Starting today the National Lesbian & Gay Journalism Association
will begin accepting applications for their annual Excellence in
Journalism Awards. Submissions are due Tuesday, April 19, 2016. For more details on the awards and submission forms see www.nlgja.org/awards.The NLGJA Excellence in Journalism Awards were established in 1993 to foster, recognize and reward excellence in journalism on issues related to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
"NLGJA has seen unprecedented growth in nominations for the Excellence in Journalism awards over the past several years. We expect to continue the growth for this, our 23rd year,” said NLGJA Awards Chair April Hunt, “This year, we plan to expand the honors for LGBT journalists and subjects, to include documentaries, sports coverage and book authorship."
Work may be submitted for the 2016 NLGJA Excellence in Journalism Awards in the following categories:
Special recognition awards:
- Journalist of the Year
- Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for the LGBT Journalists of the Year
Print/online awards:
- Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage
- Excellence in Newswriting
- Excellence in Feature Writing
- Excellence in Opinion/Editorial Writing
- Excellence in Sports Writing
- Excellence in Book Writing
- Excellence in Blogging*
- Excellence in Online Journalism
- Excellence in Multimedia
- Excellence in Photojournalism
- Excellence in Student Journalism*
Broadcast/video awards:
- Excellence in Network Television
- Excellence in Local Television
- Excellence in Documentary
- Excellence in Radio
- The Al Neuharth Award for Innovation in Investigative Journalism** Prize: $5,000, to be awarded to the person or team who best uses innovative approaches for investigative reporting.
