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Another take on the top LGBTQ news stories of 2022
by Lisa Keen, Keen News Service(The following report was previously published on December 17, 2022, by the Keen News Service, which covers national political and legal news for LGBTQ news media organizations around the country. It is reprinted here with permission.) There was […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) THE BLADE FOUNDATION in Washington, D.C., announced it has opened the application process for a new winter fellowship. It is open for an aspiring D.C.-based college-age journalist interested in […]
Goals 2023: Editors and publishers seek to expand readership, online visibility
by Joe Siegel The editors and publishers of LGBTQ media outlets have shared their goals for the new year, which include expanding their online visibility and reaching wider audiences. “Our goals for Dallas Voice in 2023 center around new income streams and […]
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Newspapers putting finishing touches on Year In Review issues
by Joe Siegel Just like holiday traditions like putting up a Christmas tree and lighting a Chanukah menorah, LGBTQ newspapers are readying their annual Year In Review issues. The Washington Blade, for one, will be published theirs at the end of the […]
Norm Kent, venerable South Florida Gay News publisher, steps down
by Fred Kuhr Norm Kent, co-founder and publisher of Wilton Manors, Fla.-based South Florida Gay News (SFGN), announced in September that he was stepping down. Jason Parsley, who was the newspaper’s executive editor, was named Kent’s successor. Kent’s decision follows more than […]
Seattle Gay News up for sale
by Joe Siegel Seattle Gay News (SGN), the weekly LGBTQ newspaper serving the Seattle metropolitan area for nearly 50 years, is up for sale. This is not a wholly unexpected move. Current publisher Angela Cragin took over the paper following the death […]
My fantastic 15 years at the Blade — hard to summarize
by Chris Johnson(Chris Johnson is the former White House reporter for the Washington Blade, who stepped down in October 2022. His replacement is Christopher Kane, who has freelanced for the Washington Blade and the Los Angeles Blade since 2018. The following piece was […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) THE BLADE FOUNDATION announced the recipient of an inaugural reporting fellowship focused on covering stories at the intersection of LGBTQ identities and race. The foundation named BRANDIE BLAND, a […]
Coverage highlights how “red wave became a ripple”
by Joe Siegel With control of the United States Senate and House of Representatives on the line in the November 8 election, several highly competitive races drew widespread coverage in LGBTQ media. But with results slowly rolling in, two days after the […]
by Christopher Kane(The following special report first appeared in the Washington Blade on December 28, 2022, and was written by the newspaper’s new White House reporter. It is reprinted here with permission.) The year 2022 will be remembered for a slew of […]