Lia Chang: Randy Gener of American Theatre magazine Receives the NLGJA Journalist of the Year Award

Randy Gener

Randy Gener of American Theatre magazine just keeps racking up the awards.

In June, he was honored with the 2010 SPJ Deadline Club Award for Best Arts Reporting in New York City, and in 2009, he received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism. His latest accolade is the NLGJA Journalist of the Year award, an Excellence in Journalism award from the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA), which recognizes the outstanding professional achievements of an LGBT journalist.

NLGJA presents Gener, who is a writer, editor, Filipino-American playwright, drama critic, and visual artist based in New York City, with the award at the 20th Anniversary Gala of NLGJA, held at the National Convention and 7th Annual LGBT Media Summit in San Francisco at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, on Sept. 4, 2010.

Of Gener, judges said: “Some of the best journalism is being done outside of traditional newsrooms and by people covering niche areas. Gener’s writing on theater, especially as it interacts with LGBT lives, is beautifully done, knowledgeable and almost lyrical in its language.”

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Lia Chang is an actor, performance and fine art botanical photographer, an award-winning multimedia journalist.

As a photographer and videographer, Lia collaborates with artists, organizations and companies in establishing their documentary photo archive and social media presence. She has been documenting her colleagues and contemporaries in the arts, fashion and journalism since making her stage debut as Liat in the National Tour of South Pacific, with Robert Goulet and Barbara Eden.

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Lia Chang: Randy Gener Wins 2010 SPJ Deadline Club Award for Best Arts Reporting in New York City

Filipino-American writer, American Theatre senior editor and Nathan Award-winning critic, Randy Gener won the 2010 Deadline Club Award for Best Arts Reporting in New York – printed, broadcast or otherwise disseminated in 2009 on June 7 at the Annual Dinner of the DEADLINE CLUB AWARDS, one of New York City’s most prestigious journalism awards, held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Photo by Rick Maiman

Congratulations to Filipino-American writer Randy Gener, the American Theatre senior editor and Nathan Award-winning critic who received the 2010 Deadline Club Award for Best Arts Reporting in New York – printed, broadcast or otherwise disseminated in 2009, at the Annual Society of Professional Journalists dinner of the DEADLINE CLUB AWARDS, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on June 7, 2010.

The judges said, “Randy Gener shed light into government censorship and repression of artists. He met the high standards of excellence for journalism and went above and beyond with regards to enterprise, resourcefulness, and overcoming obstacles in pursuit of the story.”

Beating The Forward and The New York Times in the specialized writing category, Gener won for “Fomenting a Denim Revolution,” which appeared in the May/June 2009 edition of American Theatre, published by Theatre Communications Group, where Gener works as the senior editor. The article chronicles the plight of the guerilla artists of Belarus Free Theatre who perform underground in Minsk while arguing openly for regime change.

Gener received a Rube Goldberg bronze statue from Club president Rebecca Baker and keynote speaker Robert Thomson, managing editor of Wall Street Journal and editor-in-chief of Dow Jones & Co. The late Goldberg designed the coveted “Rube” to represent his conception of a “dead line.” “The competition was fierce, with nearly 300 entries vying for an award, proving once again that New York is truly the media capital of the world,” the SPJ judges said. “Tonight’s winners and finalists prove that good journalism can make a difference.”

The Deadline Club recognized more than two dozen winners and scores of finalists who were deemed the best in New York area journalism – printed, broadcast or otherwise disseminated in 2009 by news organizations based in and around the New York City area. With 21 categories, the focus ranged from newspapers to radio and television to online. This year’s winners included journalists from The New York Times, The Associated Press, Newsweek, Newsday, Vanity Fair, Fast Company, Sports Illustrated, Smart Money, CNN and Jazz Loft Project Radio Series. The other two finalists for best arts reporting were Benjamin Ivry from The Forward, for “From the Kol Israel Orchestra to a Pygmy Choir,” and Robin Pogrebin from The New York Times, for “Preserving the City.”

The Deadline Club of New York is one of the largest chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists. Its members include professionals working in broadcast, print, online and journalism education. The most important mission of SPJ and its chapters is fostering and defending freedom of the press under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. SPJ sends its constitutional lawyers to the aid of journalists who need assistance in exercising their rights.

The Deadline Club has been serving the cause of New York City journalism for nearly 80 years. For a complete list of winners and finalists, visit www.deadlineclub.org.



All text, graphics, articles & photographs: © 2000-2011 Lia Chang Multimedia. All rights reserved. All materials contained on this site are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior written permission of Lia Chang. You may not alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from copies of the content. For permission, please contact Lia at liachang@hotmail.com.

Lia Chang

Lia Chang is an actor, performance and fine art botanical photographer, and an award-winning multimedia journalist.

As a photographer and videographer, Lia collaborates with artists, organizations and companies in establishing their documentary photo archive and social media presence. She has been documenting her colleagues and contemporaries in the arts, fashion and journalism since making her stage debut as Liat in the National Tour of South Pacific, with Robert Goulet and Barbara Eden.

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Lia’s portraits and performance photos have appeared in Vanity Fair, Gourmet, German Elle, Women’s Wear Daily, The Paris Review, TV Guide, Daily Variety, Interior Design, American Theatre, Broadwayworld.com, Life & Style, OUT, New York Magazine, InStyle, Timeout.com, Villagevoice.com, Playbill.com, Theatermania.com, thelmagazine.com, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, USA Today, The Boston Globe, New York Times and Washington Post. A former syndicated arts and entertainment columnist for KYODO News, Lia is the New York Bureau Chief for AsianConnections.com. She writes about culture, style and Asian American issues for a variety of publications and this Backstage Pass with Lia Chang blog.

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Lia Chang: Randy Gener Receives George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism

Randy Gener is a Senior editor for American Theatre magazine.

Congratulations to Randy Gener, Senior Editor of American Theatre Magazine, who will be presented with the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, this country’s highest award for dramatic criticism and one of the most distinguished awards in the American theatre on Monday, March 9 at the Philippine Consulate Center, 556 Fifth Avenue at 7pm. Actors Victor Lirio and Rona Figueroa are the evening’s emcees.

Gener, the first Asian American to receive this award, will be celebrated with performances by Broadway leading men Jose Llana (“25th Annual Putnam Valley Spelling Bee”, Paolo Montalban (“Cinderella” and Roundabout’s “Pacific Overtures”) and Orville Mendoza (“The Romance of Magno Rubio” and Sondheim’s “Road Show”).  The musical performance will include a new medley of songs in the style of a serenade (harana), specially arranged by composer Fabian Obispo, and is an excerpt from a new musical THE LONG SEASON about Philippine immigration in the U.S., with lyrics and book by Chay Yew. It will be produced in April at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, N.J.

The festivities will take place from 7 to 9 pm Monday March 9 at the Kalayaan Hall (Freedom Hall) of the Philippine Consulate Center, 556 Fifth Avenue in New York City (near 45th Street). Ellis Hanson, Chair of the Cornell English Department, will present the award to Gener. Hon. Cecilia Rebong, Consul General of the Philippines, will be on hand.

The Nathan Awards Committee was particularly impressed by Gener’s writings in American Theatre magazine. The Committee’s citation for Gener reads, “He has used that venue [America Theatre Magazine] and others to draw our attention to largely ignored voices and visions on the international theatrical scene, to the work of Filipino-American playwright Jessica Hagedorn, to a small but lively Tennessee Williams Festival in Provincetown, and to the future of theatrical criticism itself in essays that wed critical intelligence with a beat reporter’s love of the telling and unruly fact. In one piece, Gener argues that, at its best, criticism is ‘a cultural asset, one of the bases on which democracy and community are built.’ He fulfills that lofty goal by implicitly reminding us of how much that is excellent in theater here and abroad is ignored by a critical fraternity which, during this age of globalization, seems more parochial than ever.”

The prize for the Nathan Award consists of the annual net income of half of Mr. Nathan’s estate. The annual award now amounts to $10,000, making it the richest as well as one of the most distinguished in the American theater. In addition, the winner receives a trophy symbolic of the award. For a complete description of the Nathan award and its origins, visit
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/english/awards/nathan/.

Source: Broadway World Article

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