Archives for February 2008

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...]

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
william osborne on Is The Institutionalization Of Our Arts A Dead End?: “One could take this a step farther. One of the greatest dangers facing the arts today is that too…” Feb 17, 08:14
richard kooyman on Is The Institutionalization Of Our Arts A Dead End?: “Why does the art advocate community keep asking the question "what should the role of artists be in their communities"?…” Feb 17, 03:30
william osborne on Is The Institutionalization Of Our Arts A Dead End?: “Perhaps it's worth noting that performances at the Met cost about one million dollars per show. Music theater and…” Feb 17, 00:30

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