Federal Office of Culture promotes music journalism
The upcoming Bad Bonn Kilbi in Düdingen is not only characterized by a lot of music, but also grants the pilot project "Where the hell is the press?" guest rights. Under this title, the Federal Office of Culture is launching a mentoring program for young music journalists from 23 to 25 May.
"Where the hell is the press?" offers six music journalists at the start of their careers practical training and further education. Designed as a mentoring program, the pilot project also aims to stimulate a discussion about the state of cultural journalism in the Swiss media and the current framework conditions of the critic's profession.
The music journalists Ane Hebeisen (Der Bund) and Yann Zitouni (RTS) have been engaged as mentors. They will design and run the festival blog together with the participants from May 23 to 25, 2013 www.wherethehellisthepress.netwhich offers alternative coverage of the Bad Bonn Kilbi 2013.
The participants Eva Hediger (Winterthur), Laurent Küng (Lausanne), Louis Rossier (Fribourg), Andreas Ruf (Olten), Fabienne Schmuki (Zurich) and Pascaline Sordet (Lausanne) were selected following a call for applications.
The pilot project will be evaluated after the first edition and will be pursued in the context of other festivals and disciplines.
