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  • Remembering NLGJA's Michael Triplett

    By on January 29, 2013

    Lisa Carter is speaking as a nurse when she recalls the end of her brother's life Jan. 17, a final act likely drawn out because...

  • Metro Weekly Recognized for Excellence in Journalism

    By on July 16, 2012

    Two of Metro Weekly's own racked up Excellence in Journalism awards from the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association last week. The NLGJA, which seeks...

  • NLGJA Honors

    By on September 1, 2011

    Despite the wind and rain, the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association National Convention and Media Summit went on as planned, Aug. 25 to 28,...

  • From the Glass Closet

    By on September 1, 2011

    Even cynical journalists have our small moments of infatuation with fame. Case in point, this past weekend at the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association...

  • Kickoff Conversation

    By on May 27, 2011

    Editor's Note:This story has been edited to reflect that the location and time for the event has changed. For those benevolent locals who hope to...

  • The Media Message

    By on September 8, 2010

    My first real job as a journalist, way back in 1989, was covering tax issues on Capitol Hill. It didn't take long for me to...

  • Eric Hegedus

    By on August 20, 2008

    Eric Hegedus didn't really need the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association -- but, oh, how he wanted it. A 1984 graduate of Penn State,...

  • Javier Morgado

    By on August 20, 2008

    In middle school, Javier Morgado was obsessed with local TV news. ''I remember watching in the afternoon and being completely obsessed with how it...

  • Media Gays Invade!

    By on August 20, 2008

    An invasion is headed for the nation's capital. Is it aliens? In an immigration sense, a few, perhaps. Commie infiltrators? Don Wildmon of the American...

  • Jen Christensen

    By on August 20, 2008

    ''Gay men are icky and that's what our audience would think.'' At least, that's the response Jen Christensen, 36, says she got from a former...

  • Marilyn Geewax

    By on August 20, 2008

    When she's not working as the national economics correspondent for Cox Newspapers' Washington Bureau, Marilyn Geewax enjoys looking at food. ''I become delirious at the...

  • Journalistic Mission

    By on August 1, 2007

    The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA), which works to promote fair and accurate coverage of gays within the news industry, has appointed David...

  • National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, D.C. Chapter

    By on December 1, 2004

    MISSION: Founded in 1991, NLGJA is an organization of journalists, online media professionals and students that works from within the journalism industry to foster fair...

  • Let's Talk About Sex

    By on March 26, 2003

    On the first full day of war in Iraq, a panel converged at the National Press Building to debate a different kind of struggle, once...