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James Foley
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Steven Sotloff
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Austin Tice
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ASJA has awarded its prestigious Conscience in Media Award to three American freelance journalists: James Foley, Steven Sotloff and Austin Tice. All three men were abducted in Syria, which the Committee to Protect Journalists has called the greatest danger to working journalists. Foley and Sotloff were killed by ISIS in 2014, and Austin Tice, abducted in 2012, remains missing. "These three men represent the highest values of journalism: courage, sacrifice and a firm commitment to the truth," said Randy Dotinga, president of ASJA. "Their bravery and dedication is especially inspiring to us as fellow independent writers."
"The Conscience in Media award recognizes journalists who knowingly have endured great personal costs while pursuing the highest tenets of their profession," said Sally Wendkos Olds, interim chair of ASJA's First Amendment Committee. This selective award has been presented only 11 times since 1975.
The awards will be presented at 9 a.m. Aug. 28 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with A Capital Event.
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Salley Shannon, ASJA
 You do have a personal get-work-I-love strategy, right? If you just flinched (or you know a writer who's new to freelancing) take a look at what's on offer Aug. 28 at ASJA's day-long, mini-conference in Washington D.C.
I'm putting together the "freelancer writer's tool kit" chunk of the program, and moderating the "9 Keys to Freelance Success" panel. Think of this track as a highly caffeinated Freelancing 101, appropriate for those feeling their way into the new marketplace, staff writers turned freelance, and writers seeking an entry into different venues for their work.
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Publishing Perspectives
Forging a new, open synergy between creators and publishers will better position the industry to face the future, says transmedia storyteller Jerome Goerke.
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Digital Book World
Here’s a good game to play in an idle moment. Imagine you are starting a new publishing company, with your own money, from scratch today. Whom would you choose to employ on fixed-term contracts, and which external services would you hire in? Focuses the mind, doesn’t it?
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Columbia Journalism Review
In investigative journalist and sex columnist Violet Blue's new book, The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy, released this month, she writes that the term "online while female" needs to be added to the lexicon of phrases connoting prejudice and harassment, such as "driving while black" and "flying while Muslim." Women and LGBTQ people are specifically targeted online, says Blue.
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Good e-Reader
A few months ago Amazon rolled out the Bookerly font to its line of iOS apps and the Kindle Paperwhite 3. This new font was exclusively developed for e-reading in mind. In order to really take advantage of the new format, Amazon had to develop a new e-book format. In the past they used AZW and MOBI for the standard book, but they new one is called KFX.
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Newsweek
A seamstress and former door-to-door salesperson nearing retirement age takes a job sewing costumes for a Vegas show, and the stories she hears backstage inspire her to trade in her Singer for a laptop. Twelve years and 15 books later, at the age of 72, Donna Mabry has the top nonfiction Kindle Direct Publishing book of all time.
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The Atlantic
Whether we're behind the podium or awaiting our turn, numbing our bottoms on the chill of metal foldout chairs or trying to work some life into our terror-stricken tongues, we introverts feel the pain of the public performance. This is because there are requirements to being a writer.
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