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Joanne Lipman, Editor-in-Chief, USA TODAY, will emcee the Outstanding Writing Awards given by the American Society of Journalists and Authors, ASJA, during the May 5 gala at the Roosevelt Hotel. The winning articles and books all were produced on a freelance basis, and all the winners are self-employed writing professionals.
The awards ceremony will be held as part of ASJA’s annual writers’ conference May 5-6, also at the Roosevelt. This will be the 46th year for what is the nation’s longest-established gathering on writing techniques and how to support yourself as a writer. The second day of the conference is open to non-members.
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Ms. Lipman, who also is senior vice president and chief content officer of the USA TODAY Network, will join the writers being honored during a reception and then present the awards. "ASJA is so honored that Joanne Lipman will be emceeing our awards ceremony," says awards co-chair Janine Latus. "She will add prestige to an already important event, which is what our award winners deserve."
Ms. Lipman began her career as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, ultimately rising to deputy managing editor – the first woman to attain that post – and supervising coverage that won three Pulitzer Prizes. While at the Journal, she created Weekend Journal and Personal Journal and oversaw creation of the paper’s Saturday edition. She subsequently was founding editor-in-chief of Conde Nast Portfolio magazine and portfolio.com, which won Loeb and National Magazine Awards. Ms. Lipman is co-author of the acclaimed music memoir “Strings Attached,” and author of an upcoming book about closing the gender gap at work, to be published by William Morrow. Ms. Lipman is a winner of the Matrix Award from New York Women in Communications.
Tickets are available here. Winners of the 2017 ASJA writing awards can be found here.
Client Connections is an extremely valuable members-only program offered at ASJA’S annual conference. At this highly focused networking event, publishers, editors, literary agents, and writers sit down for nine-minute meet-and-greets to learn more about how they can work together. See the full list of buyers here, including EatingWell, Grist.org, Weill Cornell Medical College, WomansDay.com, Wine Enthusiast, Computer World and many more.
Mark your calendars! Registration for the Client Connections lottery will be open between Thursday, April 20 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern and Tuesday, April 25 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern. Be sure to read the FAQs if this is your first time participating. Please note that this is the only way to participate; there are no same-day signups.
Questions? Contact Client Connections chair Wendy Helfenbaum.
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ASJA offers so many opportunities for members to connect with potential clients and with each other, which hopefully lands us all more work. We'll feature member success stories each week. Share your success stories with us! Contact marijke@medhealthwriter.com.
Member Name: Dorri Olds
Success Story: Personal essays in Woman's Day
How I landed the gig: Client Connections meeting with an editor at ASJA 2016 in NYC
Net results: Three of my personal essays were published
Comments: ASJA is so worth the cost of membership. Every year that I attend the annual conference in New York City, I make back much more money than I spent. Last year, during speed pitches, I met the lovely Woman's Day editor, Maria Carter. We hit it off immediately. She has published three of my personal essays and is a dream to work with. Thank you, ASJA!
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As a writer, the biggest favor you can do for yourself is ask advice from successful and knowledgeable writers. We’ve organized the ASJA Experts Team to help. These are pros who have forged successful careers. They have written for publications and clients you know and admire. Most are authors. Many are coaches, professors, and teachers. A couple have won Pulitzer prizes. All have volunteered to mentor at this year’s ASJA conference. So if you have questions about how to boost your skills and career, sign up for the Lynne S. Dumas Personal Mentoring Program. We’ll match you up with a seasoned writer who can help you find answers. Find out more here.
By Sandra Beckwith
Audiobooks are the fastest growing category in publishing. Listen in as Julia Whelan, the narrator of Gone Girl and others, discusses what you can expect from the audiobook production process, whether your publisher is handling it or you're going the do-it-yourself route.
That’s what we’ll talk about in this month’s “Shop Talk” event. Join us!
Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Time: 1 p.m. Eastern
Click here to register.
About our guest expert:
Julia Whelan has appeared in many films and television series, including ABC’s “Once and Again.” After receiving a degree in English and creative writing at Middlebury College and Oxford University, Julia began narrating audiobooks. She has since recorded hundreds of novels and been awarded multiple Earphones, SOVAs, and Audie Awards, and been named one of Audiofile Magazine’s Best Voices and Audible's Narrator of the Year. Learn more at www.jmwhelan.com and through Julia’s handle across all social media, @justjuliawhelan.
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PEN Center USA, a human rights and literary arts organization that advocates for free expression, is now accepting submissions to its 2017 Literary Awards competition from teleplay writers living west of the Mississippi River.
The PEN Center USA Literary Award for Teleplay is one of the only major awards in the nation that honors writers in this genre. Previous award winners include: Fargo, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Penny Dreadful, Homeland, Game Change, House, and The Sopranos.
If your teleplay aired between September 2016 and June 2017, SUBMIT HERE.
Each winner receives a $1,000 cash prize, a one-year membership in PEN Center USA, and two tickets to the Literary Awards Festival in the fall of 2017.
Work may be submitted by writers or by their representation, networks, or showrunners. Deadline to submit is July 15, 2017.
Coast Digital
Like so many other things in the world of digital marketing, content can become as complex as you want to make it. Concerns about purpose, promotion and strategy are all worthy things to spend your time thinking about.
When you get too bogged down in this kind of detail, it’s easy to forget the simple stuff — those basic rules that make written content work for your users.
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Business 2 Community
Having multiple clients as a freelancer is a double-edged sword. While it’s good for the growth of your personal brand and earning potential, juggling multiple projects from these clients can lead to great stress and, in some cases, the decline of your overall work quality.
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Poynter
Standalone alternative story forms do just what their name implies: They stand alone as independent stories, with no traditional story to accompany them. Like a standalone photo or graphic, the standalone ASF needs to be a complete story. It might be all the reader will see about the topic, particularly in print media.
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Bizcommunity.com
No matter what kind of work you do, there has to be a way for you to generate business. If you work for someone else, your employer does so on your behalf, such as when a car company advertises its products and creates demand for the work of the people who build the vehicles.
But when you work for yourself, you have to create that market yourself. Your skills may be second to none, but they're not going to make you any money if no one knows that.
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Columbia Journalism Review
Last week, we wrote of a major style change by The Associated Press and The Chicago Manual of Style, allowing “they” as a singular pronoun in some circumstances.
Lost in the hubbub of that change were other style changes announced by the AP, whose style manual is used by many if not most news organizations.
Most of them are far less earth-shattering, but still useful.
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By Randi Minetor
Editor’s note: Several weeks ago, ASJA Confidential posed the question: What would you do in event of a catastrophe, either personal or physical? Member Randi Minetor shared the following experience.
As Phillip Roth said long ago, “We writers are lucky. Nothing truly bad can happen to us — it’s all material.”
I faced a catastrophic event some years ago, when I was a VP at an advertising agency. The agency was owned by a husband and wife team, and the wife was killed in a car accident one afternoon. I talked to her by phone at 3:30, and at 5:30 she was dead. Not only did we have to deal with the sudden loss and the emotional wrenching that day and for months after, but the agency was built on a “work no matter what” culture. With Audrey’s death, we all felt that she would want us to just keep working, regardless of how we felt. That being said, her death was well covered by the media, so everyone knew.
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The newest, busiest topics in our members-only online forums
Compiled by Forum Chair, Mark Obbie
IS HARO STILL WORTH IT?
Members who seek sources on HARO share their methods for finding useful information and screening out the noise. (Join the conversation)
WATCHING THE CLOCK
What do you use to track your time on particular projects? That question prompted a wide variety of answers, from recommended software (including some new apps) to DIY solutions. (Join the conversation)
FAQ ON NEW RULES
What do the proposed changes to ASJA’s bylaws mean? Members and association leaders discuss and debate the referendum details. (Join the conversation)
ANNUAL CONFERENCE PLANS
In the run-up to the ASJA Annual Conference, use the forums (starting with the conference’s own forum) to get a head start on your networking. Members are arranging room shares and social gatherings while sharing tips on editors to schmooze and sessions to see.
JOBS, JOBS, JOBS: The latest posts seek writers on real estate, travel, camping, and many more. When you see freelance work opportunities, please share them in this forum — it’s a group effort.
Log in daily to see the latest discussions and check out tips on making the most of the forums. Remember, you must log in to the forums in addition to logging in to the members-only side of the ASJA website.
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 at membership@asja.org no later than the comment deadline shown. 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.
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