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If you haven't been taking advantage of ASJA Direct: Inside Intel on Getting Published and Paid Well podcast hosted and curated by Estelle Erasmus — a FREE member benefit — you are missing out. The latest podcast with Richard Eisenberg, Managing Editor for Next Avenue/PBS, is available now. Find all the podcasts with interviews from CJR, WSJ, Longreads, AARP, Woman's Day and more at the ASJA Direct pages. To listen to the podcast, click here. Find an interview with Richard Eisenberg here.
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With journalism, you’re pulling from your imagination, the ideas/quotes of others and a variety of second- and third-tier sources. Because there’s so much raw material to work with, it’s easier and more natural to be completely original, combining, synthesizing and shaping ideas using your own words and citing outside sources for substantive information and facts. With content marketing that has a narrow focus, not so much. Not that content marketing doesn’t require creativity — it certainly does — but when you are working with X number of facts with a limited pool of sources, it becomes extremely challenging when say, discussing a particular drug, widget or type of software. And when the content is for a particular agency or company that’s competing for a product or service in a specialized marketplace, it becomes even more so.
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The American Society of Journalists and Authors has just launched an essay contest for LGBTQ+ individuals who are between 13 to 25 years old. Awards of up to $200 will be given for those submitting superlative personal essays about how gender identity or sexual orientation has affected their mental health or experience with mental health services.
To learn more, including details on how to submit, click this link. The deadline is Nov. 1. Essays do not need to be published, though previous publication is not a barrier to entering the contest.
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Mark your calendars! The next SIG will run Oct. 22 – Nov. 18 and we have some great sessions planned on ...
- B2B Content Marketing Writing: Getting In, Staying In by Christine Parizo
- Glitter Spank SEO: Make Your Personal Brand Sparkle with Social Media Realness by Charmaine N. Houck
- Ghostwriting for Profit by John Peragine
- Write A Blog People Will Read: Learn to Write in a Unique, Confident and Meaningful Way by Donna Freedman
To learn more, visit the website. Registration begins Oct. 8, and is first-come, first-served.
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Do you view fall as a time to reboot? Perhaps gain some new clients? We've set the dates for the next Virtual Client Connections, which is when ASJA members meet with editors/agents over the phone or Skype in short speed-dating-type sessions. Please mark Oct. 30-Nov. 2 (from noon to 4 p.m. EST all four days) on your calendars. Sign-up will begin — on a first come, first serve basis — through the ASJA website on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. EST, with appointments sent out by 5 p.m. EST on Friday, Oct. 12. More info to come in ASJA Weekly as well as on the website. Questions? Contact Kristine Hansen, VCC Chair, at kristinehansenwriter@gmail.com.
The WRITER
With the rise of eBooks, print-on-demand platforms like CreateSpace, and even audiobooks, the number of self-published authors over the past five years has skyrocketed. We hear success stories, but they tend to be the Cinderella dream-come-true stories: Andy Weir’s book-turned-blockbuster The Martian, or E.L. James’ outrageously best-selling Fifty Shades trilogy. But what about the stories we don’t hear about? The indie authors out there making a good living? What’s their story, and how did they find success?
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Forbes
The gig economy is on the rise — according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over 57 million Americans are choosing this flexible alternative to traditional full-time employment. One of the most popular routes for freelancers and contractors? Writing.
After all, quality writing is in high-demand by practically every business, whether that be fine-tuning website copy, producing in-depth blog content, writing captivating social media posts, or otherwise.
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Inc.
A decade ago this week I published my first major book, "Porn & Pong: How Grand Theft Auto, Tomb Raider & Other Sexy Games Changed Our Culture." The tech and intimacy discussion was particularly controversial at the time — my book actually got banned in at least one Middle-Eastern country. However, the lessons learned from the modest success enabled me to have a few best-sellers since.
From that original experience, here are three secrets to making an impact with your book.
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Policy Options
As digital data about people grows, journalists are increasingly turning to social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to find information. One trend in journalism, particularly in political reporting, is the compiling of publicly available social media data to infer and report on public opinion. Whether it’s reporting on what topics are trending, analyzing whether the Twittersphere is expressing positive or negative sentiment toward a political candidate or quoting Facebook users’ posts in a news report, journalists are using online comments and discussions to say something about public opinion and enrich their political reporting.
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