NLGJA 2026 National Convention

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8:00am PDT

Book Club Morning Meet Up Waterfront B QPOC Morning Meet Up Waterfront A Quiet Room/Work Room Golden Gate Room

8:30am PDT

Morning Boost Coffee Break Seacliff FoyerPhRMA

9:00am PDT

From the Daily Beat to the Best-Seller: How to Turn Your Reporting Into a Book Seacliff A How to Speak Red State Seacliff B Lifting Up Diverse LGBTQ+ Media and Entertainment During Trump 2.0 Seacliff C

10:00am PDT

Film Room Grand Ballroom C

10:15am PDT

Beyond the Horserace: Covering The Real Stakes of the Midterms Grand Ballroom ALevi Kalish • Lex McMenamin

11:45am PDT

Bi+ Brownbag Meet-Up Waterfront A Trans and Non-Binary Brownbag Meet-Up Waterfront B

1:00pm PDT

Here I Am World All of Me at Last: The Origin and Impact of NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists Grand Ballroom A

2:45pm PDT

KQED: Covering One Of the Queerest Places on Earth Seacliff AKQED Pitch-A-Thon Seacliff CEric Hegedüs • Pat Manning • Cathy Renna Rewriting the Lead(er): The New Rules of Media Management Seacliff DAaron Waisler What in the L? Reclaiming the Word “Lesbian” Seacliff BSunny Leerasanthanah • Franco Stevens • Laila AnnMarie Stevens Film Room Grand Ballroom C

3:30pm PDT

Coffee Break Cafe Seacliff FoyerMaynard Institute

4:00pm PDT

Content That Connects: The Social Playbook Seacliff CPatrick Gomez • Jack Irvin • Jonathan Borge • Cait Knoll • People Inc. Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics: Covering Queer Athletes Seacliff AJim Buzinski • Chris Bull • Cyd Ziegler The Future of Queer & Trans Media Seacliff BSalgu Wissmath • Soleil Ho • Kit O'Connell

5:15pm PDT

Convention CONNECTions: A Showcase of Student Work Grand Ballroom AVersant • Kellogg Foundation

6:30pm PDT

Open Recovery Meeting Waterfront A

7:30pm PDT

Closing Reception Full Grand Ballroom