SIDEBAR: NLGJA selects new executive director
by Chuck Colbert The national organization for LGBT media professionals has a new leader. He is Adam K. Pawlus, who has assumed top-staff duties as executive director of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA). The announcement of his selection came […]
TOP STORY: Reporting the backlash on “Forcing the Spring”
LGBT media tackle community outrage over Jo Becker’s controversial book by Chuck Colbert The pushback was fierce and swift within the LGBT community against a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter, Jo Becker, and her new book, “Forcing the Spring: The Inside […]
LGBT publication and state AIDS agencies launch HIV prevention campaign
by Chuck Colbert Michigan’s Between The Lines newspaper, along with several non-profit groups working statewide to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic, has launched a new social media and web campaign to draw attention to significant changes in HIV prevention and health-care sciences which […]
Rhode Island’s Options teams with RI Pride
by Joe Siegel Readers of Options, Rhode Island’s veteran monthly LGBT publication, were given a huge surprise when the June issue arrived in their mailboxes. In a unique move, the issue also doubled as the official 2014 Pridefest Guide. Printed on a […]
Washington Blade wins awards for excellence
by Chuck Colbert Just in time for a noteworthy anniversary celebration, the Washington Blade won three first-place awards in the Dateline Awards competition sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) D.C. chapter. As publisher Lynne Brown commented regarding the timing of […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: Living Out of Long Island, N.Y.
by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: Long Island including Fire Island and The Hamptons. Distribution also includes Penn Station in Manhattan and the borough of Queens. Year founded: 2012 Staff size and breakdown [writers, sales reps., etc.]: 4 full-time employees, 10 writers […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know at editor@presspassq.com.) DIANE ANDERSON-MINSHALL, Editor at Large for THE ADVOCATE and ADVOCATE.COM, is a finalist in the 56th California Journalism Awards, which honor the best in broadcast, print and online media. She is competing in the […]
Florida publisher, a formerly closeted athlete, pens memoir
by Chuck ColbertPublishers of LGBT publications come from any number of backgrounds, including activism, journalism, law and business. But none has yet to come to gay media publishing quite like an acclaimed former professional tennis coach. Meet Bobby Blair, publisher of Ft. […]
Windy City’s Baim honored for lifetime achievement
by Chuck Colbert The publisher and executive editor of Chicago’s leading LGBT publication has received top honors from the Chicago Headline Club. And not only did the venerable mainstream organization bestow its Lifetime Achievement Award for excellence in Chicago journalism on Tracy […]
NLGJA convention and LGBT Media Summit slated for Chicago in August by Chuck Colbert Hundreds of news industry professionals are expected in Chicago from August 21-24 when the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) convenes its annual convention and 10th LGBT […]