Media collective News Is Out holds first in-person meeting
by Joe Siegel The member organizations of the media collective News is Out met in Chicago last month during the Local Media Association (LMA) conference in order to discuss their future plans. News is Out, which launched earlier this year, is a […]
Project Q Atlanta announces hiatus
by Joe Siegel Project Q Atlanta announced that the publication is going on hiatus. Publisher Mike Fleming explained the decision in a May 6 column. “On Sept. 1, 2008, Project Q Atlanta promised a hyper-local ‘queer media diet’ for Atlanta. The site set out […]
Dallas Voice celebrates 38th anniversary with eye toward the future
by Tammye Nash(Tammye Nash is managing editor for Dallas Voice. The following column ran in the May 13, 2022, issue of the newspaper. It appears here with permission.) This week, we here at Dallas Voice are celebrating the 38th anniversary of our […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) BAY WINDOWS, based in Boston, entered its 39th year of publication with its July 28, 2022, issue. CAMP REHOBOTH, publisher of Rehoboth Beach, Del.’s LETTERS FROM CAMP REHOBOTH, named […]
LGBTQ+ Business Climate Index releases 2022 findings
by Joe Siegel Out Leadership, which bills itself as the oldest and largest global LGBTQ+ business advisory, has released the 2022 LGBTQ+ Business Climate Index. “In this, our fourth edition of the Index, we have taken current legislation, policies, resource allocation, and […]
Veteran reporter Chuck Colbert mourned by fellow journalists
by Joe Siegel Charles “Chuck” R. Colbert, a veteran journalist for LGBTQ media in New England and across the country, passed away on June 30. He was 67. Colbert, a native of Johnstown, Penn., later moved to Cambridge, Mass., where he was […]
SF Bay Times wants to “regulate Dick, not Jane”
by Fred Kuhr The San Francisco Bay Times often uses its full-page cover image to make a political point, as it did back in April when it splashed the official portraits of former President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama on […]
Journalists confab to be in person after two years of virtual meetings
by Joe Siegel Over 650 LGBTQ media professionals will gather again in person in the Windy City Sept. 8-11 for the NLGJA: The National Association of LGBTQ Journalists Convention. This year’s event will be held at the Drake Hotel. The 2020 Convention […]
The necessity of newspapers as SFGN turns 12
by Pier Angelo(Pier Angelo was born in Italy, moved to England at the age of 17, and learned English at the Nelson School of English. He attended college and graduate school in Manhattan. In 2009, he founded SFGN — South Florida Gay News — […]
by Joe Siegel CHICAGO — Some of the discussions at the NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists convention addressed the use of language pertaining to gender and ethnic identity. “Gender and Language in Media: What Journalists Can Do to be More Inclusive” […]