Drawing People In Journalism's Role in the Relationship Between Art and Community

<div class="ewa-rteLine" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve; background-color: #ffffff;">This thesis explores the role journalism plays in the relationship between art and community. This is done through a literature review followed by interviews with five journalists, seven artists, and eight community organizers &mdash; some of whom are also artists. Each transcript</div> <div class="ewa-rteLine" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve; background-color: #ffffff;">was processed through thematic analysis to identify the key concerns and ideas shared. The</div> <div class="ewa-rteLine" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve; background-color: #ffffff;">top subjects explored included the importance of and need to increase community engagement</div> <div class="ewa-rteLine" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve; background-color: #ffffff;">with art and artists, the value news exposure can have to widen artists&rsquo; audience, the efforts that</div> <div class="ewa-rteLine" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve; background-color: #ffffff;">alternative news sources like independent newspapers have made to consistently and robustly</div> <div class="ewa-rteLine" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve; background-color: #ffffff;">cover the arts, and the expectations of journalists and newsrooms to dig deeper into their arts</div> <div class="ewa-rteLine" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve; background-color: #ffffff;">coverage beyond surface-level profile stories. The codes and themes discovered in the thematic</div> <div class="ewa-rteLine" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve; background-color: #ffffff;">analysis were used to create three long-form feature articles discussing the dynamic between</div> <div class="ewa-rteLine" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve; background-color: #ffffff;">journalism, art, and community, with a focus on each perspective of the dynamic.</div>