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Cutbacks End Columbia's Arts Journalism Program
by Simi Horwitz
"Nothing that happens in a university is necessary," says Nicholas Lemann, dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. "If Columbia were destroyed in a terrorist attack, life would go on. The real question isn't 'Is a particular program necessary?' but rather 'How does it add value?' And the National Arts Journalism Program was valuable in marrying craft and knowledge in a setting that has access to the arts capital, the best arts journalists, and the rest of Columbia University. The NAJP gave arts journalists context, which helped them understand specifics."
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http://www.backstage.com/backstage/news/
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by Simi Horwitz
"Nothing that happens in a university is necessary," says Nicholas Lemann, dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. "If Columbia were destroyed in a terrorist attack, life would go on. The real question isn't 'Is a particular program necessary?' but rather 'How does it add value?' And the National Arts Journalism Program was valuable in marrying craft and knowledge in a setting that has access to the arts capital, the best arts journalists, and the rest of Columbia University. The NAJP gave arts journalists context, which helped them understand specifics."
Read the entire article online at:
http://www.backstage.com/backstage/news/
article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000954178
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