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What are some of your favorite books about reading, writing, editing, any of the above? This can be journalism, business writing, copywriting, fiction, the transformative experience of reading, however practical or fanciful you wish to be. A few of mine include: Anna Quindlen’s “How Reading Changed My Life,” Will Schwalbe’s “The End of Your Life Book Club,” and Josh Bernoff’s “Writing Without Bulls***” (actual title uses the full word; I’m being delicate here). On the TBR list: Annie Dillard’s “The Writing Life,” Mary Norris’ “Between You and Me,” Maeve Binchy’s “The Maeve Binchy Writers’ Club.”
All the best, Holly Leber Simmons, ASJA Weekly Editor
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Meet New Potential Clients Without Leaving Your House!
ASJA
ASJA’s Fall 2022 Virtual Client Connections (VCC) is just around the corner. Registration begins TODAY. Virtual Client Connections meetings will take place from November 8 to November 17, 2022.
We have SEVEN editors participating with a wide range of niches and pay rates, including Costco, Insider, and literary agents. Get the details about each editor, but please do NOT reach out to any of these editors before the VCC, which frustrates editors and complicates the program.
Here's the scoop on signing up:
- TODAY (Tues., 10/25) at 2 p.m EST, you can sign up for ONE editor. To sign up, visit the ASJA Virtual Client Connections page and click on the link for the Signup Genius for the specific editor. If you sign up for more than one editor at this time, your second selection will be deleted.
- TOMORROW (Wed, 10/26) at 2 p.m. EST, you can sign up for any remaining open spots that you meet the qualifications provided by the editor.
- Registration closes on Thurs, 10/27, at 11:59 p.m EST.
- You'll receive an email confirming your appointment(s) by 6 p.m. EST on Monday, October 31 from Jennifer Goforth Gregory.
To learn more about VCC and registration read the FAQs on the ASJA Virtual Client Connections page. You will need to be signed in as a member to view this link.
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Got News?
ASJA
ASJA members can share their writing news using a nifty form at https://www.asja.org/submit-member-news/. (You must be logged in to see this member-only page.) After approval, your submission will appear on the Member News page. The submission also goes to Holly, our esteemed Weekly newsletter editor, who will add it here. And Stephanie, our ASJA Magazine editor, will pull relevant news from the Member News page on the website to include in the print publication. What’s stopping you? Add your news about new book publications, especially important articles, and awards! Please allow 3-5 days for your submission to appear on the website.
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Hurricane Season 2022: Writer's Emergency Assistance Fund
ASJA
We know ASJA members and other professional freelance writers are among those affected by Hurricanes Fiona and Ian. If you or someone you know has had their freelance writing income impacted by these hurricanes, other natural disaster, or illness, the Writers Emergency Assistance Fund is here to help. The application for assistance is here. And if you’re having a good year or simply counting your blessings as you watch the coverage of the hurricane damage, please consider a donation to WEAF. Each year, ASJA grants thousands of dollars to professional writers in need. Our ability to continue this program depends on donations.
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ASJA Volunteer Opportunities
ASJA
- Virtual Pitch Slams – Find editors for monthly pitch sessions and handle registration logistics. Learn more about the program here. Contact Wendy Helfenbaum at wendy@taketwoproductions.ca.
- Virtual Client Connections – Be the liaison for your assigned editor or literary agent and ASJA members with interviews. Step-by-step guidebook provided – takes 3-5 hours of your time. Contact Denise Caiazzo at phrasemakr@aol.com.
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Member News
ASJA
Long-time member Erich Hoyt has published his 26th nonfiction book, Planktonia: The nightly migration of the ocean’s smallest creatures (Firefly Books, 10/2022, 176pp, 160 photographs). The book tells the story of citizen scientists and blackwater divers in the open ocean at night macro-photographing the great vertical migration of zooplankton.
Vince Guerrieri's third book, "Weird Moments in Cleveland Sports: Bottlegate, Bedbugs, and Burying the Pennant" is due out from Gray Publishing on Nov. 1, 2022. The book is an offbeat collection of stories on some of Cleveland sports’ most infamous moments.
Emily Paulsen won a 2022 Gold International MarCom award for writing for a white paper on Telehealth and Health Care Access: Fulfilling the Promise (client: URAC). This is a follow-up to the Platinum award for writing she won in 2021.
Colorado-based journalist Jen Reeder won five writing awards from the Cat Writers’ Association on Oct. 15 for articles published by Woman’s World, Inside Your Cat’s Mind and the TODAY show’s website. Her prizes totaled $1,500.
Past President Tom Bedell was happy to introduce Nancy Stuart Rubin on Oct. 15, speaking on her book, “Poor Richard's Women,” at the Brattleboro Literary Festival in Vermont.
Eugene L. Meyer profiled Dave Obelkevich, 79, soon to run his 45th consecutive NYC marathon - a record - in November, in the Fall issue of CCT, the alumni magazine of Columbia College.
Christine Heinrichs' column on the northern elephant seal colony at Piedras Blancas, California, recognized an unusual visit from transient orcas and the seals’ “lightscape of fear” in September. She’s been writing about the colony since 2011.
Do you have professional news you’d like to share with the group? A new job, a story you’ve published (in article, blog post, book, cave painting, etc. form), a new project you’ve launched, an interview with someone fascinating, a speaking gig? Send your news (50 words or less, I will cut) and a link if applicable to Holly Leber Simmons, ASJA Weekly editor at hello@redpeneditorial.co (that’s .co like Coco Chanel or you go, Glen Coco). Please put “ASJA Member News” in your subject line or it might not be seen.
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10 portfolio and publishing platforms for freelancers
journalism.co.uk
As a freelance journalist, an online presence is essential. There is no use calling or emailing a commissioning editor with earth-shattering feature ideas if they have never heard of you and have no proof you can deliver on your promises. Having a solid portfolio online will also help your application for a staff job, as any prospective editor will want to see your work before even considering replying to you.
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Why we should think twice before using the term 'migrant'
Columbia Journalism Review
Over the past month, The New York Times ran some 22 articles using the word “migrant” in headlines and leads, reflecting the prevailing usage on much of radio and television. Yet many of the people in these stories are not migrants but asylum seekers or refugees – people escaping war, persecution, or local and lethal violence; people who cannot go home.
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This newsroom covers the homeless crisis: Here's the guide it built for reporters
Poynter
Recently, Will Schick spent a day with one of the people who sells the Street Sense Media newspaper in Washington, D.C. When that vendor had to step away for a moment, Schick waited with her copies.
“And then someone came up to me and asked me if I was an addict,” said Schick, who, in fact, is Street Sense Media’s editor-in-chief and a Marine Corps veteran.
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Is AI text-to-image technology blurring the lines between fact and fiction?
journlasm.co.uk
Three images posted two days after the storm claimed to show flooded homes and streets submerged in mud, water and debris. The caption read: "Drone-shot photos of flood disaster in Shizuoka Prefecture. This is really too horrible." A 45-year-old man was killed in the city on the southern coast as strong winds and record-breaking rain caused cave-ins and landslides.
However, the images showing the destruction were created using text-to-image software, an AI-driven tool that creates believable pictures based on text inputs.
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How inflation has zapped newspaper finances
Poynter
Inflation has been brutal in 2022 and looms as the potential deciding factor in next month’s midterm elections. Newspapers have had it even worse than voters. It has also been an off year for revenues in the hard-pressed sector, but expense increases have been truly terrible.
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