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Do you write about gardening, design or conservation? Don't miss the next Virtual Pitch Slam: Wednesday, March 27, from 1-2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. You'll be pitching to a senior editor with Landscape Architecture Magazine, the award-winning monthly publication of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
First-come, first-served registration begins tomorrow, Wednesday, March 13, at noon Eastern, and the sign-up link will be posted on the Virtual Pitch Slam page. Be sure to read the FAQs if it's your first time participating!
ASJA
In this day and age, journalism plays a pretty big role in many freelancers' lives. That's why we've cooked up some smart panels and resources for freelancers at the annual ASJA NYC Conference, May 5-6. Along with the opportunity to pitch your stories to editors via Client Connections, you can find more work online ("Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Online Publications"), step carefully with difficult stories ("Art of Writing About Trauma"), and reconsider your pitches and sources ("Representation Matters"). Register now to get the Early Bird Discount.
By Sandra Gurvis
In only a few years as a freelancer, ASJA member Sarah Stankorb has already compiled an envious list of credits: Washington Post and The New York Times, among many others. Yet it hasn't always been easy: Along with juggling two young children, full-time employment, which she eventually left to freelance, and serving on her local city council, the Ohio-based writer still manages to find time to work with her top New York City agent on her book. In 2014, she helped co-create the term "Xennials," designating the microgeneration of Millennials born between 1977–1983 into the cultural lexicon. Today, her beat spans social enterprise, feminism, the environment, health, motherhood, religion and cultural commentary.
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ASJA
Join ASJA's Southern California Chapter on April 18 to learn research-driven strategies from PEN America’s Online Harassment Field Manual. PEN experts will train participants and answer questions on how journalists, their allies and their employers, can defend against online abuse, including preparation, response, legal considerations, self-care and best practices for offering support. The goal: empowering writers and journalists to stay online and continue exercising their free-expression rights. This is a joint meeting with ASJA, PEN and the Los Angeles Press Club, on Thursday, April 18, from 6-8 p.m. at 6500 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028.
RSVP required: info@lapressclub.org
PEN America is open to working with other ASJA chapters and writer groups on similar training events. If interested, contact PEN via HarassmentHelp@pen.org
ASJA
Don't miss out on big discussions at ASJA's members-only forums. Check out these topics:
Ad, Ed Ethics?
D-base Settlement: Back Pay Taxes
Take a Hike, Business Traveler!
ASJA
If you can't come to the annual ASJA Conference May 5-6 but still want to participate, don't fret. You can make your influence known and build goodwill with your fellow members by participating in the Client Connections Recruitment Contest — and if you win, you'll walk away with conference recordings or another valuable prize.
Here's how. Take a look at your client contacts and identify those who work at publications, hospitals, nonprofits, universities or content marketing agencies located in the greater New York City area. Consider whether any would be a good fit to attend Client Connections, the afternoon of one-on-one, nine-minute meetings to be held Monday, May 6.
If so, send an email to contest coordinator Cindy Kuzma with their names, titles and email addresses. She'll send you an email template you can use to invite them to participate and add your name to a spreadsheet for tracking.
The member who successfully recruits the most clients to register wins — and now, that person has a choice of prizes:
- A free day at the NYC conference
- A free day at the next regional conference
- A set of conference recordings
- A guaranteed pitching slot at either a Virtual Client Connections session or a Virtual Pitch Slam in 2019
Thanks in advance for helping make Client Connections a success for everyone involved! Email Cindy with any questions.
ASJA
 Shop on Amazon? ASJA members, family and friends now have an easy way to donate to ASJA Charitable Trust! Next time you’re ready to shop on Amazon, start your shopping session at the URL http://smile.amazon.com. Select American Society of Journalists and Authors Charitable Trust as your charity, and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases! Ready to start shopping? Click here to default ASJACT as your charity of choice!
Forbes
It’s not easy to promote a book, and for self-published authors on a tight budget, it can be especially challenging.
Reedsy — a U.K.-based publishing startup that connects authors with editors, designers and marketers who can help them with their projects — has announced a new service to help them called Reedsy Discovery. Reedsy Discovery, which launched on March 4, will let readers know about books its expert reviewers have recommended every week.
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The Washington Post
These are tough times for journalism. Falling revenue for newspapers and magazines has led to layoffs since 2005, including four major announcements already this year. But the current crisis in the news business is also haunted by misconceptions about the industry and its history. Here are five of the most common.
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Editor & Publisher
This year's list of 10 Newspapers That Do It Right recognizes some of the most diverse ideas out there today. From an augmented reality app to a video studio, some of these publications are thinking outside the box, experimenting with strategies and revenue ideas to engage with their audiences.
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Entrepreneur
It's not uncommon for people to have a side hustle, a hobby or skill that brings in extra cash but doesn't cover all the bills. What if it was possible to turn that side hustle into a sustainable career? Sure, you may have dreamed of quitting your 9 to 5 to pursue your true passion, but maybe you're not convinced it's truly possible.
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Poynter
When Mark Zuckerberg revealed recently that he was considering crowdsourcing as a way to combat misinformation on Facebook, journalists went on the defensive.
"You can't apply an open-source model to fact-checking and journalism," former Snopes managing editor Brooke Binkowski told The Guardian.
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Writer's Digest
I think I know why you’re here ... You have this unquenchable desire.
You want to write something truly amazing — something with the power to change hearts, minds, and maybe even lives.
Sound like you?
Good. Keep reading and I’ll tell you why quitting the “wrong things” may be the only way to achieve your wildest writing goals.
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The Setonian
In the current age, it is easy to write off journalism, and subsequently related majors such as public relations, communications, and many more, as useless.
The world of journalism is undoubtedly changing, and there is no denying that fact. This is more an indicator of a growing shift in the industry, however, rather than of a dying breed of jobs.
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