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Saturday, Feb. 3, ASJA members and other writers can expect lots of new ideas, actionable tips and useful contacts.
Hear keynoter and former ASJA board member Damon Brown speak about creating your true worth. Learn about keeping your brand fresh and relevant from ASJA president Sherry Beck Paprocki. Gain valuable tips on interview techniques and self-editing. Connect with other members and professional writers from across the country, and much more. Click here for more information.
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Past ASJA conference attendees have even more reason to attend ASJA's 47th Annual Writers Conference May 18-19, 2018 in New York — our all-time lowest price extended until Jan. 31.
This "legacy" pricing is the lowest price to our next national conference and it's only available for those who attended the 2017 New York conference and those who attended our recent conferences in Chicago and Austin.
That means the price is $379, a discount of $20.
The conference offers attendees a rare chance to hear and interact with such top professionals including the three keynote speakers: author Dan Jones, long-time editor of the New York Times' iconic Modern Love column, nationally known journalist and author Katherine Reynolds-Lewis, and memoirist and educator Aimee Ross.
And that's just the beginning.
Attendees can choose from dozens of sessions, panels and discussions taught on three concurrent tracks aimed at beginner, intermediate and veteran writers. And just as you'd expect, ASJA has recruited an array of the best journalists, authors, agents, and other publishing leaders to lead sessions on the art of the essay, how to find a book agent, breaking into in-demand specialties including true crime and travel writing and much more.
Of course the ever-popular one-on-one "Client Connections," agent and editor pitch sessions, and networking opportunities are among the other highlights.
Join us in New York on May 18-19 and prepare to Navigate. Motivate. Captivate.
For more information on the schedule, keynotes, and hotel, please click here.
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Feb. 8 is your chance to pitch American Way, the inflight magazine for American Airlines.
Virtual Pitch Slams (VPS) are one-hour interactive phone conference calls during which a moderator hosts a client, who outlines what his/her outlet is looking for from freelance writers. Then, ASJA Professional members give live pitches by telephone, followed by constructive feedback on each story idea.
ASJA Professional members can sign up on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Thursday, Jan. 25 at noon Eastern to get one of the 15 pitching slots. The sign up link will be here. Due to technical limitations, professional and associate members can no longer sign up just to listen; VPS will also be recorded and accessible via ASJA’s website shortly after the event.
Be sure to read the VPS FAQs for more information.
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Recently ASJA has received a grant from the National Institute of Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation for ASJA’s first-ever national reporting project on the topic “Gender Identity and Mental Health: What’s the Cost?” The goal of this grant is to fuel a national conversation about the significant mental health risks facing gay and transgender youth. ASJA Confidential sat down with President Sherry Beck Paprocki to get the scoop on this exciting project, grants from which are only available to professional and associate members.
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ASJA announced that longtime ASJA member, and 2017 New York City Conference Chair, Estelle Erasmus, will launch the first ever ASJA podcast in January 2018. The podcast, which is a member benefit, is called ASJA Direct: Inside Intel on Getting Published and Paid Well and will be curated and hosted by Erasmus. Her first few guests will be Sari Botton, the Essays Editor of Longreads, Katharine Sands, a top agent at Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency in NYC, and Beth Dreher, Features Editor of Woman's Day (print). If you’re interested in submitting a question for any of Estelle's guests, please do so via the Google Doc here.
The podcasts — which replace the ASJA Shop Talk program — will be housed on the members section of the ASJA website here. Erasmus will also write about her guests on her award-winning website and on Twitter. Nonmembers will be able to download the podcasts after a period of time for $29.99 in the ASJA Store.
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Our 2018 ASJA Writing Awards are open for entries, now through 9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 1. Sort through your stories, essays and personal blog posts published last year. Pick out your best — the ones that make you proud — then consult the list of writing award categories for the best fit. Fill out the entry form, and, done! For rules and descriptions of the awards categories, click here.
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If you've been thinking to yourself, "Self, how do I get more involved in ASJA?" we've got your answer: sign up to lead a Special Interest Group (SIG). SIGs are small (up to 12 people) private groups that meet on a special section of the forum to discuss a particular topic. Past SIGs have included six-figuring freelancing, travel, content marketing, history writing, corporate writing and more. Future SIGs will include...well, that's where you come in! SIG wrangler Kate Silver is open to your ideas. To be a good SIG leader, you need to be willing to dedicate time, lead and contribute to discussions and share your own expertise. To get involved, email Kate at thekatesilver@gmail.com.
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ASJA members are talking about…
The author’s invisible. What about the money? Who needs advances? Everyone’s going to make a bundle and just share the proceeds, right? Right...? (Join the conversation)
Oy, Tonya! Once so graceful on the ice. Still so clumsy in her attempts at media domination. Sigh. (Join the conversation)
The indemnity clause from Hell? When a clause gives cause for pause. (Join the conversation)
Stand up, sit down, write, write, write! Standing conversation: Since August (and earlier on other threads), ASJAers have debated the pros and cons of standing desks, treadmill desks, yoga balls, exercises… (Join the conversation)
Hot Lines: JOBS, JOBS, JOBS: This is the place to go for links to new freelance gigs. When you see work opportunities, please share them in this forum — it's a group effort.
Wait, What? Podcast writer for “joyful new startup” from two former TED folks: (Join the conversation)
Financial digital content writer, $95/ hour: (Join the conversation)
Business blogging for member client: (Join the conversation)
Women’s wellness newsletter writer: (Join the conversation)
NIHCM Foundation
The NIHCM Foundation Health Care Print Journalism Awards recognizes excellence in health care reporting and writing on the financing and delivery of health care and the impact of health care policy. The prize is $10,000 and the entry deadline is Feb. 16, 2018. Entries must originally have been published in 2017.
For more information and online entry, visit www.nihcm.org/awards/print-journalism-awards
National Press Foundation
First Amendment webinar will cover the origins and evolution of the First Amendment, from James Madison’s role to court rulings that shaped its meaning to its critical significance to journalism today.
Led by Stephen Wermiel, professor, American University Washington College of Law, and Lata Nott, executive director, Newseum Institute’s First Amendment Center. This webinar is free and you can register here.
The Association for Garden Communicators
Do you have a topic aimed at professional writers and building their skills and their businesses? GWA: The Association for Garden Communicators has opened their call for speaker proposals for their 70th Annual Conference & Expo (#GWA2018) in Chicago, IL, Aug. 13-16, and is looking for informative and interesting topics covering writing, business, publishing, social media and much more. Whether you are a garden communicator or just a professional writer, all proposals are welcome from GWA members and non-members alike. Deadline: Jan. 31. Learn more here.
In the communication industries of today, change is the new normal. This survey is designed to examine the roles and status of communication professionals, including the types of positions they hold, the role mentoring has played in their careers and their access to management opportunities in all of the major communication industries.
This study and second national survey about the role and status of women and men in the communication industries, is being conducted by the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in the College of Communication, Architecture & the Arts at Florida International University.
The 2017 survey is being distributed to leading professional associations in newspaper, magazine, online and broadcast journalism; advertising, and public relations. The survey was first administered in 2015 — the first time in at least a decade that all of these industries were being surveyed at the same time. This survey replicates the first survey.
The Kopenhaver Center will release the results of this study in early 2018 and publish them as well on its Kopenhaver Center website. Results also will be sent to the corresponding professional organizations that participated in this study.
Your participation is voluntary, and your responses are anonymous. The survey should take you no more than 20 minutes to complete.
If you have any questions about this survey, please contact Lillian A. Abreu at the Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication, at labreu@fiu.edu or 305-919-4065
The Content Standard by Skyword
If there’s one thing I miss about being traditionally employed, it’s the company-sponsored benefits package, and I know I’m not alone. In the 2017 Freelancing In America study, lack of benefits was listed as one of the biggest concerns or barriers to independent workers. Benefits for self-employed professionals are few and far between. Yes, insurance for freelancers and small-business owners is easier to access than in the past, but what about sick days or retirement plans with a company match? Those were the days, my friends.
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Writer's Digest
As a writer, I have ridden the rollercoaster of despair and pride for many years. So much of a writer’s life can seem dependant on other people’s approval, whether those other people are your writing group, your agent or a reviewer for The New York Times. So much of a writer’s life can be spent waiting to hear from those other people, suspended in a kind of purgatory until the eyes of the reading public look down into your story and pass their verdict.
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Poynter
This January marks the anniversary of me quitting my regional magazine editor job to freelance. I thought I’d do it until I went broke, but 13 years later, here I am.
So here are 13 things I’ve learned along the way. Freelancing can be the best job in the world — if you run your business right. Here’s what you need to know.
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Columbia Journalism Review
“Facebook is done with journalism,” journalist and media critic Frédéric Filloux writes in his Monday Note. “It will happen, slowly, gradually, but the trend is here.” Since Facebook announced last week that it will tweak its News Feed to favor updates from friends and family over publishers’ content, news organizations have struggled to grasp what the move means for journalism, and the early results are surprisingly optimistic.
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The American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) does not endorse any company, product, or service sold by any corporation, institution or member supporting our organization. Corporate partnerships, advertisers and sponsors are not an endorsement of a product or service and may not be represented as such, in any way. The use of the ASJA name and/or logo, or representation of such, without the written consent of ASJA, is strictly prohibited.
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