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From the National Summit on Arts Journalism:
First Prize of $7,500 goes to Glasstire (www.glasstire.com) of Texas. Second Prize of
$5,000 goes to FLYP Media (http://www.flypmedia.com/)
of New York City. Third Prize of $2,500 goes to San Francisco Classical
Voice (www.sfcv.org) . Additionally, all
three projects, along with finalists Departures (a project of KCET in
Los Angeles http://kcet.org/explore-ca/departures/ )
and Flavorpill (www.flavorpill.com
), previously were awarded $2,000 each for being chosen finalists for the
National Arts Journalism Summit.
The purpose of the summit was not a search for content. Content is not what’s broken. It was a nationwide call for new delivery systems for arts content, be it through criticism, photo essays, videos, forums and/or arts-driven social networking sites. Interesting, then, that NAJP voters chose to award first place to the site with the best content.
Makes sense. NAJP members are mostly critics. Critics want a place to write and the opportunity to be paid for their work. With wit and energy, Glasstire provides both, although writers are largely freelance: few living wage jobs available.
Coming in second, FLYP Media is a design marvel, but so far tends to be weak on content. If the editors undertake to improve the writing (and that means also the thinking) of its offerings, it will be able to offer genuine employment to writers, who so far play a secondary role. A brainy FLYP would be huge.
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