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From the desk of James Reel on Tuesday, March 17th 2009 at 8:40

THE FUTURE (?) OF ARTS JOURNALISM

Here’s an interesting article about the future of arts journalism—that is, how the arts will be reported on and reviewed in a society in which newspapers either don’t care about such things or don’t exist at all. One trend: fired newspaper critics are getting published at online-only sites. This is fine, except that these sites are run on a shoestring budget, and most of the contributors don’t get paid. My rule is, if you aren’t paid for your work, you’re not a professional, no matter how “authoritative” your writing is. So even though these arts sites are springing up (don’t be surprised if some ex-_Citizen_ people find their way to one), the future of professional arts journalism remains dire.

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