
Save the Date for the 2027 ASJA Virtual Conference
The event takes place place April 26-30 and includes educational sessions led by experienced writers, assigning editors, and media industry experts.

The event takes place place April 26-30 and includes educational sessions led by experienced writers, assigning editors, and media industry experts.

By Gina Roberts-Grey
Covering celebrities differs from covering other subjects in some ways but not others – here’s key points to help you get started.

By Cat DiStasio
Response rates for tried and true marketing methods for securing B2B and B2C content work aren’t what they once were. Try this instead.

By Cat DiStasio
Authenticity, earned expertise, and genuine human perspective are qualities no AI algorithm can reliably replicate.

By Michelle Rafter
I swear by these simple practices and habits that make freelance life easier while yielding the same–or–better results.

By Catherine Seiberling Pond
Freelancers who write for schools, nonprofits, and other non-company clients answer common questions about what the work entails.

By Elissa Odeh
Practices need to evolve with changing technology and how people find news, according to speakers at the 2026 ASJA virtual conference.

By Jenny Blair
AI transcription tools can eliminate hours of crushingly dull mental labor–if chosen and used with care.

By Leigh Morrison
Authors are committed to telling their stories, but when it comes to getting others on board—including key stakeholders like agents and booksellers—the formula for breaking through can feel elusive.

By Kerry Halladay
Multiple conference speakers shared how AI can be useful to those who love to write.

By Arielle Emmett
“New authors just don’t have that level of sophistication to keep up with the scams that now are out there.”

By Mitzi S. Morris
Freelancers need to overcome an identity problem, shifting from thinking of themselves as being “just a writer” to a communications expert.

By Mitzi S. Morris
It’s a mean, cold industry, and ASJA writers are lucky to have found each other, President Darcy Lewis said to end day one of the event.

Last-minutes tips to help you get ready for the ASJA conference April 20-24, 2026, which takes place on the Airmeet online event platform.

By Jenny Blair
For writers, virtual co-working sessions add newness to sameness. And boy howdy, can they be good places to get stuff done.
By Patchen Barss
In 2009, while researching The Erotic Engine, I attended a spectacle known as the Adult…