Join the NAJP as we go to Washington, DC for the 2008 National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) Convention August 21-24. We will present our workshop Promoting Diversity Through Arts Journalism Friday, Aug. 22, at 11am.
I will be moderating the panel that includes author and Pulitzer Prize winner Margo Jefferson, Metro Weekly editor-in-chief and co-publisher Randy Shulman, and NPR digital media producer Trey Graham.
Find out why we're going on the NLGJA website:
The panel will explore questions including:
• How can we better cover minority artists and how can minority artists get better press coverage?
• How do we ensure that minority arts groups are not relegated to a "special interest" category in the press?
• With the recent cutbacks in arts coverage, how do we ensure the vitality of cultural reporting and give voice to lesser-known artists?
• How do we make minority arts stories accessible to the general readership?
• How do we diversify the pool of critics so that diverse artists and communities receive better representation?
If you have any issues you'd like to see addressed, please send us a comment.
This workshop is part of NAJP's goal that cultural reporting reflect what we term not diversity, but "reality"-- the reality that arts journalism comprises journalists and artists of all races, genders, and sexual orientation.
"NLGJA Goes to Washington" promises three days of hands-on workshops, hot-topic panels, and networking opportunities at the Hilton Washington Hotel. Learn more and register here.
I will be moderating the panel that includes author and Pulitzer Prize winner Margo Jefferson, Metro Weekly editor-in-chief and co-publisher Randy Shulman, and NPR digital media producer Trey Graham.
Find out why we're going on the NLGJA website:
The panel will explore questions including:
• How can we better cover minority artists and how can minority artists get better press coverage?
• How do we ensure that minority arts groups are not relegated to a "special interest" category in the press?
• With the recent cutbacks in arts coverage, how do we ensure the vitality of cultural reporting and give voice to lesser-known artists?
• How do we make minority arts stories accessible to the general readership?
• How do we diversify the pool of critics so that diverse artists and communities receive better representation?
If you have any issues you'd like to see addressed, please send us a comment.
This workshop is part of NAJP's goal that cultural reporting reflect what we term not diversity, but "reality"-- the reality that arts journalism comprises journalists and artists of all races, genders, and sexual orientation.
"NLGJA Goes to Washington" promises three days of hands-on workshops, hot-topic panels, and networking opportunities at the Hilton Washington Hotel. Learn more and register here.
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