Maddow, Olbermann nominated for 2009 GLAAD Awards (Outstanding TV Journalism Segment)

[Divine Discontent]

20th Annual GLAAD Award nominees for TV News/Journalism


OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM SEGMENT
"Bishop in the Eye of the Storm" Today (NBC)
"Gay in Cuba" The Situation Room (CNN)
"Special Comment: Prop 8" Countdown with Keith Olbermann (MSNBC)
"Rick Warren: Change to Believe In?" The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
"Taking to the Streets" Good Morning America Weekend (ABC)

OUTSTANDING TV JOURNALISM – NEWS MAGAZINE
"Becoming" (multi-part series) Channel 3 News (WCAX-TV3 )
Born in the Wrong Body: All in the Family (MSNBC)
"Funding the Marriage War" In the Life (PBS)
"George Takei and Brad Altman" (multi-part series) The Early Show (CBS)
"The Whispers" Outside the Lines (ESPN)

OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
"Gay Marriage Ruling Ended Long Journey Of Soul" by Alaine Griffin
(The Hartford Courant)
"Morehouse College Faces its Own Bias – Against Gays" by Richard Fausset
(Los Angeles Times)
"A New Wave of Gay Seminarians Prepares to Take the Pulpit" by Bradley Campbell
(City Pages )
"Owning His Gay Identity – at 15 Years Old" by Theresa Vargas (The Washington Post)
"Special Report: In Transition" by Karen Lovett and Ashley Smith (The Telegraph )

OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST
Alfred Doblin (The Record )
Michael Mayo (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Leonard Pitts, Jr. (The Miami Herald)
Deb Price (The Detroit News)
Rebecca Walsh (Salt Lake Tribune)

OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER OVERALL COVERAGE
The Denver Post
The Des Moines Register
Los Angeles Times
The New York Times
The Washington Post

OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE ARTICLE
"Becoming a Black Man" by Daisy Hernández (ColorLines)
"Death on Terminal Island" by Ben Ehrenreich (Los Angeles)
"Let God Love Gene Robinson" by Andrew Corsello (GQ)
"Our Mutual Joy" by Lisa Miller (Newsweek)
"Second Nature" by Maximillian Potter (5280)

OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE OVERALL COVERAGE
The Advocate
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Entertainment Weekly
Newsweek
People

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM ARTICLE
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Do Kill" by Lennox Samuels (Newsweek.com)
"Gay Athletes are Making Their Mark" by LZ Granderson (ESPN.com)
"Gay in Wasilla" by Julie Bolcer (Advocate.com)
"Gays in Primetime" by James Hillis (AfterElton.com)
"Invisible and Overlooked" by Jessica Bennett (Newsweek.com)

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALISM – MULTIMEDIA
"Excluded Gay Bishop Reacts" by Mary Jordan (WashingtonPost.com)
"Gay Seniors" (multi-part series) by Jessica Bennett, Jennifer Molina and Carl Sullivan (Newsweek.com)
"Is Gay the New Black?" by Jessica Bennett and Jennifer Molina (Newsweek.com)

http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/20thAnnual/nominees.php (list of all categories at GLAAD site)

[JI7]

1. Olbermann for special comment on prop 8

i hope he gets it for that

[Divine Discontent]

2. True - was mesmorized when KO gave that one. Would love to see all those shows that were nominated