A Perfect FIT: 2025 ASJA Conference to Take Place at NYC’s Fashion Institute of Technology
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A Progress Report on ASJA DEAI Activities
May 1 marks one year since ASJA hired a diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEAI)…
Register for Your Racial Justice at Work Summit Press Pass
As an ASJA member, you have an opportunity to broaden your understanding of the diversity,…
Meet the ASJA 2024-2025 Conference Planning Team
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” – Henry…
2023 Most-Challenged Books Announced Amid Record Level of Titles Targeted for Censorship
Seven of the top 10 most-challenged books in 2023 are repeats, titles that were similarly…
Meet the Member: Freelancer Parul Kapur’s Nearly 40-Year Journey to Publishing Her Debut Novel
Parul Kapur always knew she wanted to be a writer. Journalism was the practical side…
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Gaslighted: A Playwright’s Nightmare
I bet you’ve had your share of freelancing nightmares: Magazine editors who pay late or…
Why We’re Excited about the Upcoming Regional Conference in DC—and we think you should be too!
Do you hear that buzzing noise? That’s the sound of writers talking about the upcoming…
National Press Club: A Rich History
This summer, ASJA members have a prime opportunity to gather in the heart of our…
Is Resume Writing Right for You?
What It Takes – Insights from a Professional Resume Writer With graduation season in full…
When It Comes to Contracts, Don't Put Yourself on Autopilot
As a guy who’s 5 foot 19 inches — I’ll let you do the math…
Consider Using an Online Questionnaire
I write health books and use online questionnaires I create as part of my research….
Keep marketing in gear with plan, accountability
As a self-employed journalist and custom content creator, I help my clients market their products…
Neologisms Help Writers Express the Zeitgeist of the Time
On learning that Uber, the mobile-app-based car service, dinged her half-a-point on a previous ride,…
The Solutions Journalism Approach
We expect news sources in all media to report on fires, shootings, terrorism, train wrecks…
Making Traffic-Based Compensation Work for You
Traffic-based compensation models—called pay-per-click by some—can be a double-edged sword. In some cases, such as…
Losing an Anchor Client: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
It’s a mantra that experienced entrepreneurs pass on to newbies: “Market, market, and market some…
As ASJA Evolves, a New Focus on Intelligent Design
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes are inevitable. Just like those lazy writers who can’t help mentioning David Bowie lyrics when they write…
Collaborating With an Expert: What to Expect
Many years ago here in Boulder, a local writer was working on a book about…
A little sleuthing = Big results
It’s the bane of every freelance writer’s existence: tracking down the correct section editor/marketing manager/hiring…
Scene, Heard, Laced and Loved: Trends in Long Form
On a Saturday morning last November, 85 writers and editors ascended the stairs of a…
Authors and Libraries: A Match Made in Book Marketing Heaven
These days, authors should be loving libraries, and if not loving them, at least courting…
Why shouldn’t you (or your concept) be on TV?
As writers, we’re used to seeing our bylines on articles; after the novelty wears off…
5 Ways that ASJA Membership has Helped My Freelance Writing Career
I love the freedom of being a freelancer. I only have to work with people…
Media Training for Writers
As a writer, you’re used to being in the interviewer seat. But once you write…
Stand By While I Find My PomPoms
Back when I worked at a newspaper, we’d talk about those “Hey, Mabel!” headlines, the…
Press releases: Mailbox junk or idea goldmine?
If your inbox looks anything like mine, it’s overflowing with messages from a range of…
What Is the John Newbery Medal?
If you’re a children’s book writer, I bet you’ve fantasized that your book will one…
From Manuscripts to Musicals
People who work with words occasionally decide that if they can do one kind of…
The ASJA Conference: Why It’s a Must for Me
My family knows not to schedule anything for the last weekend in April each year….
The Anniversary Edition
It’s a good thing that I don’t have to make my living writing books. Nonetheless,…
Those Pesky Ghosts of Journalism's Past
Quiz time! Think, for a second, about San Francisco, which played host to an ASJA…
Communicators and Customer Engagement: Why It Matters
Customers rule and it would be hard to deny that the continued quest for new…
Readers Hate Clichés. Except When They Don’t.
Clichés weren’t always clichés. Once they were creative images or poignant observations that became clichés…