[CW:BLOG] RSVP For NLGJA Travel Camp

NLGJA Travel Camp
Sunday, August 24, 2008
The Mandarin Oriental Hotel

How do you picture the life of a travel writer? Jet setting off to exotic locations? Nights dining in five-star restaurants before sinking into an equally five-star bed? Or do you think of lost luggage, airport screening lines and wandering the streets trying to find that club so hip it refuses to have a sign out front? Hear what travel writing is really like and try your hand at NLGJA’s Travel Camp.

Join award-winning travel writer Michael Luongo for a special NLGJA Career Watch training at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Participants are invited to bring photos and other memorabilia from a recent trip you might want to write about. Bring a notepad for in-session mini-assignments.

This opportunity is open to all NLGJA members. Registration to NLGJA Goes to Washington, our 2008 National Convention & 5th Annual LGBT Media Summit, is not required but advance registration for this event is needed. The registration deadline is Friday, August 15, 2008.

The event will be held Sunday, August 24, from 1:00pm-4:00pm at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, which is located at 1330 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. A special discount to “Bubbles & Brunch” in the hotel’s Café MoZU is also available for registered Travel Camp participants.

Please contact Tom Avila at tavila@nlgja.org or 202-588-9888, ext. 17 to reserve space at this event.

[CW:BLOG] You've Only Got 10 Days to Register & Save

Discounted registration for "NLGJA Goes to Washington," our 2008 National Convention & 5th Annual LGBT Media Summit, ends in just 10 days on Thursday, August 14. That means the time is now to join our campaign by pre-registering online.

By signing up, you are making a decision to invest in your career and to rejuvenate your interests, and when you get to Washington, you'll see that it's a decision that will definitely pay off. You'll be surrounded by people and ideas you just won't find anywhere else. We'll have 40 hands-on workshops headed by over 150 journalism conversation leaders. Not to mention opportunity after opportunity to network during our Career & Community Expo and daily mixers.

Simply put, NLGJA's 2008 National Convention & 5th Annual LGBT Media Summit will be a game changer in your career. Not yet a member? You can join in less than a minute when you register for the conference.

Pre-Register for NLGJA's 2008 National Convention

[CW:BLOG] At Work With Paul David Lampe

Paul David Lampe is not your normal intern.

This summer, he's reporting as NLGJA's first-ever Leroy F. Aarons Newsroom Intern at The Oakland Tribune, where NLGJA's founder (for whom the internship is named) once served in a variety of capacities, including executive editor.

Even in just his first few weeks, he has covered an Ascophyllum nodosum invasion, interviewed an Oakland Raider and smelled a corpse flower. For the rest of the summer, he will give us a front row seat for his exploration of print journalism and new media, both at his cubicle and in the field.

Check Out Paul David Lampe's Full Video Blog

[CW:BLOG] My Fellow Journalists: The Time Is Now To Invest In Your Career

Register Today For NLGJA's 2008 National Convention & Save Up To $150!

What have you done for yourself lately?

Simply put, "NLGJA Goes to Washington," our 2008 National Convention & 5th Annual LGBT Media Summit, is being designed to give you a competitive edge as our industry evolves. In addition to networking opportunities you won't find at home, this year's conference will feature over 40 hands-on sessions and workshops. And when we say "hands on," it's not just marketing speak; be prepared to roll up your sleeves in our special hot topics, broadcast, survival skills and new media programming tracks.

Our jobs are changing. If there were ever a time to invest time and money in your career, it's now. Join us this August 21-24 in the nation's capital.

Early Bird Gets The Discount: Register Today For "NLGJA Goes to Washington" & Save Up To $150

[CW:BLOG] NLGJA & Witeck-Combs Communications to Launch LGBT Newswire Service

In the coming weeks, NLGJA and Witeck-Combs Communications will launch OutNewsWire, a web-based news distribution service dedicated to the LGBT community and serving news organizations and media professionals interested in receiving information, announcements and event updates of specific interest to LGBT audiences. NLGJA members are invited today to subscribe for free to receive OutNewsWire releases.

E-mail subscribe@outnewswire.com and include your name, professional title and affiliation, and preferred e-mail address. City and preferred telephone number are also helpful, though optional.

[CW:BLOG] Now Playing: 2007 NLGJA Convention Videos

Couldn't make it to San Diego for "Breaking Stories, Breaking Waves," NLGJA's 2007 National Convention & 4th Annual LGBT Media Summit? For the first year ever, we're offering all members a chance to experience the conference with full-length online videos of three of our most popular sessions. So sit back, relax and watch what you have to look forward to next year at "NLGJA Goes to Washington," our 2008 National Convention & 5th Annual LGBT Media Summit, to be held August 21-24 in the nation's capital.

(Still Not) At Ease: Don't Ask, Don't Tell in 07

The armed forces still can't find room for LGBT people under the infamous "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Watch our panel of experts discuss the future of gays in the military, the stories that remain to be told and the role (if there is one) that LGBT journalists should play.

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Immigrants are often in the shadows of American society. And while many LGBT immigrants must also conceal their sexual identities, others find living in the United States liberating compared with their home nations.

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Did you ever wonder about the gurus behind the gossip, the movers and shakers who turn Hollywood rumors into morning headlines? We put latter-day Hedda Hoppers on the hot seat and ask them about the highs, lows and limits of their privacy-averse profession.