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Jennifer Goforth Gregory, ASJA
 Back in 2009 I emailed the editor of the local section of the Raleigh News & Observer about freelancing for the paper, and he suggested that I regularly send over some pitches to him. So I did. Every Wednesday, three ideas. Without fail, for five months. Sometimes he responded encouraging me to keep sending, other times he gave constructive feedback, and many times I heard nothing.
Then one day his email said, "Let’s do this. 500 words by next Thursday. I can’t wait to read it." My heart jumped. Then I realized that I had no idea how to write a newspaper article. I almost emailed him back and told him I was a fraud. But my stubbornness kicked in.
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ASJA
 Join writers from across the nation at ASJA's 45th Annual Writers Conference this May in New York City. The two day conference offers more than 35 instructive topic sessions, five tracks and three "pitch slam" opportunities - among countless other conference activities. Join us this May to develop new skills, make fresh connections and leave NYC feeling empowered about your freelance career goals. Register now to receive an early bird rate.
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The Washington Post
On July 22, 2014, Iranian authorities crashed into the Tehran home of Washington Post Iran correspondent Jason Rezaian and arrested him and his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, also a journalist. Rezaian was taken to Iran’s infamous Evin Prison, where he was put in solitary confinement for months, without a word of explanation to his family or to the outside world. Salehi, an Iranian citizen, was released on bail last fall.
Iran released Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, according to U.S. officials.
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Cultured Vultures
K.M. Weiland, an award-winning and internationally published author of the bestselling "Outlining Your Novel and Structuring Your Novel", writes: "I used to be ashamed to admit I was a self-published author. People — even someone as ancillary as the hairdresser — would ask me what I did, and I’d blush and mumble. Half of them probably didn’t even know there was such a thing as self-publishing, but I was still embarrassed. Because, you know, it was so not legit."
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Writer's Digest
Readers, those of you decrying the paucity of diverse books are about to get mad at me. To rephrase the famous line that propelled Bill Clinton to the presidency: It’s the money! Let me be clearer: Publishers will publish more diverse books if there are more readers for diverse books. The color is green in the publishing industry.
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Columbia Journalism Review
A Florida appeals court has issued a brief but pointed rebuke to a Palm Beach County judge who believed he was within his rights to order a newspaper to "unpublish" information it had legally obtained—a clear win for the First Amendment that came with a stylistic flourish.
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The Write Life
Internet overwhelm is real, guys. How many unread articles and blog posts do you have in your RSS reader? And what about those Facebook and Twitter feeds?
How do we keep track of it all? As writers, we want to keep up with the latest industry news, advice and opportunities, but we don't have time to sift through everything happening in the online world.
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Publishing Perspectives
Five years ago, timed to the American Booksellers Association's annual Winter Institute, The New York Times published a story entitled "Small Bookstores Struggle for Niche in Shifting Times." The state of the industry as a whole was in jeopardy — Borders superstore chain was faltering, e-books were on a meteoric rise, and Amazon was gaining market share in a dramatic way — and independent booksellers were on the front lines.
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THE Writer
It's a freelance writer's nightmare. Your client assigns you a series of web articles – and includes a mile-long list of required SEO keywords to use in your content.
Writing concise, quality Web content is difficult enough without being handed a list of mandatory keywords. You're trying to write for people, not robots, and shoehorning someone else's words into your writing can seem an impossible task.
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