On Thursday,
August 21, the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists
Association will host its fifth annual LGBT Media Summit in
Washington, D.C., in conjunction with “NLGJA
Goes to Washington,” the organization’s
2008 National Convention.
On Thursday,
August 21, the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists
Association will host its fifth annual LGBT Media Summit in
Washington, D.C., in conjunction with “NLGJA
Goes to Washington,” the organization’s
2008 National Convention.
The one-day conference
features hands-on training workshops and topical panel
discussions that focus exclusively on the challenges
and opportunities unique to this niche within the
journalism industry.
Attendees range
from publishers and newsroom decision makers to
freelancers and students just beginning their careers. There
will be panelists from The Advocate, the Bay
Area Reporter, Bay Windows, CBS News on Logo,
the Dallas Voice, the Gay and Lesbian
Alliance Against Defamation, Out magazine, South
End News, Southern Voice, the Washington
Blade, GayWired Media, and here! Networks.
Topics for the
conference will include: diversifying LGBT newsrooms,
expanding foreign correspondence, balancing news with
entertainment, developing access to the Washington
political scene, and a discussion with Jim Neal, who
ran as an out gay Democratic challenger to North
Carolina's Elizabeth Dole for U.S. Senate.
NLGJA’s Media Summit will take place between
the hours of 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Thursday, August 21,
at the Hilton Washington.
The cost of
attendance for the LGBT Media Summit is $55. Registrants
have the option of registering for both the Media
Summit and the National Convention as a package for a
discounted price. Visit www.nlgja.org/convention/2008 for
complete details on registration and for an evolving
lineup of speakers. (The Advocate)
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