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Estelle Erasmus, the host and curator of ASJA Direct will be interviewing Kyle Pope, the Editor and Publisher of the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) about the state of publishing and opportunities writing for CJR.
The podcasts with her previous guests, 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) will be up on the site shortly. If you’re interested in submitting a question for Kyle or any other previous guests, who will answer follow up questions on Erasmus's website, 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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Saturday, Feb. 3, ASJA members and other writers can expect lots of new ideas, actionable tips and useful contacts. Thursday is your last chance for online registration for the Austin Conference. There will be onsite registration available.
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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Editor’s note: Guest columnist Jodi Helmer will be moderating a panel on “Bylines and Budgets: How to Thrive Without a Nine to Five” at Write in the Heart of Texas on Saturday, Feb. 3, 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. at the Joe C. Thompson Center in Austin. Click here to register and learn more about, among many other things, how the new income tax law will affect freelancers.
Money issues can be intimidating – no one ever said it was easy to ask for higher rate and risk losing the client or collect from a late-paying publication – but the most successful freelancers see their endeavors as businesses.
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We’re extending the deadline for the ASJA Writing Awards entries to Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day! (We’ve noticed that because the conference comes later this year, we can give you a bit more time without upsetting the applecart.) Still time to enter your new book (co-written OK.) What are the best things you wrote in 2017?
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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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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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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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.
Society of Environmental Journalists
The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, in association with the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) and Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), announce the Nina Mason Pulliam Award for Outstanding Environmental Reporting, to be presented for the first time in 2018. The award includes a $10,000 cash prize.
The Nina Mason Pulliam Award will recognize the “best of the best” of environmental reporting. The winning entry will be chosen from among the first-place winners of SEJ’s seven award categories, and will be recognized at SEJ’s 28th Annual Conference in Flint, MI, Oct. 3-7. In addition to the cash prize, the award includes up to $2500 to cover registration, travel and hotel expenses for the winner, or representatives of the winning team, to attend the annual SEJ conference.
Stories entered in SEJ’s Awards for Reporting on the Environment that are judged to be first-place winners are automatically considered for the Nina Mason Pulliam Award for Outstanding Environmental Reporting.
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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
Writer's Digest
Earlier this year I came across an article by Kim Liao in which she explained “Why You Should Aim For 100 Rejections A Year.” As soon as I finished reading the piece I went to the folder in my email marked “Writing Submissions 2017” and for the first time in my life, I began to count my rejections rather than counting my acceptances. I had effortlessly amassed 53 rejections. I punched my fist in the air and whooped out loud. It was June, and I was already halfway to 100 rejections for the year.
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CBS News
A new study shows that people's trust in media platforms where they find news is down, but trust in publishers and journalists is on the rise. The 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer surveyed residents in 28 countries and found that most people consider the term "media" a combination of platforms where they find news.
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Poynter
A new journalism award announced recently will recognize two freelancers each with a $100,000 unrestricted cash gift for long-form, impactful work.
The American Mosaic Journalism Prize, from the Heising-Simons Foundation “recognizes journalism’s critical ability to foster greater understanding and empathy, and aims to reward and empower exceptional journalists,” according to a news release.
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TNW
When business professionals do well at their jobs, they get to negotiate for a higher salary at their next review.
When we freelancers do well at our jobs, we usually don’t get that kind of adjustment option.
Worse yet, many freelancers get sucked into working for free. Recent research from Approve.io found that 70 percent of freelancers were propositioned to work for free in 2016. And, out of all the creative freelancers studied in this research, photographers and graphic designers were the most likely to be asked to do free work.
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