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July 25, 2008

NAJP Goes to Washington With NLGJA

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.
 
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