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Today's highlights

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Plenary:
Double Discrimination — LGBT Immigrants in the United States

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Breakout sessions:

Women in the Round

Will Gays Matter in ’08?

The Art of the Interview

12:30 - 1:45 p.m.
Networking Lunch

Taking Names, Making Contacts: Expo Hall Brown Bag

2 - 3:15 p.m.
General Session:

Making Headlines —

A Conversation With Larry Kramer

3:30 - 5 p.m.
Author's Cafe

5:15 - 6:15 p.m.
Good Transitions: Writing The Whole Person into Your Story

6:45 - 8:45 p.m.

Silent Auction

9 - 10:30 p.m.

Convention Nightcap

Sunday

9:30 - 11 a.m.

Closing Networking Breakfast

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A big thank you to all of the people who made this year's NLGJA Student Project a success:

Mentors

Karen Hawkins
Associated Press
Dennis Powell
ABC
David Poller
San Diego Union-Tribune
Gregory Schmidt
San Diego Union-Tribune
Jerry McCormick
San Diego Union-Tribune
Jennifer Vigil
San Diego Union-Tribune
Terry Brandes
San Diego Union-Tribune
Ian McCann
Dallas Morning News
Ina Fried
CNET, News.com
Mark Luckie
Entertainment Weekly

Special thanks to:

Julie Gerber
San Diego Union-Tribune
Dan Osbourne
San Diego Union-Tribune
Bill Canacci
Home News Tribune
Caroline Hauser
The Washington Post
Michelle Johnson
Emerson College
Wonbo Woo
ABC
Matthew German
ABC
Charlie Thompson
CJT Enterprises

See you next year

Good night NLGJA: Another conference has come to a close. NLGJA reconvenes next year in Washington, D.C. (Photo Courtesy Jason Smith)
Last Updated ( Sunday, 02 September 2007 )

Kramer's love-hate relationship

Kramer By Mashaun D. Simon Insight Staff Writer Larry Kramer does not hide the fact the he loves and adores gay people and that he himself is gay. However, he does not allow the affinity he has for his people to stop him from holding them accountable.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 01 September 2007 )
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Columnist to talk to NLGJA about Craig scandal

By Kris Turner
Insight Staff Writer

Idaho Statesman columnist Dan Popkey, who has written in depth about allegations surrounding Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) will take questions from NLGJA convention attendees on Sunday.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 01 September 2007 )

Justice with a snap: New show features gay judge

By Kim Galbraith Insight Staff Writer Judge David Young knew it when he was three years old. After sitting on his father's lap and watching him speak into a Dictaphone he knew he wanted to be a lawyer like his dad, attorney Burton Young.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 01 September 2007 )
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Efforts to increase visibility get mixed reviews

By Clare Trapasso and Kris Turner
Insight Staff Writers

Part 3 of 3

When Los Angeles Times sports columnist Michael Penner announced he would become Christine Daniels in April, news media rushed to cover the story.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 01 September 2007 )

Student Project has new home on the web

By Mashaun D. Simon
Insight Staff Writer

The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association's Online/Print Student Project has a new web address: nlgjaconvention.org.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 01 September 2007 )

Journalists learn how to “book ‘em”

By Brandy Wilson
Insight Staff Writer

Elizabeth Weise has three words for aspiring fiction authors to consider: vampire lesbian novels.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 01 September 2007 )

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