We continue to hear a lot about the loss of on-staff culture critics at American newspapers: Budget cutbacks and layoffs start today at the Dallas Morning News while the New York Times may shut down the entire Boston Globe with potentially catastrophic effects on the arts scene there. But it’s not just in America: London, […]
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We continue to hear a lot about the loss of on-staff culture critics at American newspapers: Budget cutbacks and layoffs start today at theDallas Morning Newswhile the New York Times may shut down the entire Boston Globewith potentially catastrophic effects on the arts scene there.But it’s not just in America: London, one of the great theater towns of the world, has lost an entire generation of theater critics (“As far as I know, there are no regularly employed theatre critics under 30.”)
Jerome Weeks is the Senior Arts Reporter/Producer for KERA. Previously at The Dallas Morning News, he was the book columnist for 10 years and the drama critic for 10 years before that. His writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, American Theatre and Men’s Vogue magazines. View more about Jerome Weeks.
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