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ASJA
Registrations are already rolling in for 2020’s ASJA conference in New York City, held at New York Marriott Downtown, in Lower Manhattan's Financial District on April 19-20. This year's theme is "The Independent Writer's Best Friend," focused on fighting back against legal threats to a freelance writer's career and also embracing the new world of freelance journalism. We’re planning more than 50 writing workshops, panel discussions, training sessions and other events, including intimate, extended-length Mastermind sessions.
The keynote speaker is journalist and tech maven Sree Sreenivasan. Like past conferences, Client Connections (stay tuned for details about signing up for the lottery) links members with editors and agents who are hiring through short, one-on-one speed-dating-like sessions.
Register at this dedicated conference site. Questions? Contact 2020 conference chair Randy Dotinga at randydotinga@gmail.com or associate conference chair Kristine Hansen at kristinehansenwriter@gmail.com. How can we make this conference the best yet and better serve your needs? Don't hesitate to let us know!
ASJA
Mark your calendar and set an alarm! The first 2020 Virtual Client Connections sign-ups are coming — Jan. 13-14.
Jump start your 2020 business by participating in the next VCC on Jan. 28-31; Feb. 4-7. We’ve got some great people hoping to connect with you. At VCC, you can meet editors and agents by phone or Zoom and pitch story ideas one-on-one or talk about what they are looking for.
Sign-ups begin Monday, Jan. 13, at 2 p.m. EST and again Tuesday, Jan. 14, on ASJA’s website, on a first-come, first-served basis. Stay tuned to the Forums, ASJA Weekly and the ASJA website for more information or contact stacey.freed@gmail.com or LisaRoepe@gmail.com if you have questions.
ASJA
Our rights as freelancers to work as we choose — the rights that give us the freedom we cherish — are under attack as never before. See how ASJA is standing up for freelancers across the United States.
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Don’t miss out on big discussions at ASJA’s members-only forums. Check out these topics:
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Gallup
The degree that the public trusts journalists varies widely across 144 countries and territories included in the 2018 Wellcome Global Monitor study. Worldwide, the percentage who express at least some trust in journalists ranges from a low of 12% in Greece to a high of 93% in Uzbekistan. Median global trust in journalists stands at 59% — the trust level in the U.S.
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Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Being a self-published author can be rewarding, but it can be challenging too. There are many challenges you will have to overcome to start making a living out of indie publishing. Many authors have tried their hands on self-publishing, and they would all agree that it is difficult if you don’t know what to do. Here are some great tips on how to be successful in self-publishing.
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Columbia Journalism Review
Sam Greenspan, a former producer at NPR, released the first episode of his new podcast, Bellwether, in July. The name of the show, Greenspan says, stems from a practice dating to the Middle Ages in which shepherds tie a bell around the neck of a castrated ram (the “wether”), and track their flock by following the sound. “So a bellwether is something that predicts trends, or is itself a trendsetter,” he says.
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Poynter
When I became a journalist, I knew I wasn’t signing up to simply write happy human interest features. I knew I would be reporting on death and disaster, and I started preparing myself to handle tragic situations.
But it wasn’t until a gunman opened fire in my newsroom on June 28, 2018, that my crash course in trauma began.
In the coverage of the mass shooting that left five of my colleagues dead — the deadliest attack on journalists in America — I was able to start healing by feeling heard.
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