GUEST COMMENTARY: Why we need LGBTQ media
by Kevin Naff (Kevin Naff is editor of the Washington Blade. This editorial originally appeared in the Los Angeles Blade. It is republished with permission of the Los Angeles Blade.) As we prepare to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, panel […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: Beau Magazine of Charleston, S.C.
Interview with Publisher Maria Rivers by Joe Siegel Year founded: 2014 Staff size and breakdown: 4 main staffers plus local guest writers Web site: www.BEAU-Magazine.com ***** PPQ: What feature or features of Beau have been the most popular with readers? Publisher Maria […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) BETWEEN THE LINES, based in Livonia, Mich., hosted publishers from the 12 largest LGBTQ newspapers in the U.S. when they met in Detroit April 10-11 for the annual meeting […]
Editors and publishers mark National Independent Bookstore Day
by Joe Siegel April 27 was National Independent Bookstore Day. To mark the day, Philadelphia Gay News founder and publisher Mark Segal went to the bookstore now known as Philly AIDS Thrift at Giovanni’s Room and posted about it on Facebook. The […]
Gay San Diego retains publisher after shuffle
by Fred Kuhr Even after a shuffle of community newspaper ownership in San Diego, David Mannis remains publisher of Gay San Diego. But that is the only newspaper left under the control of Mannis’ San Diego Community News Network (SDCNN). General readership […]
A changing Blade over 50 years
by Joe Siegel The Washington Blade is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. In its April 12 issue, the newspaper featured the many different logos the newspaper has used over the years. What began in 1969 as a one-page, monthly newsletter compiled […]
Biden and de Blasio among Dems joining crowded field
by Joe Siegel (This is the fifth in a planned series of interviews with local media professionals who have covered candidates as they announce their presidential candidacy.) Former Vice President Joe Biden has emerged as the frontrunner in a crowded – and […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: 300 and counting
by Michael Aaron (Michael Aaron is the publisher and editor of QSaltLake Magazine based in Salt Lake City, Utah. A version of this editorial appeared in the magazine’s March 21, 2019, issue.) We will put issue 300 out in May — the […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: The Unleashed Voice of Memphis, Tenn.
by Joe Siegel Interview with Publisher and Editor in Chief Gwendolyn D. Clemons Geographic Coverage Area: 36 U.S. cities ranging from Tennessee to California to Florida Year founded: 2015 Staff Breakdown: Transgender Correspondent Renae Taylor Atlanta Correspondent and HIV AIDS Specialist Writer […]
by Karen Ocamb (This article originally appeared in the Los Angeles Blade. It is republished with permission of the Los Angeles Blade.) It was the last day of Passover, a calm and tranquil Sunday in West Hollywood. And then the news started […]