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Some new assistant editors at ArtsJournal

December 14, 2008 by Douglas McLennan Leave a Comment

I've been meaning to post this for some time. As my previous post explained, I was looking for some more help at ArtsJournal this fall, and posted the job notice in the post below. Ultimately, we had 134 applications for the editor job. There were some really great applicants. In the end, I chose two. They are: Matthew Westphal, who most recently was news editor for PlaybillArts and before that … [Read more...]

ArtsJournal is Hiring [UPDATE]

August 26, 2008 by Douglas McLennan Leave a Comment

ArtsJournal is expanding and I'm looking for a part time editor. The job involves culling stories from the publications we monitor (basically anything about the arts in English, worldwide) and choosing 10-15 stories per shift to feature on AJ. Each shift takes about two hours and we do the site in two shifts per day - once very early in the morning, the other in late afternoon/evening. Morning … [Read more...]

Why Newspapers Are Failing…

February 20, 2008 by Douglas McLennan 1 Comment

I've been posting lately at the National Arts Journalism Program's new Articles blog. Today I enumerated the business reasons why newspapers are laying off staff, cutting content and scaling back their businesses. Does it really have to be this way? … [Read more...]

A New Blog At NAJP

February 4, 2008 by Douglas McLennan 1 Comment

In my other life (what other life?) I'm the acting director of the National Arts Journalism Program (NAJP). NAJP started out as a project of the Pew Charitable Trusts in an attempt to help improve the state of arts journalism. I was an NAJP fellow at Columbia University in 1996-97. The program offered fellowships, did some of the first research on arts journalism, and convened numerous conferences … [Read more...]

Sheryl Smith on Too Many Artists Or Not Enough Value?: “I have noticed that artists look to everyone but themselves when the rent on their garret becomes harder to pay.…” Apr 14, 17:41
Jaym on Too Many Artists Or Not Enough Value?: “That won't work. The vast majority of contemporary art is bought as a tool by people who want to mark…” Dec 28, 18:35
Jaym on Too Many Artists Or Not Enough Value?: “Haha the arts education lobby. Must be the most impotent lobby on the face of the earth. I don't think…” Dec 28, 18:18
Peter Nelson on Too Many Artists Or Not Enough Value?: “For purposes of this discussion how are we defining "artist"? Are the various creatives involved in the advertising industry, the…” Mar 17, 13:02
David Beauchesne on Some Of Our Orchestras Seem To Be Thriving – Is This A New Trend?: “The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra (& Music School) has experienced just under a decade of balanced budgets, and recent spectacular…” Mar 10, 06:09
william osborne on Is The Institutionalization Of Our Arts A Dead End?: “And finally, even the term "attention span" contains an implicit judgment that only clouds the issue. It's not so…” Feb 22, 00:05
william osborne on Is The Institutionalization Of Our Arts A Dead End?: “And about binge watching. The shows are based on constantly keeping the watcher in a fast-paced thrall. 24…” Feb 21, 23:59
william osborne on Is The Institutionalization Of Our Arts A Dead End?: “Sure, we now have minimalist genres, and various long forms in the performing arts, but they are mostly highly marginalized…” Feb 21, 23:53
Douglas McLennan on Is The Institutionalization Of Our Arts A Dead End?: “At this point, I think it's debatable that our attention spans have shrunk. As Thomas points out, binge-watching and marathons…” Feb 20, 12:56
Thomas Lloyd on Is The Institutionalization Of Our Arts A Dead End?: “Who is placing an absolute value on attention spans? Even if that is the only option allowed by contemporary…” Feb 19, 15:37

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