Apply for Louisville’s only youth-led newsroom covering local arts before December deadlines

Belonging to a circle of peers can be wonderful. With the support of a group, creating something can launch a person on an avenue of discovery, insights and confidence.

Arts Angle Vantage program participants have attended and reviewed performances and exhibitions and interviewed artists and other creatives to write pieces that were published. They also learned photography and had their work published and exhibited.

Camaraderie and creating come together in Arts Angle Newsroom, a new program from the organization that has given young people access to the arts in the larger metropolitan Louisville since 2018. It's also elevated young people's voices by supporting them in writing articles and reviews that get published.

In the Arts Angle Newsroom, young people ages 14 to 18 who apply can

• meet like-minded peers and gain a sense of belonging to the larger metropolitan Louisville community;

• gain access to the arts and creative resources it holds;

• report on these through articles and reviews;

• receive participation awards for their work (see position descriptions for details);

• and have their work published as part of the youth-driven Arts Angle Newsroom.

More Arts Angle Vantage program participants in various programs interviewing artists, covering events and attending performances.

See the position description for the Arts Angle Newsroom Team members here.  • The application deadline is Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025.

The youth-led Arts Angle Newsroom also seeks youth editors. Two to four Arts Angle Editorial Team members (aged 16 to 18) will guide the editirial process with the support of mentors. See the position description for the Arts Angle Newsroom Editorial Team members here. • The application deadline is Friday, Dec. 5, 2025

Participation as an Arts Angle Newsroom Team Member or an Editorial Team Member provides young people with hands-on experience working and coordinating with others to serve readers in the community. It also allows them to have published work with their bylines. These pieces are useful for academic portfolios, applications for scholastic programs, and college and university applications.

While having fun with peers, gaining access to different aspects of the city’s creative life and sharing their finished work with the community, participants also

• become significant independent youth voices in our community,

• sharpen their writing and communication skills,

• improve their understanding of the media, thereby enhancing their literacy.

OUR HISTORY: The Arts Angle Newsroom has been a major ambition since our organization’s 2018 launch. Since then, more than 60 young people from high schools in the Kentucky counties of Bullitt, Jefferson, Meade and Shelby, and Clark and Floyd counties in Indiana have participated in our workshops to review and report on the arts and creative events. We have published their pieces on our website and with local publications, including the Courier Journal, LEO Weekly, and high school media.

Here is what some of them have to say about the experience.

• The program gave me a passion for writing again. And it’s been the coolest activity I can look back on when I graduate. — Halle

• Not only did it help me become a better writer, it helped me become a better person. — Tia

• It will push you to be more involved and it will push you to be more aware of things in your community that you may not have been aware of before. — Jewel