[CW:MONTHLY] The Click List

Seize the Pay
As newsroom compensation chases inflation, not everyone is able to catch up, according to the latest RTNDA/Ball State University Survey. For the second year in a row, television news salaries have risen by less than 1.0 percent from the year before. That means that, once again, people working in local TV news actually saw a loss in real wages-the pay increase minus the devaluation caused by inflation.

PBS & Knight Foundation Team Up to Launch Idea Lab Blog
PBS and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation debuted the MediaShift Idea Lab, a group blog featuring 36 wide-ranging innovators reinventing community news for the digital age. Each Idea Lab blogger won a grant in the Knight News Challenge to help fund a startup idea or to blog on a topic related to reshaping community news. The writers will use the Idea Lab to explain their projects, share intelligence and interact with the online community.

GLAAD Issues Diwali Toolkit for Journalists
Every year, the South Asian community comes together to celebrate Diwali, a massively popular worldwide event that has a rich complexity in belief and meaning. Also known as the "Festival of Lights," the five-day event begins on Friday, November 9. For some, it signals the New Year while for others, it represents a time for reflection and renewal. GLAAD is inviting media outlets to cover this important celebration and enrich their stories through the inclusion of the South Asian LGBT community in their Diwali coverage.

Gay Men Can Earn 23 Percent Less Than Married Men: Study
Gay men, but not lesbians, face discrimination at work, earning up to 23 percent less than married men in some jobs, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Whittemore School of Business and Economics spent two years analyzing labor and wage data from 91,000 heterosexual and homosexual couples collected by a 2004 US census.