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VCC Coming in October
ASJA
Mark your calendars. Virtual Client Connections will be held Oct. 20-22 and Oct. 27-29. Sign up dates will be posted soon. Stay tuned to the forums, ASJA Weekly and the Client Connections page on ASJA’s website for news about participating editors/agents.
Not sure if this is right for you? Many of our members have found new markets through VCC, which is offered several times a year. Contact Stacey.Freed@gmail.com or LisaRoepe@gmail.com with any questions.
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Submissions Now Being Considered for ASJA 2021 Sessions and Workshops
ASJA
April may seem like a long way off but not when you're planning a conference! ASJA 2021's co-chairs and committee are soliciting proposals for sessions and workshops at our annual conference (April 18-19, 2021). Have an idea for a session or workshop? Please fill out this form by Oct. 1. Decisions about acceptances will be made by early December. Note that we are especially interested in submissions that promote diversity and are interactive. Questions? Contact ASJA 2021 co-chair Kristine Hansen at kristinehansenwriter@gmail.com.
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On Becoming an ASJA Associate Member
ASJA
People sometimes ask about the two levels of membership — professional and associate — and which is the right fit for them. This FAQ provides the lowdown.
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There's a New Tax Form — With Some Changes — for Freelancers and Gig Workers
Forbes
Last year, the Internal Revenue Service introduced a draft version of a form that we haven’t seen since 1982: Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation. Form 1099-NEC is intended to replace the nonemployee compensation part of a form many of us have come to know and love: Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income.
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Jobs in the Pandemic: More Are Freelance and May Stay That Way Forever
NPR
There's a saying going around these days: The future of work is now — put into overdrive by the pandemic that suddenly transformed millions into virtual workers. But the coronavirus has also accelerated a major shift to freelancing that's severing ties between companies and employees.
Two million Americans have started freelancing in the past 12 months, according to a new study from Upwork, a freelance job platform. And that has increased the proportion of the workforce that performs freelance work to 36%.
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Strong Metro Newspapers Are Seizing the Opportunity to Expand Their Footprint Well Beyond Their Home Base
Poynter
A mini-trend has been brewing for the last year or so: Publications like The Boston Globe, The Star Tribune in Minneapolis and The Post and Courier of Charleston have started launching news reports for markets outside their core cities.
The Globe opened a three-person bureau in Providence, Rhode Island, in mid-2019; The Star Tribune established a beachhead in Duluth last November; and The Post and Courier will add an edition serving Columbia on Oct. 1, to accompany two others launched earlier this year in Greenville and Myrtle Beach.
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