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Time is running out on the early-bird rate for ASJA’s Washington, D.C., conference, “A Capital Event,” on November 8. Rates increase on Sept. 18, so get your name in now for this valuable event. Learn more about launching/expanding your business, marketing your work, applying for grants and fellowships, expanding your article into a book and so much more. Members also will get the chance to meet with industry representatives who want to hire freelance writers. Space is filling quickly. Register now!
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The September Special Interest Groups (SIGs) have been canceled due to a lack of volunteer leaders, but will resume next year. We need volunteers and hope you will consider how you can help lead one of these informative and fun groups. Topics in the past have included travel, content marketing, corporate writing, six-figure freelancing and more. So, what is your special interest? Email Jennifer Billock at jenniferjoanbillock@gmail.com and get involved!
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Each month, ASJA welcomes new associates who want to fine-tune their skills, learn from more experienced writers and prepare to apply to become a professional member of ASJA. You can help them.
We've created two guidebooks for an eight-week commitment — one tailored to mentors and one to associates — to help you organize your discussions and keep your time commitment to a reasonable level. Interested? Intrigued? Ready to dive in? Register here or contact Lori Ferguson, committee chair, at (603) 566-6368.
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ASJA is excited to share a new and valuable member benefit! Because we know that working from home can sometimes get pretty lonely, we found you a deal with WeWork! Collaborative workspaces can be a great way for ASJA members to help get the creative juices flowing and now you can receive up to 20 percent off new WeWork memberships on office space. Click here to get more info directly from WeWork.
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Journalism.co.uk
Young audiences want instant gratification from news without it being dumbed down, according to new research by The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and strategic insight consultancy Flamingo.
The study How young people consume news and the implications for mainstream media takes into account two generations of U.K.- and U.S.-based young audiences: Gen Y (millennials) and Gen Z (those under 23).
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The Washington Post
Concerned about growing threats to safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday issued a series of recommendations for reporters to take to protect themselves from digital harassment.
The advice was particularly geared to women , and included steps they should take to limit the amount of personal information they make available online.
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Customer Think
For small businesses and freelancers alike, it’s important to recognize that your business is as strong as the relationships you build with your customers.
We can learn a lot about creating those relationships from the customer experience industry. In particular, we can learn how to create customer-centric messages and how to weave the customer relationship into marketing strategies and plans. This starts with something as simple as reaching out directly to customers with a personal note.
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Poynter
I’m not a worrier — at least, not generally. It’s one of the many things that drives my husband crazy.
So when The Arizona Republic announced yet another “restructuring and reorganization” in 2014, I wasn’t all that anxious. My husband, who also worked for the paper, wanted to have extensive discussions about what might happen, where else we could work and how we would pay our mortgage if one of us lost our job. But to be honest, I wasn’t interested in dissecting every possibility.
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Entrepreneur
The beauty of freelancing is that you go global as soon as you put your services online. Unless you specifically declared that you’re a freelance writer for New York-based startups or a personal trainer for Toronto-based moms, then your clients can come from all over the world. In fact, PayPal’s 2018 U.S. Freelancer Insights Reports revealed that 58% of stateside. freelancers have international clients.
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Forbes
How can you make decent money as a freelancer if you aren’t a coder or graphic designer? The answer is freelance writing!
If you have a "thing for words" and some skills in digital marketing, there are plenty of companies who may be interested in hiring you to help with content creation. To get started, you just have to find decent paying writing gigs. Granted, there are plenty of places to look for freelance jobs but the noise can get too loud on generalist sites like Upwork and PeoplePerHour.
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