Our Mission | Arts Journalism Trust nurtures citizenship and builds an equitable and creative community by giving youth from diverse backgrounds access to the arts and by empowering them to use their voices to create public service journalism that delivers local news and views on arts and culture.
Arts Journalism Trust emerged to address:
• increased interest in arts and creativity among young people,
• precipitous decline in arts education,
• continued inequities in access to the arts and media by marginalized populations, and
• decreased arts coverage, which has suffered as the journalism industry faced setbacks with the rise of global technology.
Why support us? | Our work to elevate voices of young people helps youth better understand themselves, others, and the world around them. These voices, represented by a diversity of participants, are central to our teen-centered journalism platform and program —
Arts Angle Vantage. This collaborative work fosters greater community-wide awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the local arts landscape.
When teens participate in
Arts Angle Vantage, they become better writers and strengthen their critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. They become better prepared for higher education and careers, including those in the media and the arts. As
Arts Angle Vantage improves their media literacy, they become better citizens of a world shaped by digital technology.
Our platform and programming prioritize engaging the wider community and members across society — youth, educators, artists, cultural organizations, civil servants — in conversations about our coverage and issues that concern the local creative life.
Our Values | Fairness and integrity guide Arts Journalism Trust’s production of high-quality news and information about the arts. Truth, accuracy, and inclusion are fundamental to our beliefs. Essential to our mission is our conviction that strong journalism — and specifically arts journalism — strengthens democracy.
Background | From 2018-2020, we invested in young people via our pilot project,
Arts Bureau Edge, with nine workshops supervised by media professionals benefiting more than 25 teens. Their articles about the arts were published on our website and in local media outlets. Some 45% of participants identified as BIPOC and LBGTQ. In a survey, 70% said they would recommend the program and said it helped them in school.
You can be part of our future when you make an investment.