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Joan Detz, ASJA
 Whether you’re an experienced speechwriter or just breaking into this specialty, you’ll learn how to make money by speechwriting. You’ll discover how to prepare a professional speechwriting portfolio, identify the best leads for freelance assignments, get referrals that build your business, leverage social media, and avoid speechwriting pitfalls.
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OpenTheGovernment.org via ASJA
ASJA is among more than 30 organizations committed to government openness and accountability are calling for the immediate removal of three exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from the Senate National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2017 (S. 2943). The FOIA exemptions would severely undermine the FOIA by creating an unnecessary secrecy provision at odds with FOIA’s goal of transparency and a carve-out to the FOIA for the Pentagon.
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Ronni Gordon, ASJA
 At the daily newspaper where I was an arts and features writer for more than 25 years, the reporter who sat opposite me had taped Anne Lamott’s words, “Bird by Bird,” on the side of her computer terminal.
When I had several stories going on at the same time, and a mess of papers on my desk, I looked at the words and tried to focus on one thing at a time.
Now as a freelancer having attended my first ASJA conference on May 21, it’s more challenging, with the stack of business cards representing editors and writers to contact and story ideas floating around in my head. But it’s also exciting to have a new world opened up to me with opportunities I never knew existed when I was laid off in 2009 from the Springfield (Mass.) Republican and wondered what I would do next.
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The Content Standard
Michelle Nickolaisen has been a freelance writer for seven years and has suffered from burnout along the way. One of the biggest lessons she’s learned is to stop thinking like an employee. "A lot of freelancers think with an employee mindset," says Nickolaisen. "They create rates that would make sense if they were an employee, forgetting how much they have to put into their businesses."
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Poynter
Understanding copyright and fair use can help you avoid two things that are highly detrimental to publishing: costly litigation and self-censorship.
When you are considering using someone else's work, here are some questions to help you with next steps.
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Writer's Digest
Nothing (other than fame and glory) makes an author happier than hearing from a reader who couldn’t put down their book. So what makes readers skip going to bed when they should and instead decide, Just one more chapter? My agent, Barbara Poelle, and I decided to sit down and distill (with something distilled) what keeps those pages flipping as the clock is ticking past 2 am.
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Digital Book World
You’ve got your finished manuscript in Microsoft Word and you’re ready to turn it into an ebook. You need to convert it into MOBI format (for Amazon Kindle) and EPUB (for everywhere else). There are various companies, tools and programs that can convert your file for you, but how can you make sure it ends up looking right? You already know that ebooks behave quite differently from Word documents, so how can you be confident that your carefully crafted file will work as an ebook?
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Voice of America
A new study suggests a majority of U.S. citizens now get their news from social media websites.
The Pew Research Center is an organization that researches issues and trends affecting America and the world. It surveyed 4,654 people in January and February.
Pew researchers found 62 percent of the group got their news from social media websites like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit.
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Media Shift
There are billions of people who use email and read news online, but most of these people do not use any tool to filter the news and find relevant content. These people do not use RSS, Twitter, Nuzzel, Flipboard, or other social news apps — but they do use email.
Contrary to what some people think, email is not dead. In fact, email newsletters are hotter than ever right now.
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