NLGJA-NY PRIDE EVENTS

NEW YORK CHAPTER

SAVE THE DATES!

NLGJA-NY has a slew of PRIDE events organized for June, so get those calendars out.

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NLGJA-NY PRIDE BREAKFAST w/ SPEAKER CHRISTINE QUINN

Join us Monday, June 1 as NLGJA-NY hosts Speaker Christine Quinn for a Pride Breakfast Forum beginning @ 11:00AM.

Speaker Quinn will discuss how far the LGBT movement has come in the 40 years since the Stonewall Riots at WNYC'S Jerome L. Greene Performance Space (The Greene Space) @ 44 Charlton Street, New York, NY 10014.

There will be time for a Q&A session.

SEATING IS LIMITED!  Email alex@nlgjany.org to reserve your seat!! Please put "Quinn" in the subject line of your email.

Quinn is the first female, openly gay and Irish Speaker of the New York City Council.  She has held that position for three years and is a champion of LGBT rights.  She was elected to the NY City Council in 1999.

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NLGJA-NY PRIDE PARTY PICNIC/BBQ AND PUB CRAWL

Join us Saturday, June 13th at Prospect Park in Brooklyn from 1PM-3PM near the bandshell.

Help celebrate Brooklyn's Pride festivities. 

After some food, we will be going to Ginger's and Excelsior - two of Brooklyn's finest LGBT drinking establishments.

If it rains, we will just do the bar crawl.  We will inform you of further rain plans as the event gets closer.

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WITNESSES TO HISTORY: A CONVERSATION WITH THOSE WHO SAW & DOCUMENTED KEY GAY RIGHTS MOMENTS SINCE STONEWALL

Joing us Tuesday, June 23 at The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 W. 13th Street, 2nd Floor (between 5th and 6th Avenues) @ 6PM (reception) / 6:30PM (panel).

This panel will offer a rare peak into the defining moments of the gay rights movement, as seen through the eyes of the journalists, historians and media advocates who covered them. The panel will discuss these consequential moments, the role the media played in generating visibility for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and what the media accounts got right and wrong.

The panel will be moderated by Author Eric Marcus. Panelists include: Historian David Carter, Media Advocate Joan Garry, and journalists Andy Humm and Kai Wright.

This event is coordinated by the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association-New York; The Department of Media Studies, The New School; and Pro-Media Communications.

SEATING IS LIMITED: Email alex@nlgjany.org to reserve your seat. Put "Panel Discussion" in the subject line of your email.

JOB SEEKERS ALERT: The NLGJA-NY Survival Panel

Seeking a job in today's rough economy?

Join us Wednesday, March 25th for the first NLGJA-NY SURVIVAL PANEL from 6:30-8:30 PM at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

Plan to join us @ 6:30 for an informative panel discussion on "How to be a Journalist in Today's Volatile Media Environment."

Then at 7:30PM.. We promise to provide you with an opportunity for "networking" and exchanging business cards with other colleagues in the media.

And here's the best part:  The entire event is absolutely free to both members and non-members of NLGJA.

We also plan to stream the discussion live so we can get it out to all chapters nationally.

So, please, help us spread the word!!!!

CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

219 West 40th Street, 3rd Floor

New York, NY 10018

More details in the weeks to come.

NLGJA CONVENTION ANNOUNCEMENT

Dear NLGJA Members & Friends,

Jeff Truesdell here. NLGJA's national convention in Montreal is just eight months away -- very little time, really -- and as its volunteer program chairman, I want your help.

Great ideas have come our way and we are chewing on them.

But every year the same thing happens: The program goes out, and people ask, "Why didn't you include ...?" So here's my challenge:

We want a convention that offers identity discussions, sure -- but I attend conventions myself to pick up new skills and ideas to take back to my newsroom. It makes the bosses happy, proves NLGJA's value in a time of industry convulsions, and helps me to benefit others, not just as an example, but as a go-to source for tips. There's only so much room for hand-wringing; I want to leave a convention with energy and enthusiasm, and I want the same for you.

Look around. What do you need to stay competitive? What concrete skills are going to keep you in your job, or help you land a new one? What are you missing? What do you want this convention to teach you?

Please take this second to e-mail me directly with a quick thought, a sentence, an idea. After all, it's your convention. We'll squeeze in as much as possible, to guarantee you leave Montreal with the renewed passion and purpose you deserve.

Jeff
jhtruesdell@hotmail.com
Staff Writer, PEOPLE
Home office 314-962-7295

UPCOMING EVENT: GREATER PHILADELPHIA TOURISM MARKETING CORPORATION

Join the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC) for drinks and hors d’oeuvres at New York City’s Elmo restaurant.

You’ll hear a series of special announcements about Philadelphia in 2009—
from popular annual events such as Equality Forum andPhiladelphia Pride to only-in-Philadelphia exhibitions, featuring Cézanne and Galileo. (A clue to one of the announcements is found in the restaurant’s name.)

WHEN: Wednesday, February 11, 2009,
TIME: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Elmo, 156 7th Avenue, New York, NY
RSVP: By February 9 to Bruce Yelk,
(215) 599-7431 or bruce@gptmc.com

NLGJA-NY ON FACEBOOK

Make sure to check out NLGJA-NY on Facebook -- The most up-to-date way to keep up with what's going on with the New York Chapter.

It easy to join, and the most interactive way to be involved with NLGJA-NY.

Take part in the discussion board, write on the wall and post photos and videos from you favorite NLGJA event.

It's also a great social networking tool that puts other members in the media virtually at your fingertips.

PHOTOS: January NLGJA-NY Photos

Pictures from January's NLGJA-NY's monthly mixer at HK Lounge in Hell's Kitchen.

MEMBERS MAKING NEWS

ELISABETH VINCENTELLI is leaving leaving Time Out New York to become chief theater critic at the New York Post.

BENOIT DENIZET-LEWIS has a new nonfiction book, AMERICA ANONYMOUS: EIGHT ADDICTS IN SEARCH OF A LIFE, which was published in January by Simon & Schuster. Check out www.americaanonymous.com, where you can learn more and read early reviews.


MICHAEL LUONGO will be at the New York Times Travel Show at the Javits Convention Center as part of a gay travel panel discussion. The panel will be on Saturday, February 7 at 2:30pm in Session Room 2. After, he will be signing from some of his books. More information is at www.nyttravelshow.com.

NLGJA NEW YORK BENEFIT - HEADLINES AND HEADLINERS

WHEN: Thursday, March 19, 2009

TIME: 7:00-9:00PM

LOCATION: One Time Warner Center - 10th Floor, New York, NY

CNN and Soledad O'Brien invite you to the 14th Annual National Lesbian & Gay JMournalists Association (NLGJA) New York Benefit "Headlines & Headliners." A VIP dinner will follow the reception at Landmarc.

Attendees will include top names from the worlds of journalism and entertainment.

Last year, the benefit raised more than $160,000 for the organization's programs and scholarship fund.

TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW: http://wwwnlgja.org/newyork09.htm.

CHAPTER EVENT - 2nd Tuesdays: February 10th

Join us for our monthly networking mixer on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10th.

Once again, we will be meeting at HK Lounge at 523 Ninth Avenue (at 39th Street).

The event will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

We hope you'll come and catch up with your colleagues in a relaxed environment and receive drink specials!

MEMBER NEWS - Gutierrez Joins POZ as Deputy Editor

NLGJA-NY chapter president Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. joins POZ magazine (published by Smart + Strong) as deputy editor.

Previously, he was managing editor of DiversityInc magazine.