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When Ronni Gordon attended her first New York conference in 2016, ASJA’s Associate membership program hadn’t yet been launched. So as a non-member, she could only go on Saturday's public day events. Laid off from her newspaper job and a much-published freelancer, with bylines in The New York Times, espnW, Family Dog magazine and others, she was looking to expand into more markets and make new contacts. “I wanted to see what ASJA was all about,” she recalls. “I pitched, and got, a story on the joy of literacy volunteering and after that, wrote several others for NextAvenue/PBS” which also lead to a byline in Fortune magazine. While Gordon already qualified for Professional membership, ASJA provided a vital stepping stone in her career. Associate membership is another method of widening your toehold into the freelance door.
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ASJA
Join our Virtual Pitch Slam with The Open Notebook on Thursday, Sept. 13 between 2-3 p.m. Eastern time. First-come, first-served signups begin on Thursday, Aug. 30 at noon Eastern, so mark your calendars! Please note that only Professional Members can pitch live during the Slam; Associate Members can listen to the recording of the event shortly afterwards.
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Want to get more involved in ASJA? We’re searching for volunteers to lead the next Special Interest Group (SIG) session, which begins Oct. 22. SIGs are small (up to 12 people) private groups that meet on a special section of the forum to discuss a particular topic for four weeks. Past SIGs have included travel writing, content marketing, ghostwriting, biography writing, SEO and many more. Future SIGs will include ... well, that's where you come in!
Leading a SIG is a great way to share your insights and meet other ASJA members with similar interests. To be a good SIG leader, you need to be willing to dedicate time, lead and contribute to discussions and share your own expertise. Ready to get involved? Email Kate Silver.
The New York Times
The water cooler that is Twitter has been awash in discussion of rejection. The writer Saeed Jones began the conversation by mentioning that Breadloaf, the storied writer’s conference held annually at Middlebury College, had repeatedly turned down his application.
If there’s anything writers — even the most famous of them — know, it’s rejection. Many heeded Jones’s call to share their own setbacks and thus a hashtag was born.
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Business 2 Community
Choosing to go into business for yourself as a freelancer is an exciting career path that offers plenty of potentials — both in terms of financial gain as well as in terms of personal freedom such as the ability to put in a full day’s work without ever having to leave your living room. Given these benefits, it’s no small wonder that freelancers now make up a whopping 35 percent of the U.S. workforce.
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ijnet
While bots are one of the major trends in digital communication, many users don’t know much about what they are — or their power to influence public opinion through spreading disinformation and propaganda.
According to Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia, a research scientist from Indiana University, bots are a “simple computer program that operates one or multiple social media accounts to perform some action on social media.” Although many of these programs are used for marketing, the misuse of bots is challenging journalists in new ways.
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The Motley Fool
When you don't have a traditional salaried or hourly wage job, you don't get a regular paycheck. That comes with a lot of flexibility — and numerous risks.
Assuming you have linen up enough work, being a full-time freelance worker can be wonderful. In many cases, you have the freedom to work when and where you want. That can be great, but it can also make it hard to stay on track: Because you have so much freedom, it's easy to slack off. It takes hard work and good planning to make sure that does not happen.
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Forbes
Brands are about reputation value, and the best brands have stratospheric value. For example, last year’s number No. 1 brand was Apple. According to the Interbrand annual study of top brands, Apple’s brand value has grown to almost $200 billion (and now, as a trillion-dollar company, it’s likely increased). Just five years ago, Apple’s brand value was worth half as much.
Can freelancers build a valuable brand?
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