By choosing to be a member of NLGJA you're making a statement about the kind of journalists or media professional you are.
You care about getting things right.
You care about writing and producing and pitching stories that are fair and accurate and give folks information they need to make decisions, to understand their world and the world as it might be seen by others.
When those brave few who take on programming the National Convention & LGBT Media Summit plan our breakouts and plenary sessions they keep those ideas in mind.
Which is the "why" behind one of the newest sessions in our program lineup.
On Saturday, September 12 at 2:15PM we will present "Stigma and the Media: A Journalist's Guide to Accurately Reporting on Mental Health." Join a panel of experts as they discuss the facts, the myths and the vocabulary of writing about mental health.
And there's more to come...
(Yes, we know. This was a very serious post. We'll break out the trivia a bit later.)