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Porscha Burke, Random House senior editor and publishing manager
Sunday, May 17, 2-4 p.m.
$35 for ASJA members (55-person cap)
$60 for non-members (20-person cap)
Register for this special presentation highlighting current publishing news and trends with an eye on how these impact the role of nonfiction writers. This special webinar will also include an overview of the life of a book, from ideation through the proposal process, finding an agent, and working with sales, marketing, publicity, and sub-rights to connect with target audiences. This mastermind will NOT be recorded.
| ASJA's First Tele-Connections a Huge Success!
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On April 20 and 21, 34 clients and 130 members participated in ASJA's first Tele-Connections. More than 450 phone meetings took place over the course of two days. In most cases, things went remarkably smoothly.
Erin O’Donnell, Jeanette Hurt and their merry army of volunteers (many of whom have been helping since Christmas, while the co-chairs began last September) managed to pivot at a breakneck pace to rescue our flagship in-person Client Connections event after the conference was cancelled.
Thank you to our co-chairs and dedicated volunteers, and to the Kellen staff, for making this valuable event happen! Please let us know how your Tele-Connections meetings went, and share your success stories with us!
ASJA
Applications are open for the first of what could be multiple waves of Brechner Reporting Fellowships, $2,500 grants for journalists in need adversely affected by COVID-19 to work on projects promoting government transparency. Details and application form are here. Applications are due by May 15, and the first class of Fellows will be announced June 1.
Brechner provides a list of open-government research-and-writing projects on which the Fellows can work and invites applicants to pitch their own. The idea is to put money directly into the hands of journalists in need, while also creating a "practical scholarship" that makes issues of government secrecy salient to policymakers and the general public.
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When you read the awards entries, and especially the winning stories and books, you truly see us as the able professionals we are. The delightful evidence is indisputable.
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This year, the ASJA Awards, honoring the outstanding nonfiction work produced on a freelance basis during the past year, are being presented online. One category will be reported each day for 23 days on ASJA’s website, ASJA’s Facebook page, on Twitter @ASJAhq, and on Instagram @ASJAhq, giving members more time to read each piece and give it social media love. Thank you to everyone who submitted entries and congratulations to the winners! Today, we post more winners here.
First Person Essays — “When Measles Arrives: Breaking Down the Anatomy of Containment,” by Apoorva Mandavilli in Spectrum
WHAT THE JUDGES SAID: Truly excellent reporting and graceful writing combine in this timely story about being prepared for epidemics. Mandavilli delves into the shortcomings and vulnerabilities in our government public health agencies and the critical importance of rapid response.
Honorable mention — “Our Skulls Are Out Evolving Us and That Could Mean A Public Health Crisis” by Katherine Lewis, in onezero.medium.com
WHAT THE JUDGES SAID: This thoughtful, thought-provoking article approaches #MeToo-related concerns from a unique perspective: Jennifer Fink sensitively but honestly shares an experience from her own son’s life to shed light on why the attitude that “boys will be boys” can no longer be tolerated at any age.
How-to Articles — “How to Teach Consent to Boys — Without Shaming Them," by Jennifer Fink in YourTeenMag.com .
WHAT THE JUDGES SAID: This thoughtful, thought-provoking article approaches #MeToo-related concerns from a unique perspective: Jennifer Fink sensitively but honestly shares an experience from her own son’s life to shed light on why the attitude that “boys will be boys” can no longer be tolerated at any age.
Honorable mention — "How to Bullyproof Your Child," by Estelle Erasmus in The New York Times
WHAT THE JUDGES SAID: Using what happened to her child and herself many years before, Erasmus finds a method that not only disarms bullies but helps children become independent thinkers, capable of tackling problems by themselves.
The June Roth Memorial Award for an Outstanding Medical Article — “Bite Marks,” by Bobbi Dempsey in Harper’s Magazine
WHAT THE JUDGES SAID: Each praised the taut, powerful writing; the strong use of pertinent data to advance the narrative; and the importance of covering a widespread and largely overlooked problem in America.
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Members ask questions, post advice and stay connected on ASJA’s Forum. Check out some top topics here:
New Low
Too Slow
SEO?
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Around this time each year, we take a look at our membership list and double-check who has renewed and who hasn't. Please check your inbox — if your membership has lapsed, you've likely received an email from Carolyn Crist or another board member within the last two weeks. If you'd like to renew, simply visit the ASJA website.
Of course, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact ASJA’s membership chair, Carolyn Crist, at crist.carolyn@gmail.com. She would love to make sure that you're able to take part in ASJA's virtual webinars this spring, as well as the online conference programming that will come this summer and fall.
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 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!
The Writer
Afew years ago, lovers of the written word woke to an exciting headline: Studies show readers of literary fiction are more empathetic than other people! The lifelong reader in me cheered. But the memoirist in me thought: Wait! What about nonfiction? Empathy lies at the heart of what we do. The headline got me thinking: How can we foster empathy even more deliberately in our work?
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Poynter
The COVID-19 pandemic and related recession have slashed the news industry, news magazines included. But hobbyist magazines are sustaining, even thriving in some cases, as audiences look for advice and things to do at home.
Health, food, and home and garden titles, among others, have seen an abundance of readers and social media engagement since stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders swept across the country during the past month.
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Columbia Journalism Review
Johannesburg-based freelance journalist Yeshiel Panchia was on his way to cover a story about a local developer who had found a way to keep his wage laborers employed during South Africa’s coronavirus lockdown by letting them live on the construction site so that they didn’t have to leave “home” in contravention of strict rules.
As Panchia was leaving, he was stopped by police, who had been tipped off about the project.
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Nieman Lab
On April 4, a Los Angeles Times story about the varying effects of the novel coronavirus contained a remarkable paragraph:
“One thing to keep in mind before we continue: It is possible that the information you read below will be contradicted in the coming weeks or that gaps in knowledge today will soon be filled as scientists continue to study the virus.”
The paragraph was remarkable because the Los Angeles Times was admitting that its information was incomplete and subject to revision.
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Vox
Millions of workers who are self-employed, freelancers or independent contractors qualify for a new unemployment program, set up under the recently passed CARES Act. But many are still waiting to apply for those benefits.
The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance expanded who is eligible for unemployment insurance benefits. Freelancers and independent contractors, previously excluded from these programs, now qualify through the end of July — and possibly beyond if Congress extends the program.
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The American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) does not endorse any company, product, or service sold by any corporation, institution or member supporting our organization. Corporate partnerships, advertisers and sponsors are not an endorsement of a product or service and may not be represented as such, in any way. The use of the ASJA name and/or logo, or representation of such, without the written consent of ASJA, is strictly prohibited.
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