Broward Arts Journalism Alliance Set to Explore and Expand

Broward Arts Journalism Alliance (BAJA) will open 2017 with a new series of workshops to continue nurturing local writers with professional development in various formats of writing.

In collaboration with the Goldring Arts Journalism Program, Janklow Arts Leadership Program and S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, the new program is set to enhance the relationship between Broward County arts writers, the media and the community.

Three Saturday workshops will take place in 2017: January 28, February 25 and March 25 at ArtServe and at the BAJA Writers Room in Fort Lauderdale. Workshops will conclude each evening at FATVillage Art Walk for social and artistic stimulation in one of Fort Lauderdale's thriving downtown arts districts.

Training programs for BAJA writers are designed to explore the versatility of arts coverage from citizen writers to media professionals.

"The aim of BAJA is to achieve a greater volume of content with an informed dialogue promoting the arts community," says Broward Cultural Division Director Earl Bosworth. "Our goal is for Broward County to be recognized for a high caliber of writing that benefits both the writers and publications."

Topics of the 2017 workshops will include: blogging; reviewing; social media; creative writing; and The Arts Writer. As well as column writing; cultural storytelling; digital journalism; and editing.

The workshop series will culminate in March with a Call to Writers.

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About Broward Arts Journalism Alliance (BAJA)
Broward Arts Journalism Alliance (BAJA) provides professional development, writing assignments and publication placement for local arts journalists.

This is a modern take on the traditional newsroom - an alliance of local arts writers hired by Broward Cultural Division to tell the stories of Broward's artists, arts organizations, culture, history and creative profiles. The program vets, trains and hires writers at competitive market rates to provide content for local publications.

About the Broward Cultural Division
Broward Cultural Division is a local arts agency, one of thousands across the U.S. providing financial, technical and marketing assistance to artists and arts organizations. Broward County has nearly 1.9 million residents, 15.4 million visitors, 10,000 artists, 6,291 arts-related businesses employing 23,498 people, 823 not-for-profit cultural organizations and 31 cities, some of which operate their own Arts Councils and public art programs.

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