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On the fence about whether to invest in ASJA’s Virtual Conference? Keep in mind that there are three ways to register. Get access to all of the live sessions, recordings and networking events with a full conference registration, which is $150 for members and $250 for non-members. If you’re interested in only one track (journalism, content marketing or books), sign up for a track registration, which is $60 for members/$90 for non-members. You also can purchase individual sessions for $25 members/$35 non-members. Get more details about the event, which kicks off July 7, here.
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Register for the next Virtual Pitch Slam on June 25 at noon Eastern time for your chance to pitch an editor at GEN, a Medium publication about politics, power and culture. The event takes place July 8 at noon Eastern. The signup link will be on the VPS page. Don't miss this event!
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Snack Chats are small, moderated, online networking groups available to people registered for ASJA’s Virtual Conference. These events are one way to replace the all-important networking opportunities at the in-person conference. The virtual conference planning committee is looking for a volunteer to organize Snack Chats for the books track, which will take place in September. All volunteers get a free registration to the conference, so this is a great way to give back and get something great in return. For more details about volunteering, contact conference chair Laura Laing.
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Assistance is available for freelancers through a variety of programs that will be discussed in a webinar Wednesday, June 24, from 4-5 p.m. Eastern time.
Kellen’s government affairs experts will discuss COVID-19 relief programs, including the Paycheck Protection Program, Pandemic Unemployment Insurance and EIDL loans. The webinar will focus on recent changes to these programs, interpret federal guidance pertaining to these issues, and will offer advice on how these programs apply to independent contractors, freelancers and the self-employed. The webinar will conclude with an overview of potential future COVID-19 stimulus and relief packages. This webinar is FREE for ASJA members and $10 for the general public. Register today!
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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 from around the world may find more information and rules and submit their work here. Submissions will be accepted until July 3.
For more information about the ASJA Crisis Coverage Writing Awards: COVID-19 Edition, contact ASJA Executive Director, Holly Koenig, or call (212) 297-2123.
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ASJA’s Peer-to-Peer program pairs up members with similar interests and experiences so they can support each other through regular phone calls and emails. Are you a technology writer looking to share your highs and lows with someone in the same field? An experienced ghostwriter willing to mentor someone new to the field? We have matches waiting for you. Would you like a peer who writes about a different topic or want an accountability partner? Let us know and we’ll start looking for your perfect match. Sign up and get more details about the program here.
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You can help. ASJA established the Writers’ Emergency Assistance Fund (WEAF) in 1982 to help writers financially when they are unable to work due to illness, disability, a natural disaster or an extraordinary professional crisis. To date, WEAF has given more than $400,000 to more than 160 writers. Won’t you help ensure that this worthy endeavor can continue by making a tax-deductible contribution? Learn more here.
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By remembering ASJA in your will, you can help support our worthwhile organization and potentially reduce estate taxes. For further information, please email asjaoffice@asja.org.
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University of Dayton
Have a funny story to tell about your sister? Check out “Nickie’s Prize for Humor Writing,” a new writing competition from the University of Dayton’s Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop. Up to 20 winning writers will be awarded $300 cash prizes each for previously unpublished, humorous nonfiction essays of 1,000 words or less about their sisters. All original material will be considered, including pieces that expand on the theme, such as close friends who are like sisters.
Online submissions will be accepted through Aug. 1. Open to writers 18 years and older. Entry fee: $25. Essays will be blind-judged by a panel of established writers and humorists, with winners announced Oct. 19. Winning pieces will be published online and in a possible future book.
“In the spirit of Erma Bombeck, the tone can be humorous, absurd, even offbeat. They encourage essays from a diversity of authors of all experience levels — from new writers and bloggers to published book authors — that are funny in a smart, not schmaltzy way. Think of this as a humorous spin on The New York Times’ popular ‘Modern Love’ section,” said Teri Rizvi, workshop director.
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Writer's Digest
This is sort of a big topic, because there are so many ways that writers can get paid for their writing. Many people think of writing and selling books or writing articles for magazines. But there many other ways writers can freelance as well.
For instance, they can write copy for local and national businesses. They can craft newsletters or grant proposals. That's without taking into account that many writers are well positioned to get paid to speak at live and online events and create podcasts and videos.
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Forbes
Every skilled artisan has a set of tools. Today’s digital artisans, or freelancers, deal with virtual tools. Graphic designers have prized folders full of their favorite fonts. Project managers reach for their trusted spreadsheet templates. Marketers swear by social media scheduling tools like Sprout Social and CoSchedule. Digital systems and software power the daily work of freelancers, especially when a deadline is looming. When a freelancer feels the pressure of a due date, their trusted arsenal of tools is crucial.
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NiemanLab
The percentage of people paying for news online continues to increase — and people may even pay for more than one subscription. People worldwide blame domestic politicians most for spreading false and misleading information online. And more people than ever are getting news from Instagram, with 18- to 24-year-olds more than twice as likely as other age groups to prefer getting their news from social media.
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Columbia Journalism Review
The journalism industry has been facing a crisis for years; the COVID-19 pandemic has simply accelerated the inevitable, swelling a steady and dispiriting trickle of localized layoffs and outlet consolidations to a national deluge of pay cuts, furloughs, mass layoffs, closures, print reductions. These cutbacks threaten individual journalists and also journalism as a whole, eroding the robust coverage that is essential to a functioning democracy.
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