I attended the annual conference of the National Gay & Lesbian
Journalists Association (NLGJA) in South Beach last week. It was inspiring
to see such a cross-section of working media among the 600-plus GLBT attendees.
The conference served as a coming out party of sorts for
CNN's smart and extremely handsome Thomas
Roberts. Now ... This just in: News reports today
say that Roberts, along with his co-anchor, has been taken off his post as anchor of 'CNN Headline
News.'
The Advocate reports the job reassignment
matter-of-factly, while one Web site, Canada.com,
intimates a relationship between the two events with its headline 'CNN Anchor Comes Out, Loses
Gig.'
I don't know if there's a
connection or not, but the timing looks bad, to say the
least.
PS:
I want to give a shout out to my
fellow bloggers who were at the conference, most of whom I only knew online and
now know in person including:
·
take-no-prisoners insomniac Pam Spaulding, Pam's House
Blend
· the irreverent Jeremy Hooper,
Good As
You
· dynamic duo Sarah Warn and Malinda Lo,
After
Ellen
· possibly-gayer-than-me Michael Jensen,
After
Elton
· almost-but-not-quite-as-gay-as-me Sean
Bugg, Bugg Blog
· the definitely-not-straight Wayne Besen
· the puckish Dan
Renzi, How
Was Your Day, Dan?
· and HERE! TV
podcaster extraordinaire, Josh
Rosenzweig
See everyone in San Diego next
year.
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