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ASJA
Registration is now open for ASJA Dream Bold Atlanta (#ASJAatl), a one-day conference at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, where freelance writers will have an opportunity to meet one-on-one with editors, content providers and agents. REGISTER NOW!
Keynote speaker and international bestselling author Robert Hicks will debut his new book: The Orphan Mother.
A limited amount of rooms are reserved for ASJA event attendees at the Courtyard Atlanta Decatur Downtown/Emory at $159/night. The cut-off date to book your room is Thursday, Oct. 13. RESERVE YOUR ROOM NOW!
 Saturday, Nov. 5: Dream Bold Atlanta
Journalist's Resource
So you're on deadline with breaking news about a crime committed in your community but officials are releasing only basic details: a few facts about the crime, and the name and birth date of a person alleged to be involved. Your audience — and your editor — are demanding to know as much about this individual as possible, as quickly as possible. What do you do? How do you report on someone when you have so little information?
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Poynter
Fabrication in news publishing can take many forms, from creating sources and embellishing stories to making quotes sound different from what was actually said. Here are some best practices to avoid fabrication from Geanne Belton, Ruth Hochberger and Jane Kirtley, journalists and educators who are the authors of the Poynter course on avoiding plagiarism and fabrication.
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The Washington Post
Writing a book takes prodigious amounts of effort and time. The amount of time can be divided into the years it takes to write and revise and revise and revise and revise and revise the book and the months it takes to publish it.
If one is writing a book about current affairs, that second part is the worst. Even for best-selling authors, there is a period of time between when one is done with the writing and when the book comes out. For academics, that gap between writing and publishing can be a year or longer. During that time, things can happen that completely subvert a book’s arguments.
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Entrepreneur
Tucker Max writes: "One of the most common questions we get at my publishing company, Book In A Box, is this — 'How do I get my book on a bestseller list?'
Our answer — you probably don't want to be on a bestseller list, especially if you're an entrepreneur. We encourage our authors not to chase bestseller lists, but instead focus on their business goals for their book. This confuses them initially, but once we explain the process and trade-offs to them, the overwhelming majority discard the bestseller dream and focus more on the business goals that are far more impactful to them."
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Columbia Journalism Review
What is a shield law, exactly? When can a government official require a reporter to disclose sources or information? Who counts as a journalist under a shield law? What types of sources or information are protected? Is there a big difference between a subpoena and a search warrant?
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Poynter
Solutions journalism is a "howdunnit" approach that offers rigorous and compelling coverage about responses to social problems — reporting that adheres to the highest of journalistic standards. This approach makes watchdog reporting even stronger. Here are other strengths of solutions journalism.
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IJNet
ICFJ Knight Fellow Catherine Gicheru recently spoke with a group of journalism students in Nairobi about using data to improve news stories. Gicheru, an award-winning investigative journalist and former editor of Kenya’s fastest growing newspaper, The Star, is leading efforts to expand the use of data by Kenyan newsrooms. Here are a few tips and insights she shared.
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Business 2 Community
Copywriting is hard. That’s why everyone says they want to write, yet very few actually do. Creative fear and distraction most often get in the way, which is why it takes inspiration, energy and discipline to get something good on the page. There are blogs, books, plugins, apps and a ton of other resources available to help you up your writing game. From style guides to grammar hacks, here are 101 tools to help you be a better writer.
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Small Business Trends
When you’re focused on meeting deadlines and cranking out strong content, editing, proofreading and refining, the writing process can get pushed onto the backburner. But part of producing strong, quality content is ensuring that it’s clear of the errors and clumsy wording that tends to seep into writing. Sometimes weeding out those mistakes is simply a matter of getting back to basics, so try refining your writing and editing process with these 10 easy tips.
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The Denver Post
When you’re a journalist and on assignment overseas, you’re a subject of no nation. Your only job is to report the story through the eyes of the citizens it affects.
When you’re a journalist and on assignment at home, you’re a servant to no government. Your only job is to report the story as it impacts that government’s constituents.
That’s how it works. In theory.
But the fact is, life isn’t always black and white. Especially not for journalists. Occasionally, we end up shoulder-to-shoulder with the people we’re covering.
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Columbia Journalism Review
In an era of journalism in which freelancers have grown accustomed to being treated like disposable cogs of news production, Vice appears to be in a league of its own.
Interviews with more than a dozen freelance journalists suggest the young, edgy news organization heralded as the future of journalism also has ushered in a new low for its treatment of freelance journalists.
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