from the May 2010 issue of KC Stage
KC Stage staff member Angie Fiedler Sutton is one of 25 arts journalists chosen from 16 states to participate as fellows in the sixth National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater at USC Annenberg, conducted by USC Annenberg’s School of Journalism in Los Angeles from May 17-27.
Participants in USC Annenberg’s 2010 NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater include theater critics, reporters and editors, as well as general arts and entertainment journalists. Many of them have shifted from print to online or are finding the balance in between. Some also work in radio.
“I’m calling this the post-shock journalism generation,” said Sasha Anawalt, director of the NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater. “Many Fellows in this year’s class have created ways to practice their craft, demonstrating entrepreneurial spirit and confidence in spite of the economic tailspin. These young professionals (their average age is 32) have used technology and the Internet to serve the arts and their passion for covering theater. They are good, inquisitive journalists determined not just to survive, but thrive. We look forward to helping them go the distance.”
The 25 NEA Fellows will participate in a rigorous 11-day program that includes writing workshops and one-on-one master classes. Among the guest faculty are Hilton Als, theater critic for The New Yorker; Irene Borger, arts journalist, author and director of the Alpert Award in the Arts; Kay Cole, Broadway dancer, choreographer and teacher; Steven Leigh Morris, playwright and critic-at-large for LA Weekly; Dominic Papatola, theater critic for the St. Paul Pioneer Press; Jack Viertel, artistic director, New York City Center Encores!, and creative director, Jujamcyn Theaters; and Jeff Weinstein, editor and critic formerly with the Village Voice and Philadelphia Inquirer. Entrepreneurship journalism training is emphasized, as well as multimedia and digital skill-building with Douglas McLennan, editor and founder of ArtsJournal.com.
Nine performances will be attended, including Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo directed by Moisés Kaufman at the Mark Taper Forum and the world premiere of Road to Saigon, developed and directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera at East West Players.
Over 50 applications were received from theater writers, editors and critics from 27 states and from a variety of media. Each newspaper, radio and television station represented in the 2010 fellowship is new to the NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater.
NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater
http://annenberg.usc.edu/nea.
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