A look at what's being done nationally and locally as arts journalism migrates online. We explore the forms arts journalism is taking online and look at a few business models.

1. The Future of Arts Journalism. WTF are we going to do? by Kinsee Morlan, arts editor @ San Diego CityBeat

2. Journalism has officially changed. Cost of paper is up Ad revenue is down “ The End is Over” by San Diego artist Mike Maxwell Papers have closed or cut down Arts coverage is one of the first things to go

3. Arts coverage is slowly migrating online “ The Same Slow Race” by San Diego artist Bret J. Barrett It’s a good thing — Multimedia, faster, more and hyper-local

4. What form is online arts coverage taking? And the winners are… USC Annenberg School for Communications | http://najp.org/summit/

5. What form is online arts coverage taking? Glasstire — a nonprofit website dedicated to covering the arts in Texas.

6. What form is online arts coverage taking? FLYP — A NYC-based multimedia online magazine that covers arts, science and entertainment. Supported by private investors and starting to monetize through rich-media advertising.

7. What form is online arts coverage taking? San Francisco Classical Voice — A nonprofit website covering classical music in the Bay Area

8. What form is online arts coverage taking? KCET’s Departure’s Project — An online public-radio project that uses multimedia and is supported by both ads and donations.

9. What form is online arts coverage taking? Fecal Face — A blog-style website covering the art scene in San Francisco. Mostly ad Supported.

10. What form is online arts coverage taking? Sezio — A local nonprofit site dedicated to covering local art and music.

11. What form is online arts coverage taking? Art as Authority — A local blog covering the arts. Is volunteer-supported, doesn’t make money that I know of.

12. What form is online arts coverage taking? Art Rocks! — A local podcast covering the visual arts in San Diego.

13. What form is online arts coverage taking? Dark Vomit — A local tech-savvy artist who covers himself and the shows he helps organize through making video games and posting art online. Makes money by selling art.

14. What form is online arts coverage taking? San Diego CityBeat — I’m trying to do weekly art news posts that we don’t have room for in the print edition. Timely, informative, newsy (better for online).

15. What form is online arts coverage taking? San Diego CityBeat — I’m also trying to put together weekly slideshows/videos of Images you can find in and around San Diego every week.

16. What form is online arts coverage taking? San Diego CityBeat — We will be starting a podcast and covering everything we cover in the paper and more.

17. How will we make money?

18. How will we make money? According to the 2009 Arts and Culture Economic and Community Impact Report, San Diego’s arts and culture entities brought in $181 million in direct expenditures, in part, by attracting 1.46 million visitors to San Diego in 2009. Maybe some of San Diego’s tourism dollars should go to covering the arts.

19. How will we make money? If the idea of journalists getting money from the government scares you, think of the BBC.

20. The Future of Arts Journalism. A painting by Pamela Jaeger. This is the difficult, awkward turning point, but the future isn’t as grim as some people think. Ask long as there is art, there will be art journalism in some shape or form. And as long as you value arts coverage, we can find a way to pay for it.