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One… bonus, if you can call it that, of COVID World is that it’s kept me from my pre-COVID habit of going on shopping sprees at secondhand bookstores, and thus has prevented the need, at least this year, to install new bookcases in my home. Because, honestly, there are still so many books I have yet to read. A mere few on my proverbial/literal To Be Read shelf: MFK Fisher, “The Gastronomical Me”; Anna Quindlen, “Imagined London”; Barack Obama, “The Audacity of Hope”; Diane Hales, “La Bella Lingua”; Stephen Milllhauser, “Martin Dressler”; Suzanna Clarke, “A House in Fez”; Richard Llewellyn, “How Green Was My Valley”… and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. What about you? What’s on your TBR shelf? Cheers, Holly Leber Simmons, ASJA Weekly editor
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Meet the ASJA Award Winners
ASJA
Wow, our members can write! This year’s awards have once again brought attention to the outstanding writing of our peers. The entries combined eloquent writing with complex research and reporting, and they ran in a vast variety of publications. At Confidential, Awards Chair Janine Latus introduces the winners and explains the judging process.
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The Tele-Connections Assignments Coming Soon!
ASJA
Folks at ASJA HQ are busy running the computer lottery that generates meeting assignments for Tele-Connections, held 2-4 pm Eastern on Monday, May 24 and Tuesday, May 25. You’ll receive your meeting assignments (including instructions for logging in to the virtual meetings) by end of day Monday, May 17. Watch the email you used to register! Questions? See the Tele-Connections FAQ here or email co-chairs Jeanette Hurt at jeanettehurt@sbcglobal.net and Erin O'Donnell at erinod1@gmail.com.
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We Want to See You in Action
ASJA
ASJA is looking for outstanding photos of members for placement in the banner of the new website — photos showing members in the field, conducting interviews, covering stories witnessing wars, documenting celebrations or scientific discoveries, writing, collaborating, you name it! Send images and questions to Arielle Emmett at aemmettphd@gmail.com
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Pro-Act Update
ASJA
Pro-Act Update
On May 5, the Biden administration blocked the Department of Labor’s rule which the Trump administration finalized in January. This was the Economic Reality test, which made it easier to classify workers as independent contractors. The move was expected, but it’s bad news for freelancers. DOL Secretary Walsh said, "By withdrawing the independent contractor rule, we will help preserve essential worker rights and stop the erosion of worker protections that would have occurred had the rule gone into effect." There’s concern that Walsh and the DOL will push through the ABC test instead. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bidens-labor-department-rescinds-trump-era-rule-affecting-gig-workers-2021-05-05/
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Are You Reporting on Threats to Journalists in the US?
ASJA
The U.S. Press Freedom Accountability Project, a collaboration between the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the News Leaders Association (NLA), offers grants for between $2,000 and $5,000 to journalists reporting on threats to journalists in the U.S. The reported piece must already be accepted for publication in order to be eligible.
Next deadline is May 21. Get more information and complete the application here.
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ASJA Volunteer Opportunities
ASJA
• SIG (Special Interest Groups) – Lead special interest groups. Looking for someone to lead sessions on Word Press, health writing and content marketing. Contact Jennifer Billock at jenniferjoanbillock@gmail.com.
• Website Committee – Write web copy to help populate all 100+ pages of ASJA's spiffy new website. Take on as many or as few assignments as you wish. Contact dara@darachadwick.com.
• Virtual Pitch Slams – Find editors for monthly pitch sessions and handle registration logistics. Learn more about the program here. Contact Wendy Helfenbaum at wendy@taketwoproductions.ca.
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Member News
ASJA
Do you have professional news you'd like to share with the group? A new job, a story you've published (in article, blog post, book, cave painting, etc. form), a new project you've launched, an interview with someone fascinating, a speaking gig? Send your news (50 words or less) and a link if applicable to Holly Leber Simmons, ASJA Weekly editor at hello@redpeneditorial.co (that's .co like Coco Chanel).
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What 16 publishers learned pitching funders on journalism projects
Local Media Association
Want to know if you have a compelling case for the value of your journalism? Try persuading someone to pay for it.
That premise inspired an unusual “graduation day” for the 16 publishers in Local Media Association’s Lab for Journalism Funding: Pitch a panel of national funders on their idea.
On April 20, each publisher presented its local plan for journalism funded through philanthropy to judges from Google, Knight Foundation, Walton Family Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
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What news publishers can learn from Silicon Valley
Journalism.co.uk
Although a lot of innovation comes from Silicon Valley, it does not mean that newsrooms have to copy all the strategies that made Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft — GAFAM for short — so successful.
But Edward Roussel, chief innovation officer, Dow Jones and Wall Street Journal, thinks that digital publishers have a lot to learn from the Big Tech.
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How the role of personal expression and experience is changing journalism
Poynter
As a young journalist, Dion Lim pitched what she thought was an obvious story: A local nursery was running a racial slur on a billboard, shortening one word in their advertising for Japanese maple trees.
“I failed in the way that I pitched this story because I expressed so much anger and displeasure at the owners; I had made it personal,” she said.
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Rethinking the relationship between journalism and public relations
International Center for Journalists
Public relations and journalism exist in an uneasy balancing act, a relationship where they both rely on each other as part of a communication ecosystem.
It used to be that journalism was the stronger player in the relationship, but now as a result of cuts to newsrooms, PR is becoming more dominant. And this relationship could undermine already limited trust in news.
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After a long year, local news looks back and thinks forward
Columbia Journalism Review
The local news crisis can be tough to describe in national terms, because no two places are exactly the same. Though it’s been a difficult year for regional journalism, following a difficult decade, it’s a diverse media ecosystem and though industry-wide challenges are rooted in similar trends, every outlet has faced battles of its own.
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Newsrooms answer the call to innovate
Editor & Publisher
There is no shortage of digital transformation occurring in newsrooms, but the COVID-19 pandemic only accelerated the pace as journalists moved to Zoom video calls and remote work, and readers turned more to online news to receive their information. To meet those needs, newsrooms around the country have created inventive and engaging projects — from graphic novels to podcasts.
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A better ad experience is a better user experience
Digital Content Next
Right now, the digital advertising industry is in a frenzy over how it will adapt to new privacy restrictions that will inhibit marketers’ ability to serve targeted ads quickly and widely. Yes, the nature of digital advertising is changing. However, the direction it’s headed regarding ad quality is on a collision course with high quality user experience. Everything is on the line — including the bottom line.
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