TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com. FRANK BRUNI, famed NEW YORK TIMES columnist, was announced as the recipient of NLGJA’s RANDY SHILTS Award for LGBT Coverage. He will receive the awards during the group’s Dateline: […]
LGBT Media Summit broadens focus at national journalism convention
by Fred Kuhr MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Examining LGBT health beyond HIV/AIDS and the crisis of homophobia in the Caribbean were just two of the issues examined during the 12th annual LGBT Media Summit, held on September 8 in Miami Beach, Fla. […]
New England newspaper box destroyed by vandals
by Joe Siegel The Rainbow Times (TRT), based in Boston, had one of its distribution boxes destroyed in an explosion on August 23 in the town of Salem, Mass. Security camera footage revealed a group of seven people lingering around the newspaper […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: Between the Lines of Livonia, Michigan
Interview with Co-Publisher Jan Stevenson by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: All of Michigan, with the heaviest focus on Southeast Michigan and the greater Detroit area Year founded:1993 Staff size and breakdown: (writers, editors, designers, etc.) Editor in chief Susan Horowitz (full […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com. ADELANTE, based in Los Angeles, entered its 20th year of publication with its June 2016 issue. CHARLES ALEXANDER, a columnist with Livonia, Mich.-based BETWEEN THE LINES, had his artwork, […]
LGBT buying power hits new high of $917 billion
by Chuck Colbert The combined buying power of the U.S. LGBT adult population for 2015 is estimated at $917 billion. That’s according to a new analysis by Washington, D.C.-based Witeck Communications. By way of comparison, the community’s 2014 buying power was $884 billion. […]
LGBT journalists group to meet in Miami for annual confab
by Joe Siegel Over 350 journalists, media professionals, and news executives will gather for the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association’s (NLGJA) annual convention from September 8 through 11. This year’s event will be at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Miami Beach. […]
NLGJA announces Excellence Award winners
by Joe Siegel The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association has announced the recipients of its annual Excellence in Journalism Awards. “NLGJA saw unprecedented growth in nominations for the Excellence in Journalism awards during our 25th anniversary last year,” said NLGJA Awards […]
National Gay Media Association announces inaugural advertising awards
by Fred Kuhr The National Gay Media Association (NGMA) has announced the winners of the inaugural Ad POP awards. The Ad POPs (Pride in Online and Print) reward the best representations of LGBT individuals in online and print advertising in regional LGBT […]
Interview with Editor Johnny Trlica by Joe Siegel Location: Houston, Texas Year founded: 2011 Staff size and breakdown: (writers, editors, designers, etc.) Johnny Trlica, editor; Alvin Linton, webmaster; Mark Anthony, contributing writer Print run: Online only Website: www.houstonrainbowherald.com ***** PPQ: What feature […]