Windy City Media Group Frontpage News

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

home search facebook twitter join
Gay News Sponsor Windy City Times 2023-12-13
DOWNLOAD ISSUE
Donate

Sponsor
Sponsor
Sponsor

  PRESS RELEASES

Windy City Times a finalist for 4 Lisagor Awards
2013-03-24

This article shared 18515 times since Sun Mar 24, 2013
facebook twitter pin it google +1 reddit email


The annual Chicago Headline Club Peter Lisagor Award finalists have been announced. Chicago's LGBT weekly newspaper Windy City Times has been nominated for four of the prestigious honors.

The winners of the 36th annual awards will be announced this Spring. A wide range of Chicago-area online, print and broadcast media are finalists this year.

The Windy City Times' 8-week Generation Halsted series, an in-depth look at the LGBTQ youth, written primarily by Kate Sosin, Erica Demarest and Bill Healy, is a finalist in the Feature Writing category.

Ross Forman's interview with retired gay football player Esera Tuaolo is a finalist for Sports Story.

And Windy City Times Publisher Tracy Baim is a finalist for writing in two categories: News Column or Commentary (for "In Defense of Cynthia Nixon: Why Born This Way Doesn't Matter") and Editorial Writing ("Journalism 101: The myth of objectivity").

Links to the finalist articles are below:

The 8-week Generation Halsted series, free download link: www.windycitymediagroup.com/sign_up_to_rcv2.php .

Ross Forman's "Esera Tuaolo: Coming back from darkness": www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Esera-Tuaolo-Coming-back-from-darkness-/38455.html .

Tracy Baim's "In Defense of Cynthia Nixon: Why Born This Way Doesn't Matter": www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/VIEWPOINTS-In-Defense-of-Cynthia-Nixon-Why-Born-This-Way-Doesnt-Matter/35799.html .

Tracy Baim's "Journalism 101: The myth of objectivity": www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Journalism-101-The-myth-of-objectivity/38578.html .

Headline Club awards link here: www.headlineclub.org/component/content/article/371-congratulations-to-our-lisagor-finalists.html .


This article shared 18515 times since Sun Mar 24, 2013
facebook twitter pin it google +1 reddit email

Out and Aging
Presented By

  ARTICLES YOU MIGHT LIKE

Gay News

GLAAD releases 19th 'Where We Are on TV' study
2024-05-01
--From a press release - Los Angeles, CA - Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - GLAAD released its 19th edition of the annual Where We Are On TV study, which maps the presence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) characters ...


Gay News

Iraq's parliament passes harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law
2024-04-30
Iraq's parliament has passed a law criminalizing same-sex relations with up to 15 years in prison, media outlets reported. The law aims to "protect Iraqi society from moral depravity and the calls for homosexuality that have ...


Gay News

Chicago models strike a pose at Trans Media Fashion show
2024-04-30
On April 27 Trans Media Fashion presented its first biannual fashion show for 2024. The event served as a fundraiser for Howard Brown Health, Broadway Youth Center and the Vernita Gray Council for Philanthropy, all the ...


Gay News

Chicago youth put spark in Center on Halsted art fair
2024-04-29
On April 27, Center on Halsted presented an art fair for members of its youth services at Muchin College Prep, 1 N. State St. The event featured works in several media, among them painting, crochet, drawing ...


Gay News

GLAAD responds to Biden administration release of updated rules to Section 1557 of ACA
2024-04-27
--From a press release - (New York, NY - April 26, 2024) - Today GLAAD, the world's leading LGBTQ media advocacy organization, responded to the release by the Department of Health and Human Services of updated regulations to Section 1557 of ...


Gay News

Tatumn Milazzo wins NWSL honor for second consecutive week
2024-04-23
--From a press release - CHICAGO (April 23, 2024) — Chicago Red Stars defender and Orland Park, Illinois, native Tatumn Milazzo earned National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Deloitte Impact Save of the Week honors for the second consecutive week, the leag ...


Gay News

Cher, Dionne among Rock & Roll HoF honorees; Mariah snubbed
2024-04-22
On April 21, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announced its 2024 inductees, per an ABC press release. In the performer category, the inductees are Mary J. Blige, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter ...


Gay News

Center on Halsted looks ahead to New Horizons at annual Human First Gala
2024-04-22
New Horizons was the theme of this year's sold-out Center on Halsted (The Center) annual Human First Gala April 20 at The Geraghty in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. Ahead of the awards ceremony, the Center's Board of ...


Gay News

Tatumn Milazzo wins National Women's Soccer League Impact Save of the Week
2024-04-17
--From a press release - CHICAGO (April 16, 2024) — Chicago Red Stars defender Tatumn Milazzo earned National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Deloitte Impact Save of the Week honors, the league announced today. In the 32nd minute of Chicago's April 13 ...


Gay News

News is Out, Word In Black, Comcast NBCUniversal welcomes 16 Journalism Fellows to cover Black, LGBTQ+ communities
2024-04-16
Philadelphia (April 15, 2024) — Today, News is Out and Word In Black, together announced the 16 fellows selected for The Digital Equity Local Voices Lab, a new initiative powered by Comcast NBCUniversal to place journalists ...


Gay News

SHOWBIZ Jerrod Carmichael, '9-1-1' actor, Kayne the Lovechild, STARZ shows, Cynthia Erivo
2024-04-12
Gay comedian/filmmaker Jerrod Carmichael criticized Dave Chappelle, opening up about the pair's ongoing feud and calling out Chappelle's opinions on the LGBTQ+ community, PinkNews noted, citing an Esquire article. Carmichael ...


Gay News

VIEWPOINT Meditation on the killing of journalists
2024-04-11
Trigger warning: I am a journalist and I read newspapers. I've been reading newspapers since I first learned to read. Newspapers were a lively part of the daily life in my family. I even wrote letters ...


Gay News

Coach/activist Tara VanDerveer retires from Stanford after 38 seasons
2024-04-10
Stanford University women's basketball coach and gender-rights advocate Tara VanDerveer has retired after 38 seasons, media outlets reported. In 45 years as a head coach at Idaho (1978-80), Ohio State ...


Gay News

Nominations for 30 Under 30 Awards due April 12
2024-04-08
--From a press release - CHICAGO—After a four-year hiatus, Windy City Times has revived its 30 Under 30 Awards. Windy City Times is seeking to recognize 30 more outstanding LGBTQ+ individuals (and allies). Nominees should be 30 years or younger as ...


Gay News

Australian, U.S. contestants take home honors from 2024 Puppy & Trainer Contest
2024-04-08
Photos by Joseph Stevens - The International Puppy & Trainer Contest was held in Chicago from April 4-7 at Center On Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St. Pups, pets and trainers from around the world attended and competed. The event was again ...


 


Copyright © 2024 Windy City Media Group. All rights reserved.
Reprint by permission only. PDFs for back issues are downloadable from
our online archives.

Return postage must accompany all manuscripts, drawings, and
photographs submitted if they are to be returned, and no
responsibility may be assumed for unsolicited materials.

All rights to letters, art and photos sent to Nightspots
(Chicago GLBT Nightlife News) and Windy City Times (a Chicago
Gay and Lesbian News and Feature Publication) will be treated
as unconditionally assigned for publication purposes and as such,
subject to editing and comment. The opinions expressed by the
columnists, cartoonists, letter writers, and commentators are
their own and do not necessarily reflect the position of Nightspots
(Chicago GLBT Nightlife News) and Windy City Times (a Chicago Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender News and Feature Publication).

The appearance of a name, image or photo of a person or group in
Nightspots (Chicago GLBT Nightlife News) and Windy City Times
(a Chicago Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender News and Feature
Publication) does not indicate the sexual orientation of such
individuals or groups. While we encourage readers to support the
advertisers who make this newspaper possible, Nightspots (Chicago
GLBT Nightlife News) and Windy City Times (a Chicago Gay, Lesbian
News and Feature Publication) cannot accept responsibility for
any advertising claims or promotions.

 
 

TRENDINGBREAKINGPHOTOS







Sponsor


 



Donate


About WCMG      Contact Us      Online Front  Page      Windy City  Times      Nightspots
Identity      BLACKlines      En La Vida      Archives      Advanced Search     
Windy City Queercast      Queercast Archives     
Press  Releases      Join WCMG  Email List      Email Blast      Blogs     
Upcoming Events      Todays Events      Ongoing Events      Bar Guide      Community Groups      In Memoriam     
Privacy Policy     

Windy City Media Group publishes Windy City Times,
The Bi-Weekly Voice of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Community.
5315 N. Clark St. #192, Chicago, IL 60640-2113 • PH (773) 871-7610 • FAX (773) 871-7609.