The Heartland Project, a program initially designed to increase news coverage in minorities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) communities in Nebraska, has also become a gateway of opportunities for reporters. The project launched last summer when the Asian American ...

Minority populations can be misrepresented through the majority perspective. “Whenever there is a politician standing on the steps saying he or she is in favor of same-sex marriage,” said Jen Christensen, president of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association ...