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As 2020 comes to a close, ASJA would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of ASJA's Weekly a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2020.
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MEMBER-EXCLUSIVE NEWS
People Who Turned to Upwork to Find Freelance Gigs Say They've Lost Thousands of Dollars to Scams
NBC News
From June 9:
Chris O'Reilly, 28, turned to the freelancing website Upwork when he lost his job in March after the country went into lockdown to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. After applying for a handful of job postings, he was invited to a Skype interview for a proofreading and editing job at the pharmaceutical company Sanofi.
Things were looking up. A few days later, he got an offer letter on what appeared to be an official Sanofi letterhead and an emailed check to buy supplies that his new employer said were for his home office.
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75 Grammar Rules for Writers
Writer's Digest
From Oct. 13: If you're anything like me, you have a love-hate relationship with grammar. On one hand, grammar rules are necessary for greater understanding and more effective communication. On the other hand, there are just so many rules (and so many exceptions to the rules). It can be overwhelming.
But fear not! We are here to share a plethora of grammar rules for writers that we've tackled over the years. If you have a question, we may have the answer.
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Should Journalists Let Sources Look Over Stories Before Publication?
Poynter
From May 19: Journalists traditionally have a one-way relationship with sources. Whether it is a CEO speaking on the record or a nervous whistleblower with a confidential tip, our approach tends to be the same: We take the information, publish the story and deal later with whatever the source thinks of what we wrote.
This practice makes a lot of sense in investigative reporting when we interview powerful people for a story that may put them in a bad light.
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21 Authors Share 1 Piece of Advice for Writers
Writer's Digest
From June 16: I love reading interviews with authors. There are few things better than finding out what inspired their books, how they go about revising stories, why they made certain decisions, and more. And in this post, I've collected the answers to one of my favorite questions: "If you could share one piece of advice with other writers, what would it be?"
You might think I'd get 21 answers that say the exact same thing. But you'd be wrong if you did.
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Don't Let Your Story Pitches Die a Premature Death
The Writer
From Feb. 18: We’ve all been there as freelance writers: a great article idea lights up your bulb, you embroider it with some flashy, on-topic themes, you research the market, and you dispatch it into the appropriate editor’s inbox.
And you wait.
And you wait some more. Sometimes your story is so hot in your veins you send a follow-up email mere days later. Sometimes two weeks of no reply sends you scrambling back to your market research, and you send out the query to editor two and editor three.
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