TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES

(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) BAY AREA REPORTER, based in San Francisco, won third place for general excellence in its category in the recent CALIFORNIA NEWS PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION awards. MATTHEW S. BAJKO, the newspaper’s […]

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LGBTQ media take on mass shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo

by Joe Siegel LGBTQ media are providing a variety of coverage following the May 24 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 fourth-grade students and two teachers were killed. It was the latest in a series of mass shootings which have […]

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Bay Area Reporter publisher honored by group during AAPI Heritage Month

by Fred Kuhr May was Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. In recognition of the occasion, the Local Media Association (LMA) highlighted seven “innovative AAPI leaders working in local media and journalism around the country.” The LMA hoped to “showcase […]

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NC’s Qnotes launches “solutions journalism” project on workplace equality

by Fred Kuhr As part of the Solutions Journalism Network, Charlotte, N.C.’s Qnotes has launched a new series examining the “challenges that LGBTQ people face in the workplace and the innovative projects that are making a difference.” The Solutions Journalism Network (SJN) […]

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RI’s Options, now mostly online, marks 40th anniversary with special print edition

by Joe Siegel Options, Rhode Island’s sole LGBTQ publication, is marking its 40th anniversary this year with a special 40-page print edition. Options had published 10 issues a year before the COVID pandemic motivated the decision to be primarily a digital platform. […]

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Celebrating 20 years working at the same newspaper

by Rick Todd(Rick Todd is the publisher of Watermark, based in Orlando, Fla. The following column appeared in the February 17, 2022, issue of the newspaper. It is reprinted here with permission.) The end of February marked my 20 years of employment […]

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