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In response to coronavirus threats, ASJA’s Board of Directors voted Friday to cancel the organization’s popular annual conference scheduled for April 19-20, 2020, in New York City.
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Do you want to participate in specialized focus groups on the forums about SEO, environmental writing, speaking to promote your brand and more? Get ready! Registration for SIGs (special interest groups) opens on April 14. Remember, groups are limited to 12 participants, so don't delay! For more information about this session's SIGs (and to register on April 14), head to the SIG page on the ASJA website. If you have any questions, contact Jennifer Billock.
By Jennifer Goforth Gregory
Last week I wrote a blog post recommending that all freelance writers reach out to all of their clients right now. And I’ve been blown away by the successes that people have shared with me. More than 40 people have told me that the 20 or 30 minutes spent contacting current and past clients has resulted in new assignments — many writers landing more than $2,000 worth of work. And many other writers received a positive response from clients and expect new work this week.
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If you have any timely articles to submit to ASJA’s Weekly and would like to be a guest columnist, please contact Brenda Lange, editor. Thank you!
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Another new group of applicants for membership in ASJA has passed the Membership Application Committee's review and the list of prospective members has now been posted. Active members may review the list and send any comments to James Cafiero at no later than the comment deadline shown. All comments will be sent to the Application Committee for consideration and will be kept confidential.
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The credit crunch helped me into self-employment. Before the global financial meltdown, I was a full time employee and the deputy editor of Growing Business magazine. My writing was well received and the magazine was popular. But then the banks fell over and the ad money dried up. In the summer of 2009, I was made redundant and it was the best thing that ever happened to me.
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Writer's Digest
No matter the genre in which you write, your published work can transform you into a change agent. When your words get read, you have an impact in your readers’ lives that ripples out into the world.
As a writer or author, you are a change-maker. Your words possess power, as you’ve likely heard before:
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Business 2 Community
Freelance writers are technically self-employed. This fact can be intimidating for those who are used to working for a company rather than for themselves. Fortunately, there are numerous tools that make breaking out on your own easier. Here are ten free tools that have helped me grow my freelance writing and editing business.
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Entrepreneur
Among freelancers, it's almost a point of pride to be able to work lean. Whether you're a graphic designer, coder, or writer, you don't need much more than a decent laptop, steady internet connection, and maybe a fresh cold brew to bring home the bacon. This is partly why so many freelancers are able to work practically anywhere, anytime.
But, if there's one thing virtually every freelancer could benefit from adding to their work setup, it's a VPN.
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Fast Company
In countries where censorship is standard practice — such as China, where articles and social media posts about COVID-19 and the government’s slow initial response to the crisis have been quickly deleted by government censors, and where government critics can end up in jail — Facebook, Twitter, and many news sites are blocked. But it’s still possible to play Minecraft anywhere. That’s why a new project from Reporters Without Borders now uses Minecraft to share articles from censored journalists.
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