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How to Improve Your Coverage of LGBTQ+ Communities

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How to Improve Your Coverage of LGBTQ+ Communities

In this webinar replay, journalists will learn how to accurately cover and meaningfully engage LGBTQ+ people. 

October 25, 2021

Overview

  • Enroll now to watch a replay of this webinar from October 2021
  • Hear insight from the current NLGJA president, who is a leader in local news coverage
  • Get inspiration from an engagement editor dedicated to LGBTQ+ inclusion
  • Understand how you and your news organization can make immediate improvements to your coverage
  • Ask your questions throughout the webinar and during a dedicated Q&A session

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Learning Outcomes

You will learn:

  • Best practices for reporting on people who identify as LGBTQ+
  • How to include queer voices in all of your coverage
  • Ideas for engaging underrepresented and often neglected people
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Overview

  • Enroll now to watch a replay of this webinar from October 2021
  • Hear insight from the current NLGJA president, who is a leader in local news coverage
  • Get inspiration from an engagement editor dedicated to LGBTQ+ inclusion
  • Understand how you and your news organization can make immediate improvements to your coverage
  • Ask your questions throughout the webinar and during a dedicated Q&A session

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As many newsrooms strengthen their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion, it’s critical to keep in mind the intersection of gender and sexuality. How are queer communities represented in your newsroom’s daily coverage? Do you have an engagement strategy specifically for LGBTQ+ people?  

This webinar will help you think more deeply about LGBTQ+ people as a core part of your audience. During the first section, Poynter faculty and senior adviser Joie Chen talks with Sharif Durhams, managing editor at The News & Observer and the Herald-Sun and president of NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists. They discuss current best practices for reporting on LGBTQ+ people and uplift examples of impactful and innovative coverage. 

During the second part of the webinar, Tampa Bay Times engagement editor Ashley Dye talks about strategies for LGBTQ+ inclusion. Dye founded the tbt*’s Coast is Queer section and is recognized nationally as a leader in improving equity and inclusion in newsrooms and news coverage.

This webinar was originally broadcast in October 2021. 

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Questions?

If you need assistance, email us at info@poynter.org.

This webinar was originally broadcast at 2 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. The replay is available on-demand.

Who should apply

This webinar is intended to help local reporters and editors cover the queer community in a more informed and nuanced way.

Cost

This webinar is free, thanks to support from the Gill Foundation.

Instructors

Moderator

  • Joie Chen (she/her)
    Adjunct
    Joie Chen brings a wide range of experience as a national and international television journalist to the Poynter Institute, where she serves as an adjunct....
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Guest Instructors

  • Sharif Durhams (he/his)
    President, NLGJA; Deputy Managing Editor, The Washington Post
    Sharif Durhams is a deputy managing editor at The Washington Post. He co-led Poynter's 2019 Leadership Academy for Diversity in Media. He previously was managing editor...
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  • Ashley Dye (they/them)
    Engagement Editor, Tampa Bay Times; Founder of Coast is Queer, tbt*
    Ashley Dye is currently an engagement editor for The Tampa Bay Times. They're also the Founder of tbt*'s Coast is Queer section where they write...
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