Out In The Newsroom: LGBT Journalists (1993)
There was a time in the news business, not so long ago, when it wasn't safe to be Anderson Cooper. If you were out, you were out -- or at least marginalized. Reporting on LGBT issues has followed a similar arc. 1993's National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association convention in New York was something of a watershed moment in the mainstreaming of LGBT issues and personalities in the news. Michelangelo Signorile's outing of NBC reporter Pete Williams to anchorman Tom Brokaw during a panel discussion got much of the attention, but the fact of the association's existence, and its ability to draw such a cross section of industry professionals to talk about queer issues in the media workplace, is arguably the bigger story.
Featuring NLGJA President Leroy Aarons; Karen Mitchel from Des Moines, IA; Michael Goff of Out Magazine; Mark Chesnut from New York; Mark Calvey, who organized the NLGJA Job Fair; Ethel C.S. Bothuel and Sean Collins of National Public Radio; Ted Loos from New York;Victoria Stagg Elliott from Chicago; Mayor of New York David Dinkins; Arthur Sulzberger Jr. of the New York Times; Tom Brokaw of NBC News; Robert MacNeil of the MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour on PBS; Dan Rather of CBS News; Charles Kaiser, president of NLGJA New York; Elinor Burkett; Judy Woodruff of CNN; former Army Staff Sgt. Jose Zuniga, who got expelled from the service for being gay; authors Randy Shilts and James Stewart; and the voice of Michelangelo Signorile doing the deed on Pete Williams.
From Network Q Out Across America Episode 25 November 1993. Watch the rest of the episode at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdga93I4JxjoG8hw7dZFVjon8igWBKTpw
Produced and directed by David Surber; associate producer Carol Morgan; New York crew: John Slater, Dimitri Kibrik; senior editor Clark Morris; editors Greg Kiernan, Darryl Frank; graphics by Kelly Lujan; post production :30 Second St., Ltd.; administrative support Ched Kindley and Heidi Shewchuk; "Susan Hendricks" produced and edited by Stacy Zemon; "Whoop Dee Doo" producer John Slater, videography Dimitri Kibrik. Incidental music from the YouTube audio library.
Originally distributed via subscription on VHS tape; aired on public television in the US in 1995.
Featuring NLGJA President Leroy Aarons; Karen Mitchel from Des Moines, IA; Michael Goff of Out Magazine; Mark Chesnut from New York; Mark Calvey, who organized the NLGJA Job Fair; Ethel C.S. Bothuel and Sean Collins of National Public Radio; Ted Loos from New York;Victoria Stagg Elliott from Chicago; Mayor of New York David Dinkins; Arthur Sulzberger Jr. of the New York Times; Tom Brokaw of NBC News; Robert MacNeil of the MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour on PBS; Dan Rather of CBS News; Charles Kaiser, president of NLGJA New York; Elinor Burkett; Judy Woodruff of CNN; former Army Staff Sgt. Jose Zuniga, who got expelled from the service for being gay; authors Randy Shilts and James Stewart; and the voice of Michelangelo Signorile doing the deed on Pete Williams.
From Network Q Out Across America Episode 25 November 1993. Watch the rest of the episode at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdga93I4JxjoG8hw7dZFVjon8igWBKTpw
Produced and directed by David Surber; associate producer Carol Morgan; New York crew: John Slater, Dimitri Kibrik; senior editor Clark Morris; editors Greg Kiernan, Darryl Frank; graphics by Kelly Lujan; post production :30 Second St., Ltd.; administrative support Ched Kindley and Heidi Shewchuk; "Susan Hendricks" produced and edited by Stacy Zemon; "Whoop Dee Doo" producer John Slater, videography Dimitri Kibrik. Incidental music from the YouTube audio library.
Originally distributed via subscription on VHS tape; aired on public television in the US in 1995.
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