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Kate Silver, ASJA
 For about six years, I worked at home using my home office, or a couch or the kitchen table and sometimes even the bed as I pecked away on my laptop. Occasionally, I romanticized the days when I was a staff writer and editor and had co-workers to talk to. But all in all, I loved working from home.
Then, about three years ago, my sister opened her own consulting business and began renting an office. I got office envy. All of a sudden, the prospect of a co-worker — my sister — and a bright, clean place outside of the house became an incredibly appealing possibility. So we found a space together that’s a little less than 400 square feet in a 1920s building that once served as headquarters to a railroad company. With high ceilings, big windows, exposed ductwork, brick walls and vintage marble floors, it’s perfect. While I still work from home from time to time, I love having an office away from home to call my own.
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ASJA
On Tuesday, May 3, ProfNet hosted their latest #ConnectChat, "Smart Freelancing Strategies for 2016," with guest Lynn Freehill-Maye, an independent writer and co-chair for this year's American Society of Journalists Conference.
One of the perks of being a part of this Twitter chat allowed us to be featured in Times Square with our very own billboard showcasing ASJA2016. ASJA's annual conference will take place at the Roosevelt Hotel from May 20-21 and will bring together hundreds of authors, nonfiction writers and journalists with editors and agents.
Conference Information — REGISTER NOW!
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BOSS Magazine
 ASJA’s keynote speaker Josh Levs was profiled in this month’s Boss Magazine where he talks about his highly acclaimed book, “All In” and discusses the changing face of fatherhood and what it means for our individual lives, families, workplaces, and society. Josh Levs will be speaking to attendees at ASJA2016 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 it’s really like to write and publish a book now.
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The Huffington Post
The Supreme Court's recent decision to deny review of the Authors Guild v. Google, Inc. ruling was a blow not just to the suit's plaintiffs in the book industry but to all of us in the business of writing and publishing content. Here's why: The lower court's decision in favor of Google ruled that its project to digitize millions of books and create a searchable library did not violate the authors' copyrights and did not require permission or monetization. In allowing this ruling to stand, the Supreme Court has created a remarkably expansive view of the Fair Use Doctrine - which is, ironically, now unfair to the content creators themselves.
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Publishers Weekly
Oh, publishers, you do love your promotional doodads. And we sometimes love them, too, but much of the time, they honestly don't help us promote and sell your books. You might play to your strengths by helping where we need it most. Publishers have entire departments devoted to creating marketing and promotional materials, whereas we stores often have small staffs with varying levels of artistic ability.
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Newsroom America
The Federal Trade Commission has charged the operators of dozens of companies with deceiving consumers by using fake newspaper subscription notices. The FTC seeks to stop the operation and obtain money for return to consumers. According to the FTC's complaint, through a complicated web of companies, the defendants send consumers "Notice of Renewal/New Order" mailers for subscriptions to newspapers such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Seattle Times and The Denver Post, and for magazines.
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GalleyCat
As William Shakespeare once wrote, "What's in a name?" The team at Jonkers Rare Books created an infographic examining "the author behind the pseudonym." The piece features several beloved authors including Louisa May Alcott, Dr. Seuss, and J.K. Rowling. We've embedded the full image below for you to explore further.
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PBS Newshour
Journalism is (once again) in crisis. This time, the sky really does seem to be falling. Newspapers are losing readers and revenue. Some are shutting down all over North America. In Canada, it has been particularly acute, with the largest chain consolidating newsrooms in two-newspaper markets in January.
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Vanity Fair
When James Baldwin died in December of 1987, I was 24 years old, living in a neighborhood jokingly referred to as Dyke Slope because of the high concentration of lesbians in one area. Although we were in the harrowing throes of Reaganism and the devastating H.I.V.-AIDS epidemic, gay men (and their allies) had come together to loudly fight the silence and shame surrounding the disease. And in our neighborhood, a struggling writer could still buy a dozen eggs for less than a dollar. It was in the energy of this moment that I reread Giovanni's Room, Baldwin's groundbreaking novel — published 60 years ago this fall — that explored both gay and bisexual relationships with subtlety and what I'd come to think of as Baldwin Brilliance.
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Poynter
The state of American education, particularly in the public sector, may strike some as in dismal disarray. But the reporters who cover it seemingly like their gig a great deal. Holding its annual meeting in Boston, the Education Writers Association unveiled a survey Sunday that concludes "the men and women who report on education are confident about their professional futures, believe they're making a difference in their communities and view their "beat" at a destination rather than a steppingstone to another position."
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