Caption: Journalists Dan Allen, Ryan Walker, David Perry, Guy Darienzo (Owner of Uncommon Coffee Roasters) and Joey Amato This August, the convention and visitors bureaus of Grand Rapids and Saugatuck/Douglas joined forces to host their first-ever joint LGBTQ media trip. The trip was designed to invite journalists to explore the two destinations in hopes to increase LGBTQ tourism. The CVBs teamed with Pride Journeys, an LGBTQ public relations firm and travel company to assemb

NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists is pleased to announce that its 2019 National Convention will be held August 29 - September 1, 2019 in New Orleans, LA. The 2019 National Convention will be held at the InterContinental New Orleans, 444 St. Charles Ave., and is expected to welcome more than 400 journalists, news executives, communications professionals and educators. This will be the first time that NLGJA has hosted a National Convention in New Orleans. “I am th

Award-winning writer and educator Hilton Als and veteran reporter and editor Dudley Clendinen are the 2018 inductees to the LGBTQ Journalists Hall of Fame, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists announced. Their induction will take place on September 8 during NLGJA’s National Convention in Palm Springs, CA. The convention will be held at the Hotel Zoso from September 6-9. NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists is an organization of journalists, media professionals

The Association of LGBTQ Journalists announces that The New York Times Assistant Managing Editor Carolyn Ryan is the inaugural recipient of the new NLGJA Leadership Award. The award recognizes individuals who have made a positive impact on their newsrooms by increasing diversity and improving coverage of the LGBTQ community. The recipients of the award may not necessarily be active journalists themselves, but have nonetheless used their work to improve the news industry and t