Is CultureGrrl “a new model in cultural coverage”?
Maybe. Perhaps not. But this continuing work-in-progress (or lack thereof) is Number 46 of 109 projects vying for that designation (and the generous first prize) at the National Summit on Arts Journalism.
If you would like to see my self-praising pitch to the competition’s jurors, go here. If nothing else, it will tell you how I regard what I’m doing, how I’m doing it, and how it’s going so far.
If NAJP doesn’t fund me, I hope other potential patrons (or news organizations) may stumble upon my pitch and deem what I’m doing to be worthy of support. I am (as CultureGrrl readers already know too well) at that stage in blog-life where I feel I must significantly monetize this project to warrant my continuing such time-intensive work.
Speaking of which, many warm thanks go to CultureGrrl Donors 67, 68 and 69, from Mahwah, NJ; Fair Oaks, CA; and Brooklyn, NY. None of these, alas, are from Paris (or anywhere else in France, for that matter)! I’m not moving on in my geographically diverse donor search (although the above donors ARE farflung!) until I receive a Gallic donation!
“Lecteur–mon semblable, mon frère“: Etes-vous encore en vacances?
(Baudelaire—THAT should get ’em!)