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From May 18-21 one hundred alumni of the National Arts Journalism Program will be meeting in Philadelphia. The meeting includes a day-long conference at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on the state of arts journalism called "The New Playing Field". Prior to the conference, ArtsJournal is hosting an online debate about the changing nature of culture and cultural journalism. We've invited 15 critics and editors to take part. They'll be posting every day and we invite readers to join the conversation. Reader posts will... more

Our Topic 
Everyone's a critic. And now that anyone has access to an audience through the internet, our computers have become a cacophony of people with opinions. Clearly not all opinions are equal. Traditionally, the influence of an opinion was closely tied to the venue in which it was published - how widely it was disseminated or how prestigious the publication was thought to be... more

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Who Needs Critics? - BuzzMachine
Engaging with the Arts - By Joseph Horowitz

Break Rules - By Enrique Fernandez

Why Arts Coverage Should Be More Like Sports - By Chris Lavin

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Our Bloggers

 

Misha Berson
Theatre Critic, Seattle Times

Larry Blumenfeld
Jazz Critic, Wall Street Journal

Caryn Brooks
A&E Editor, asap, Associated Press

Jeanne Carstensen
Managing Editor, Salon.com

Anthony DeCurtis
Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone

Enrique Fernandez
Critic, Miami Herald

Tyler Green
Art Critic, Modern Art Notes

Joseph Horowitz
author/orchestra consultant

Chris Lavin
Senior Editor/Special Sections, San Diego Union-Tribune

Ruth Lopez
Art & Design Editor, Time Out Chicago

Maud Newton
Book Critic, MaudNewton.com

Claude Peck
Fine Arts Editor, The Star-Tribune (Mpls)

Inga Saffron
Architecture Critic, Philadelphia Inquirer

Andras Szanto
Former Director, National Arts Journalism Program

Terry Teachout
Critic, AboutLastNight

Jerome Weeks
Book Critic, Dallas Morning News

Moderated by
Douglas McLennan
Editor, ArtsJournal.com

AJ Blogs

AJBlogCentral

Architecture
Pixel Points
Nancy Levinson on Architecture

Culture
About Last Night
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City

Artful Manager
Andrew Taylor on the business of Arts & Culture

blog riley
rock culture approximately

Straight Up |
Jan Herman - Arts, Media & Culture News with 'tude

Tommy T
Tommy Tompkins' extreme measures

Dance
Seeing Things
Tobi Tobias on dance et al...

Media
Serious Popcorn
Martha Bayles on Film

Music
Adaptistration
Drew McManus on orchestra management

PostClassic
Kyle Gann on music after the fact

Rifftides
Doug Ramsey on Jazz and other matters...

Sandow
Greg Sandow on the future of Classical Music

Publishing
Beatrix
A Book Review review

Visual Arts
Artopia
John Perreault's art diary

Modern Art Notes
Tyler Green's modern contemporary art blog

AJBlog Heaven
Midori in Asia
Conversations from the road (June 22-July3, 2005)

A better case for the Arts?
A public conversation

Critical Conversation
Classical Music Critics on the Future of Music

Sticks & Stones
James S. Russell on Architecture

In Media Res
Bob Goldfarb on Media

RoadTrip
Sam Bergman on tour with the Minnesota Orchestra

AJ BlogCentral