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One could call ASJA member Frank Hyman a fifth columnist but only in the most positive of ways. He actually does write five columns, and while the pay may seem like chicken feed to some, for those who do the math — which he does — it amounts to quite a bit of scratch. He’s also got his first book, Hentopia: Create a Hassle-Free Habitat for Happy Chickens coming out from Storey Publishing late this year. Frank’s other site (and persona, one might say), www.bluecollarcomeback.com, may have ruffled some political feathers but not so much to prevent his essays and op-eds from being published and reprinted in newspapers in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Texas, and elsewhere. Frank does a lot of other things too, which, although they may seem unrelated, actually kind of are.
| Thank You Winter SIG Leaders!
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We've wrapped up another successful Small Interest Group (SIG) session. Special thanks to our SIG leaders, Claire Zulkey, Linsey Knerl, Tom Gerencer and Christina Chan for sharing your expertise and time. ASJA appreciates you.
Our next SIG session will be June 25 – July 22. If you're interested in leading a SIG (topic of your choosing!) please email SIG Wrangler Kate Silver.
| Three Weeks Left to Enter the FREE Member's Day Contest
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So far, 58 editors, agents and marketing managers have signed on for Client Connections — and another handful have committed verbally. That’s thanks in part to the more than a dozen members who have invited them, all of whom are currently in the running for the chance to win a free Member’s Day to the conference (the member who successfully recruits the most clients wins). It’s not too late to join them by inviting YOUR contacts. Remember, the more clients we sign up, the more picks and one-on-one meetings everyone will have at the conference! Email Contest Coordinator Cindy Kuzma for details and an invitation template you can send directly to your contacts.
ASJA
On June 7, ASJA President, Sherry Paprocki will be celebrated among other women in the media industry who have stood out, taken risks, and pushed their teams to new heights. Among colleagues from Meredith, Harvard Business Review, Vox Media, Bloomberg, Bustle, and more, Sherry is honored in the Motivator category. See the full list here. Congratulations, Sherry!
ASJA
Client Connections offers face-to-face speed-networking for Professional ASJA members. Our next event takes place during the national conference in New York, on May 18. Professional members who have registered for the conference can sign up for the lottery from May 2 through May 7. This is the ONLY way to participate in the lottery, so make note of these dates. See which agents, editors and marketing managers are attending on the Client Connection page. New to the event? Be sure to read the FAQs. (Seriously, read the FAQ, before you ask any questions. We’ll bet your answer is there!)
ASJA
Yes, another new group of applicants for ASJA has passed the Membership Application Committee's review and the list of prospective members has now been posted. We invite active members to review the list and send any comments, pro or con, to the ASJA office no later than the comment deadline shown at the link. Comments will be sent to the Application Committee for consideration. All comments will be kept confidential, for Application Committee use only. Review the list of prospective members here.
Narratively
Narratively is excited to announce its second Untold Story Award. We’re scouring the world for our next big feature stories that require more time and a bigger budget than most and that illuminate people and communities that would otherwise go unnoticed or uncelebrated. Guest judge Shaun King will help select a winning proposal for a story on the theme of "Renegades" for a prize of $5,000. Deadline May 21. For full details, click here.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
The most perilous place for a journalist in the U.S. last year was at a protest, according to a new report released recently by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press that surveys the 2017 data from the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker. Of the 122 incidents threatening press freedom that the tracker logged last year, nearly half occurred at protests, where journalists faced physical attacks from police and demonstrators, were arrested by law enforcement, and had their equipment seized and, in some cases, searched.
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The WRITER
It’s human nature — you see something delicious, you want it. Writers run across this situation with regularity as their peers encounter success, and that includes me, too ... One of the great writing motivations is when you see something and say, “I can do that.” But what do you do when this sentiment crosses the line into something unhelpful and potentially harmful to your writing career or even your life? We asked some pros for guidance.
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Writer's Digest
If you’re one of the millions of individuals who want to write a book “someday,” you may be struggling to turn that someday into today. Maybe you’ve tried, and you think it’s just not in you, or you think you’re not good enough or don’t have enough willpower to succeed.
But, if you think about it, you have found success in the past — if not at writing, then at something else, and perhaps at something that you thought was impossible for you. Maybe you set a goal and worked towards it, or you lucked into it, or succeeded in some other way, but it happened.
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Inc.
It's no secret that we are in the season of the "Gig Economy." Within the next decade freelance workers will outnumber traditional salaried employees. A study by UpWork and the Freelancer's Union concluded that 57 million Americans did some sort of freelance work in 2017. As a business owner (or future entrepreneur), understanding this phenomenon can help you hire correctly and sometimes better understand your employees needs, and in some cases, is something you may want to consider for your own career.
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