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ASJA
At VCC you can meet editors and agents by phone or Zoom. You’ll get to pitch story ideas one-on-one or talk about what a particular editor is looking for. Sign-ups are today, Tuesday, May 26, at 2 p.m. Eastern time on ASJA's website on a first-come, first-served basis. A second round of sign-ups will be held tomorrow, Wed., May 27, at 2 p.m. Eastern. The VCC will run June 9-11 and June 16-18. Stay tuned to the Forums, ASJA Weekly and the ASJA website for more information, or contact stacey.freed@gmail.com or LisaRoepe@gmail.com with questions.
ASJA
On the heels of the hugely successful Virtual (Tele-) Connections event, ASJA is thrilled to bring you the first-ever ASJA Virtual Conference. This online gathering will offer three tracks — Journalism, Content Marketing and Books — with multiple sessions by engaging and knowledgeable speakers. In addition to the education sessions, you'll be able to network with your colleagues, participate in Snack Chats (similar to the popular lunch roundtables in New York) and take part in pitch sessions (Journalism and Books only). Click here to register.
ASJA
ASJA has launched its Crisis Coverage Awards: COVID-19 Edition, the first GLOBAL awards program recognizing writers for their coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak. WRITERS WORLDWIDE may find more information and rules and submit their work here. Submissions will be accepted until July 3.
WRITERS are invited to submit English-language articles, including self-nominations, published between January 1 and June 30, 2020. Teams of leading journalists will judge submissions based on quality of writing and reporting and whether new information was provided or a fresh perspective was given to a familiar concept. A portion of all entry fees will be contributed to ASJA’s Writers Emergency Assistance Fund (WEAF), and winners will receive cash prizes. ASJA will feature winning articles in press releases and social media posts.
“The aim of the awards is to bring greater visibility to this important time in our world history,” says Milton C. Toby, JD, president of ASJA. “I applaud Janine Latus and the ASJA Crisis Coverage Awards Committee for developing such a timely program to showcase the work of writers globally.” READ MORE
For more information about the ASJA Crisis Coverage Writing Awards: COVID-19 Edition, contact ASJA Executive Director, Holly Koenig or call (212) 297-2123.
ASJA
The annual ASJA Writing Awards program runs on volunteer power, so special thanks go out to Salley Shannon and Janine Latus, co-chairs of the awards committee, and to the dozens of judges who invest time in selecting the best of the best. Thanks, too, to Tami Kamin Meyer, Jennifer Billock and Susan Johnston Taylor, who posted daily announcements on social media. Many thanks to all involved!
ASJA
Another new group of applicants for membership in ASJA has passed the Membership Application Committee's review and the list of prospective members has now been posted. Active members may review the list and send any comments to James Cafiero no later than June 2. All comments will be sent to the Application Committee for consideration and will be kept confidential.
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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
For the last two years, I have worked on a book. When I sent the copy edited manuscript to my editor – the last step before the Word doc becomes an advance reader’s copy – I expected to feel something. Instead, I returned to my day gig copy editing blog posts for a major consumer magazine without so much as whoop or Michael Jordan-inspired fist pump.
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Scroll.in
As I stood in my balcony on the morning of March 25, I observed the road, which until the previous evening was host to vehicles, hawkers and pedestrians. The adorable dog of our housing society — we call her Sweetie — sat in the middle of the road with no fear or anticipation of speeding cars. Her son, Bholu, who loved to rest in the shade of a car, sat next to her. Both seemed deep in contemplation, whispering to each other, “Where is everybody today?”
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Forbes
If you’ve been wondering how to get loan forgiveness through the Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness application, your wait is over. The sample application for loan forgiveness came out Friday May 15th, and while it’s not as clear as we’d all like it provides more guidance than before. Let’s walk through this application with the information that we have now and adjust as more guidance comes out.
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Poynter
In many places, it started with a cut in print days. Furloughs. Layoffs. Just to get through the crisis, newsroom leaders told readers.
In some places, none of it was enough.
Now, small newsrooms around the country, often more than 100 years old, often the only news source in those places, are closing under the weight of the coronavirus. Some report they’re merging with nearby publications.
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Business 2 Community
The feast or famine aspect of freelancing doesn’t sit well with most people. Sometimes it can seem like a ton of work is coming in. Other times, it can be stressful as you struggle to just break even for the month. Getting consistent gigs as a freelancer can seem next to impossible.
I’m not a big fan of the fluctuating income aspect of freelancing either. But, I’ve been able to make a good living freelancing full time by landing contracts with clients who are able to give me consistent work.
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