View source for Media Experts in the LGBTQ Community

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Media is pervasive in our lives.  As a result, many individuals are professionally involved in providing a comprehensive understanding of the media landscape and how it works.  They assist their clients in navigating this landscape and identifying opportunities, providing insights and analysis on how it is changing and what it means for those working there.

A media expert can be active in content creation, analytics, understanding the various communication platforms, networking, providing guidance on adapting to a changing world of communications, and much more. 

Their participation in the LGBTQ community is important because of the challenges faced when working with the media.  Our digital world has compounded the challenge because there is often a lack of structure, regulations, guideposts, and monitors to ensure respect, fairness, and truth.  Indeed, arguments have been presented that social media unfairly censors, targets, restricts, and silences LGBTQ content, an occurrence described as 'The Digital Closet'. 

GLAAD also points out that media is not always a safe place for the LGBTQ community.  There is rampant discrimination, harassment, and misinformation about LGBTQ individuals and their activities that make tolerance and acceptance that much more challenging.  Media portrayals often lead to real-world problems, and many media companies actively promote this activity.  

There are several high-profile LGBTQ individuals in the media profession.  These include the founder and CEO of IAC/Interactive Corp [[Barry Diller]], the co-founder of Facebook [[Chris Hughes]], politicians [[Margot James]] and [[Miriam Meckel]], and Gawker founder [[Nick Denton]].

We have identified the following media experts from the LGBTQ Community.


'''Canada'''

* [[Noah Cowan]], media consultant
* [[Max Valiquette]], media expert

'''Germany'''

* [[Miriam Meckel]], Director of the Institute for Media and Communication Management at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, and State Secretary for Europe, International Affairs and Media.

'''Great Britain'''

* [[Charles Allen]], Virgin Media
* [[Guy Black, Baron Black of Brentwood]], Former Executive Director, Telegraph Media Group
* [[Ben Bradshaw]], Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
* [[Nick Denton]], founder of Gawker Media
* [[Margot James]],  Minister of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

'''United States'''

* [[John Aravosis]], media pundit
* [[Richard Berke]], Editor of Politico, and formerly The New York Times
* [[David Bohnett]], co-founder of Geo-Cities
* [[Howard Bragman]], Chair of LaBrea Media
* [[Michael Bronski]], Professor of Practice in Media and Activism
* [[Sam Champion]], Managing Editor - The Weather Channel
* [[Justin Chenette]], consultant
* [[Barry Diller]], founder and CEO of IAC/Interactive Corp
* [[Matt Drudge]], media pundit
* [[Brian Graden]], Brian Graden Media
* [[Chris Hughes]], co-founder of Facebook
* [[Cathy Renna]], co-founder of Target Cue
* [[Dan Savage]], media pundit
* [[Susan Sontag]], media critic

==See Also==

* [[LGBTQ Investigative Journalists and Editors]]
* [[LGBTQ Magazine Editors]]
* [[Top Television News Anchors Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
* [[Political Correspondents and Commentators Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
* [[Founders of LGBTQ Book Publishers]]
* [[War and Foreign Press Correspondents Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
* [[Prominent Newspaper Contributors Who Identify as LGBTQ]]

==Further Reading/Research==

* https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/proud-connected-lgbtqia-social-media-communities-robyn-hunt-/
* https://www.insideedition.com/social-media-platforms-target-restrict-and-silence-lgbtq-content-experts-say-82163
* https://www.npr.org/2022/07/13/1111113396/glaad-social-media-report-lgbtq-online-harassment

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