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ASJA
 Keynote Speaker Josh Levs will share the story behind his highly acclaimed book All In: How Our WorkFirst Culture Fails Dads, Families and Businesses — And How We Can Fix It Together (HarperOne 2015). The father of three took on a policy at Time Warner that prevented him from being able to care for his newborn, preemie daughter and sick wife. As a result of his legal action and the publicity it generated, the company revolutionized its policy, making it much better for dads and moms. Levs will also advise attendees on how to navigate the changing media landscape by sharing how he carved his own career path — including creating on-air roles at NPR and CNN — and offer a no-holds-barred look at what its really like to write and publish a book now.
Josh Levs is an investigative journalist, expert on issues facing modern families, and author of the 2015 book All In: How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses—And How We Can Fix It Together. After 20 years of reporting for NPR and CNN, Levs—a father of three—focuses his book on dispelling myths about today’s dads and moms, and explaining the necessity of new policies such as paid family leave. Levs has received many of the highest honors in journalism, including six Peabody Awards and two Edward R. Murrow Awards. A scholarship was awarded in his name at his alma mater, Yale University, and he was named a Journalist of the Year by the Atlanta Press Club. Levs lives in Atlanta with his wife and children. REGISTER NOW!
ASJA
 Can't make the best writers conference in 2016? No worries! Order now and receive 25+ hours of education in these recordings captured live at the Conference on Saturday, May 20. For the pre-conference package price of less than $7 per recorded hour, you'll be able to download MP3s for listening whenever and wherever you want. Bonus: You'll also get a full set of speaker handouts!
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ASJA
Exhibitor tables are still available. If you want to reach freelance writers and influential authors, this is the place to be!
Every year hundreds of leading professional nonfiction writers attend the ASJA Annual Writers Conference at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. They seek fresh topics and angles for articles and books, a new crop of reliable sources, new tools and resources for their business, and overall networking opportunities. Joining these writers are scores of the most influential leaders in media, including editors, agents, publishers and industry leaders who come to interact with the writers they need.
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ASJA
The ASJA Educational Foundation is delighted to offer independent nonfiction writers the opportunity to apply for scholarships that will enable them to attend ASJA2016. APPLY NOW.
Wendy Helfenbaum, ASJA
 It's no fun to slave over a fabulous story idea, tailor your pitch until it's perfect, only to have it end up in that Giant Black Hole – AKA the editor's in-box. That’s why face-to-face meetings at ASJA’s Client Connections are such a great opportunity: Nine minutes to create a memorable first impression that will hopefully lead to assignments and perhaps a long-term relationship with a new-to-you prospect. As co-chair of this year's event, I'd like to share these tips.
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Poynter
Gannett's expansion goal is to be the number one news network in the country as measured by ComScore metrics, CEO Bob Dickey told analysts in an earnings conference call. The company can achieve that with a presence in 125 to 140 markets, he added. It won't take 200. Gannett already has the largest newspaper related sites and trails Time Inc., Turner Digital (the owner of CNN), Comcast NBC Universal and CBS Interactive, according to ComScore.
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New York Magazine
Until recently, you probably didn’t know or care who Gay Talese is — unless you're a writer or a superfan of literary nonfiction, the genre he helped pioneer in the 1960s along with a bunch of other white guys and Joan Didion. This week he was "all over Twitter" after failing to name any women writers who have inspired him and then asking a contemporary writer about her nails. Talese deserves the backlash. When it comes to naming influential women nonfiction writers of the past several decades, though, most of us fare only slightly better than he did.
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The Content Standard
You did it — you've found your writing niche. Establishing yourself as a subject matter expert is no small feat in the world of freelance writing, and if you've fought tooth and nail to get there it can be hard to imagine ever seeking anything new. But slowly, that little itch creeps in. Maybe you want to pursue your passion by branching out into food writing. Perhaps you’d like a bigger paycheck by switching to complex tech talk.
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Publishers Weekly
After building Barnes & Noble from a single college bookstore into the largest book chain in the country, Len Riggio is retiring. Riggio, the founder and chairman of B&N, who's been heading the company since its inception in 1965, said he has "done everything I have wanted to do in business" and that he is now looking to focus on his "philanthropic and social" interests.
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Good e-Reader
What does digital publishing mean to you? Not long ago, we defined it as simply moving the publishing industry from offline to online. Now, the term has more complex connotations and is one that involves more industries and professions than ever before. To say "we are all content creators" could not be more true — brands are building in-house content teams to generate better social engagement, brand image and sales interaction with their audience.
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The Content Standard
Story-centric writing has a strong place in content marketing, but it comes with unique challenges storytellers in other disciplines don't typically have: word limits, keywords, link requirements — the list is long. In your quest to conquer a content marketing assignment, it might seem impossible to service the call for storytelling. Stories have moving parts and pieces, action, turning points, characters — and your primary focus is writing a compelling piece that moves the brand's audience to action.
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Digital Book World
What are effective ebook pricing strategies in today's book business? Based on trends we observe at Ingram Content Group from both publishers and readers, we think about three general segments for ebooks: entertainment value, education value and marketing value.
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MediaPost
Would today's news consumer prefer an accurate story that loads slowly — or an inaccurate story that loads quickly? Well, the vast majority of U.S. consumers still value news accuracy above all else — but, for most, load times are also pretty darn important.
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