Program Highlights Include:
- Exploring New York City’s borough-wide arts scene, from underground performance spaces to museums and cultural festivals
- Internships at media outlets and cultural institutions from CMJ (College Media Journal) to People to The New York Times.
- Guest speakers, from writers and editors to curators and producers
You Will Learn How To:
- Research and report on commercial, legal, and political issues that affect the arts
- Develop your own voice as a critic by writing reviews and critical essays for a generalist audience
- Explore, along with traditional arts, the culture of advertising, food, fashion, and web and industrial design
- Formulate critical standards for emerging forms such as graphic novels and short form internet videos
- Track and analyze local and global trends
- Use databases to research public and private funding of the arts
- Understand the basics of copyright law
- Find outlets for your writing, compose effective query letters, and place your work
Guest Speakers:
- Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker
- Patricia Cohen, The New York Times
- Calvin Trillin, The Nation, The New Yorker
- Robert Boynton, author, The New New Journalism
- Alex Star, New York Times Magazine
- Katherine Ornstein, freelance writer
- Nathan Brackett, assistant managing editor, Rolling Stone
- Doug Brod, editor in chief , Spin
- Rob Brunner, senior editor, Entertainment Weekly
- Lauren Collins, staff writer and deputy Talk of the Town editor, The New Yorker
- Elysa Gardner, pop music and theater Critic, USA Today
- Brian Hiatt, senior editor, Rolling Stone
- Chuck Kloseterman, author and columnist for Esquire
- Alan Light, author of The Skills to Pay the Bills: The Story of the Beastie Boys
- Lawrie Mifflin, senior editor, The New York Times
- Marcus Reeves, author of Somebody Scream!:Rap Music's Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power
- Dan Saltzstein, online arts and styles editor, The New York Times
- Rob Sharenow, senior vice president of programming, A&E Television Networks
- Danyel Smith, editor-in-chief, Vibe
- Clive Thompson, freelance writer (New York Times magazine, New York, Wired and Wired.com
- Josh Tyrangiel, editor-in-chief, Time.com
- Brendan Vaughn, senior editor, Portfolio
