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Virtual Client Connections registration is finally here. Sign up today to meet editors and agents by phone, Zoom or Skype. Pitch story ideas one-on-one or talk about what a particular editor is looking for. SIGN UP TODAY for the next VCC, which will run Oct. 22-25 and Oct. 29-Nov. 1. Stay tuned to the Forums, ASJA Weekly and a page on the ASJA website for more information or contact stacey.freed@gmail.com or LisaRoepe@gmail.com if you have questions.
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ASJA’s Writers Conference in Washington, D.C., scheduled for Nov. 8, 2019, at Trinity Washington University, will include a special edition of Client Connections, giving ASJA professional members the opportunity to pitch ideas to at least 18 editors — some of whom pay more than $1 a word. Meet with editors from national outlets such as Johns Hopkins Magazine, Smithsonian, Mother Jones, OZY Media, The Highlight by Vox and Washington Post BrandStudio, and editors from association publications including Civil Engineering Magazine, National Wildlife Federation and ChemMatters. A wide variety of editors from associations, nonprofits, online publications and consumer publications will be meeting with writers. The full list of editors may be found here.
Professional members will select their preferred meetings via an online lottery signup between Oct. 21-25. NOTE: The lottery sign up link will be activated on October 21. In-person meetings will take place from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, at ASJA’s Writers Conference in Washington, D.C.
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The Writer
When I announced I was writing "Running: A Love Story," my family assumed the memoir would be in the same vein as what I wrote about running in newspapers and magazines at the time: that it’s a ridiculous thing to do, and that I loved it, with a lot of humor and possibly complaining about heat thrown in.
Then an excerpt ran in The New York Times just before the book came out. The excerpt was about how a horrible relationship with an alcoholic fueled my insecurities and led to an eating disorder (and how that played into my early days in the sport).
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The Bold Italic
Last year, I got laid off. I had been working for a toy and hardware startup, and the whole vertical was floundering in the wake of Toys “R” Us committing public suicide. Instead of diving back into the industry’s murky waters, I decided to expand my universe, rise to the challenge of my Facebook feed’s motivational quotes, and sell my sales, writing, and admin skills out in parceled pieces — I “went freelance.”
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Fast Company
The freelancer’s reputation is one of constant hustling, underpayment, and a short life span. It’s just a glorified waiting room for when you’re in between full-time, salaried jobs, right?
According to the sixth annual “Freelancing in America” survey, released on Oct. 3 by the Freelancers Union (which has 450,000 members) and Upwork, a digital platform for freelancers and their employers, for every freelancer who sees their work situation as temporary, there’s another who sees it as a long-term career path.
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Pew Research Center
As heated debate continues over how social media sites can improve the quality of news on their platforms while enforcing rules fairly, most Americans are pessimistic about these efforts and are highly concerned about several issues when it comes to social media and news.
Majorities say that social media companies have too much control over the news on their sites, and that the role social media companies play in delivering the news on their sites results in a worse mix of news for users.
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Forbes
October, which is almost upon us, is a more interesting month than I had realized. Halloween is a perennial favorite, of course (No. 2 among favored holidays, just below Christmas. Surprisingly, Valentine’s Day is way down at No. 8). But I’ve also recently learned that October includes Boss’s Day on Oct. 16, a holiday I hadn’t known about before. In honor of Boss’s Day, but respecting my focus on the #freelancerevolution, I thought it might be interesting to begin a conversation about the qualities of great freelance clients.
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