From: Bob Witeck <BWiteck@Witeckcombs.com>
Subject: NGLJA Adds Three Leaders to Historic Convention Plenary on Septem
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 11:42:55 -0400 

> MEDIA ADVISORY:  
> 
> NLGJA ADDS DELANEY, O'LEARY, AND STONE TO HISTORIC PLENARY
> 
> Washington, D.C.  (August 9, 2000)  The National Lesbian and Gay
> Journalists Association today announced three additional participants to
> what they believe will be the largest on-the-record gathering ever of
> lesbian and gay organization leaders to discuss and critique media
> coverage of gay issues and organizations.  
> 
> Two of the additional panelists represent AIDS organizations:  Martin
> Delaney, Founding Director of Project Inform in San Francisco; and Terry
> Stone, Executive Director of Seattle's Northwest AIDS Foundation.
> 
> Maureen O'Leary, Executive Director of the Gay and Lesbian Medical
> Association (GLMA), will also be part of the plenary session, entitled
> "NLGJA Smackdown!"
> 
> The presentation is one of the highlights of NLGJA's 10th anniversary
> convention in San Francisco September 7-10.
> 
> The NLGJA, founded in 1990, is the sole professional society of
> journalists working within the news industry to foster fair and accurate
> coverage of lesbian and gay issues and oppose newsroom bias against
> lesbians, gay men and all other minorities.  Headquartered in Washington,
> D.C., NLGJA currently has over 1,000 members and 19 chapters in the US
> with affiliates in Canada and Germany.
> 
> More information about NLGJA and the 10th anniversary convention is
> available at www.nlgja.org.
> 
> Contacts:
> 
> Robert Dodge, NLGJA President 202-661-8414
> robertd574@aol.com
> 
> Xiomara Sosa, NLGJA Executive Director 202-588-9888 ext. 2
> XASosa@nlgja.org
> 
> Barbara Raab, NLGJA New York   212-924-9206
> Barbara.Raab@nbc.com
> 
>