2012 USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Program Announced

Fifteen distinguished arts journalists, web designers and web developers have been selected as fellows for the 2012 USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Program. They were chosen from the largest applicant pool in the fellowship's 11-year history – 257 applicants from across the United States and 56 countries.

With support from The Getty Foundation, these fellows will participate in an arts journalism project called Engine30 (November 8-18, 2012). While producing innovative journalism, Engine30is also an ambitious attempt to experiment with how that journalism is produced:

• To bring fresh and unconventional approaches to the project, the all-star Engine30 team includes not only top arts journalists but also designers, technologists, developers and information specialists outside the traditional journalism community.
• Engine30 is itself an innovative collaboration among these USC Annenberg/Getty Fellows; arts editors and reporters from three media outlets (Los Angeles Times, KCET independent public television's Artbound and Departures programs and KPCC 89.3 FM) and 16 students of USC Annenberg's M.A. in Specialized Journalism (the Arts).

"I particularly admire the innovative ways in which USC has reinvented the program in keeping with the changing context for arts journalism in an increasingly online environment," saidDeborah Marrow, director of The Getty Foundation. "The Getty is pleased to provide support for the arts journalism fellowship program."

The 2012 fellows are:

• Barbara Bogaev, host and producer, Soundprint Media, La Crescenta, Calif.
• Meredith Broussard, contributing editor, Hidden City Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
• BrenDan Bruce, senior interactive designer, Peppercom, New York, N.Y.
• Marissa Gluck, freelance journalist, Radar Research, Los Angeles, Calif.
• Sean Kelly, freelance designer and illustrator, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Fairfield, Conn.
• Miles Lightwood, staff software engineer, The Walt Disney Company, Glendale, Calif.
• Enrique Limón, arts and culture editor, Santa Fe Reporter, Santa Fe, N.M.
• Joanne McNeil, senior editor, Rhizome at the New Museum, New York, N.Y.
• Anne Maria Nicholson, national arts reporter, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney
• Paul Pierson, partner and design director, Carbone Smolan Agency, New York, N.Y.
• Chris Spurgeon, senior software engineer, The Walt Disney Company, North Hollywood, Calif.
• Suzi Steffen, social media consultant, Ojai Music Festival; journalism instructor, University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.
• Mark Taylor, senior interactive producer for arts & culture, KQED, San Francisco, Calif.
• Suzanne Wu, freelance journalist and blogger, "I'm Revolting," Etsy.com, Los Angeles, Calif.
• Logan K. Young, lead editorial producer, RealNetworks, Inc., Reston, Va. 

Sasha Anawalt, founder and director, Douglas McLennan, project architect and Edward Lifson, associate director, lead Engine30. For more information about them and the fellowship, visithttp://annenberg.usc.edu/GettyArtsJourn/The%20Staff.aspx.

The Getty Foundation fulfills the philanthropic mission of the Getty Trust by supporting individuals and institutions committed to advancing the understanding and preservation of the visual arts locally and throughout the world. Through strategic grants and programs, the Foundation strengthens art history as a global discipline, promotes the interdisciplinary practice of conservation, increases access to museum and archival collections, and develops current and future leaders in the visual arts. The Foundation carries out its work in collaboration with the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Research Institute, and the Getty Conservation Institute to ensure that the Getty programs achieve maximum impact. Additional information is available atwww.getty.edu/foundation.

About the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Located in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California, the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism is a national leader in education and scholarship in the fields of communication, journalism, public diplomacy and public relations. With an enrollment of more than 2,200 students, USC Annenberg offers doctoral, master's and bachelor's degree programs, as well as continuing development programs for working professionals across a broad scope of academic inquiry. The school's comprehensive curriculum emphasizes the core skills of leadership, innovation, service and entrepreneurship and draws upon the resources of a networked university located in the media capital of the world.

About the Los Angeles Times
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About KCET
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