN. It is reprinted here with permission.) PGN’s Mark Segal This newspaper you are reading right now (Philadelphia Gay News) most likely had a major […]
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(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) CHRIS AZZOPARDI, an editor and writer with Q SYNDICATE, had an essay he wrote published by the New York Times on February 27, 2020. It’s called “I Love You […]