Preview: Introducing Jazz Journalism Now
(19th July at 1:00am UK time, Preview By Rob Edgar)

On July the 18th at 8:00pm Eastern time (which is actually the 19th July 1:00AM-2:30AM BST) the Jazz Journalists Association (USA) will be presenting the first in a series of interactive monthly “webinars” on the subject of jazz journalism.

The webinar  on the 19th  is free but requires advance sign-up. The charge for the subsequent sessions will be  $30 to non-members of the JJA. This webinar, Introducing Jazz Journalism Now, will take the form of a panel discussion and feature topics like the importance of accurate storytelling, what jazz journalism is, whether or not there is a difference between journalism and criticism, etc.

The panel will feature:

• Howard Mandel, who will be moderating and is a New York based jazz journalist with over 30 years experience covering jazz for newspapers, magazines and radio. He is also an author of two books on jazz ( Future Jazz and Miles Ornette Cecil – Jazz Beyond Jazz). Howard is President of the JJA

• Patrick Jarenwattananon, a blogger for NPR music’s blog, A Blog Supreme.

• Matt Kassel, a recent graduate in journalism who is now freelancing for the Wall Street Journal and the New York City Jazz Record

• Dan Morgenstern, recipient of several Grammy awards for best liner notes, JJA lifetime laureate for his achievement in jazz journalism and Director Emeritus of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. .

Future programs will cover topics such as, Festival Coverage (on the 16th of August), writing biographies (date TBA) and jazz blogging.(date TBA)