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Politics
Stonewall 101
Conversation with a Newsmaker: David
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Silent Auction
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| Spreading
the news:
NLGJA 2004 kicks off in NY
By Hatzel Vela
NLGJA Reporter Staff
One of the largest conventions of the National
Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association kicked off Thursday
when more than 650 journalists arrived in Brooklyn, N.Y. More
LGBT Media Summit Debuts
The first-ever Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Media Summit took place on Thursday before the official opening
of NLGJA 2004. The daylong series of workshops and discussions
focused on issues ranging from changing readership to HIV/AIDS
coverage.
From the Summit:
Activist or objective?
Gay press falls on both sides
By Hatzel Vela
NLGJA Reporter Staff
Journalist Andrew Rapp purposely didn’t
cover the first legal same-sex marriages, which took place
in May in Massachusetts, because he became part of the
story when he and his partner exchanged vows. More
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Men's Chorus peforms during the welcoming reception in the
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Outreach project seeks fair coverage
By Laurel Lundstrom
NLGJA Reporter Staff
The day before Thursday’s convention
kickoff, three representatives of the National Lesbian
and Gay Journalists Association’s Newsroom Outreach
Project spent the afternoon meeting with top news executives
at The Associated Press and Jane magazine, discussing
how to accurately and fairly cover the LGBT community. More
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More from the LGBT Media Summit
My View: For now, still a bridesmaid
By Sarah Anderson
 I
went home recently for a friend’s wedding with the news that
my girlfriend and I were engaged. My friends erupted in hugs and
congratulations before remembering I would have a few more speed
bumps on my road to the altar than all the straight girls I grew
up with. More
Plenary: Marriage debate mirrors civil rights struggle
By Sarah Anderson
NLGJA Reporter Staff
The struggle for marriage equality for same-sex
couples is so similar to the struggle that interracial couples
faced that Evan Wolfson calls it “civil rights poetry.”
More
Speak Out Q&A
The San Francisco Chronicle reassigned two staffers, Rachel Gordon and Liz Mangelsdorf, who had been covering the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples in the city after the couple got a license of their own.
What do NLGJA members think?
Tech helps solo journalists do it all
By Hywel Tuscano
NLGJA Reporter Staff
CNN’s Jason Bellini embodies a new kind of
broadcast journalist – a field reporter who is his own
writer, cameraman and editor. More
 Snapshots
from NLGJA 2004
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