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The Huffington Post
Last year, the United States and the rest of the world was shocked by the videos of the barbaric beheadings of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff by ISIS. Today, Aug. 28, the American Society of Journalists will be honoring Foley, Sotloff and Austin Tice, a journalist who has been missing since 2012, with its Conscience in Media Award at its writers conference, A Capital Event, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The rarely given ASJA award honors those who have "demonstrated singular commitment to the highest principles of journalism at notable cost or sacrifice."
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ASJA
Join us as we learn how ASJA member Judy Mandel's memoir, Replacement Child, found its way from a self-published start to a home with a traditional publisher and a spot on the New York Times best seller list for e-books.
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Penn State via ASJA
The Journolancing Research Project seeks freelance journalists to fill out a survey. Respondents get access to
results and a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card. The survey takes about 20 minutes to complete.
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Kate Silver, ASJA
When I think back to the time I toiled over writing half of a Las Vegas guidebook, I remember the numb legs. Twice it happened: I’d been working for so long at my laptop, my legs forgot how to support me when I stood up, and I went straight for the floor.
After writing those 50,000 words, which were based on experiences in countless bars, clubs, strip clubs, swingers clubs, shops, museums and other spots that I had visited in person, while also balancing a fulltime job as a magazine editor, I wasn’t sure I’d venture into the grueling world of guidebook authorship again.
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USA Today
The on-air murder of a popular television reporter and her cameraman during a morning live shot Wednesday hit residents like a death in the family in this small city surrounded by rolling mountains and cattle fields. "Every morning we watch these people on TV, it's like they're part of your family," said Donna Toliver, who lives across the street from WDBJ television station. She spent most of Wednesday afternoon speaking encouraging words to station employees and watching them speak to reporters from around the country and across the world.
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Publishers Weekly
D.T. Dyllin hasn't been in the self-publishing business for very long. In fact, she only caught the writing bug only a few years ago when self-publishing began to gain industry traction. Dyllin used the surge of new online resources to research the changing landscape of self-publishing and spoke with other indie authors about their experiences. Now she's a successful author with a hefty backlist.
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The Poynter Institute
George Edmonson, retired after more than 30 years as a newspaper reporter, writes: "As a reader far more often than a writer these days, I find that I'm bothered by different things than I was when the situation was reversed. A sports section that can’t get its agate correct consistently. A story that fails to include a person’s age when it is clearly relevant. Reporting that lacks adequate geographical references so I can locate an area."
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Writer Beware
A class action lawsuit against Author Solutions Inc. has been settled and discontinued. Filed in April 2013 by law firm Giskan Solotaroff Anderson & Stewart, LLP against ASI and its parent company, Penguin Group, the suit alleged breach of contract, unjust enrichment, various violations of the California Business and Professional Code, and violation of New York General Business Law. Penguin was later dismissed from the case, along with some--but not all--of the claims against ASI.
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Wired
Shannon Mayer writes great urban fantasy — she hovers just behind George R. R. Martin on Amazon's Kindle Fantasy charts. She's another triumph for self-publishing, but the real beneficiary of the DIY book boom is the publishing industry itself. We talked to Mayer about why.
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Writer's Digest
One of my best friends, also a writer, taught me an important lesson about writing., says Noelle Sterne,an author, editor, dissertation and writing coach. Lynn and I phoned each other at least twice a week, confessed to mutual massive blocks, and ran out to meet at the neighborhood café. All afternoon we commiserated, consumed endless cups of strong coffee and multiple pastries, dreamt about having the full-time writing life, and railed against the authors of the trashy "bestsellers," as we called them. We parted feeling bloated but righteous in our validated self-pity and carefully ignored the fact that we'd wasted another day not writing.
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