Portland documentary school to close
The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland is planning to close this September after seeing a decline in enrollment and finances.
The Bangor Daily News reported that Donna Galluzzo, the program’s outgoing executive director, informed alumni of the upcoming closure in a Tuesday email. Salt, which was founded 42 years ago, has provided courses for writing, audio production and photography.
“Enrollment has been static. Changes in affiliation agreements with colleges have resulted in the critical loss of access to student loans and AmeriCorps funding,” Galluzzo said in the email. “We have no endowment to dip into. Rapidly evolving technology needs add additional strain. On top of these factors, Salt has been operating with a bare-bones staff for some years now.”
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