Attendees Share Best Tips from Conference Day 3
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ASJACon2025 Day 2 Recap: Improve Your Writing and Storytelling Skills
In challenging times, writers play an important role, and honing your skills makes you a…
ASJACon2025 Day One Recap: Stay Optimistic in an Era of Uncertainty
It’s always been hard to be a freelancer, but in 2025 it’s getting even harder….
Pulitzer Winner Lane DeGregory and NY Times Editor Mike Wilson on Making Writing Come Alive
Lane DeGregory wants you to forget everything you ever learned about the inverted pyramid. The…
Author Wil Haygood On Topics, Process, and Telling Stories That Address ‘Black and White' America
In honor of Black History Month, we’re re-running this Q&A between ASJA lifetime member and…
Meet the Member: Darcy Lewis, “Accidental” ASJA President
When Darcy Lewis said yes to an invitation to help ASJA develop and launch a…
Navigate the Path to Publish at ASJA 2025 Conference Book Sessions
ASJA’s mission is to help independent writers survive and thrive, and we’re dedicated to being…
ASJA Offers 5 Scholarships to 2025 NYC Conference
ASJA will offer five scholarships to the 2025 conference, ASJA: Always in Fashion, NYC 2025,…
ASJA Offers Emergency Funds for Freelance Writers in L.A. and Beyond
Established nonfiction freelance writers affected by the recent devastating wildfires in Los Angeles can apply…
Update: 28 Freelance Outlets Are Coming to Client Connections 2025
As of Jan. 8, more than two dozen editors, agents, and content outlets have signed up for ASJA’s signature ‘speed dating for freelancers’ event at the conference.
On Fear, Freelance Writing, and What I Learned Serving as ASJA President
On Jan. 1, I will join an illustrious club: ASJA past presidents. It’s something I…
WSJ Custom Content Head, FIT Professor to Keynote ASJA 2025 Conference
It’s hard to predict exactly what 2025 might have in store for freelancers and other…
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Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together!
Prediction: “hybrid” will be one of 2021’s word-of-the-year finalists. It’s perhaps not the best choice,…
Website Update: Content Curation Begins
When creating a website, momentum builds as individual tasks—and then entire categories of tasks—move from…
Meet the 2021 ASJA Award Winners (and Judges)
Wow, our members can write! This year’s awards have once again brought attention to the…
A Look Under the Hood
We mostly notice machines for what they do—dry our laundry, print a document, take us…
Website Update: Newly Approved ASJA Homepage
Any organization building a new website quickly learns that creating an engaging homepage is mission-critical…
Boost Your Content Writing Business at ASJA 2021
Spring is my favorite season. And especially this year, with a sense of hope and…
Check Out the Books Track at ASJA 2021
As a pathological extrovert, it’s been hard not traveling to various conferences over the past…
Emmy and Peabody and Pulitzer, Oh My! Learn from the Experts in ASJA 2021’s Journalism Track
Hi everyone! I’m Jen, your Journalism track host for ASJA 2021, and your guide through…
Will We ‘See’ You at ASJA 2021?
This May, as I look back on my two-year stint as ASJA’s conference chair I…
ASJA Website Preview: Site Map Provides Clarity
When designing a website, there’s more—lots more—than meets the eye. Long before you reach the…
Tele-Connections 2021: Don’t Miss Out
This year’s Client Connections, which has been renamed for its virtual nature as Tele-Connections, is…
A New Year, a New Committee
Grants are a key funding source for non-profit organizations that heavily rely on dues, sponsorships,…
ASJA Forums: The Long Goodbye
In the late 1990s and 2000s, I spent a lot of time reading and writing…
Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli
ASJA is about to have a Five Families Meeting. I’m referencing, of course, “The Office”…
The Country May Have Shut Down, but ASJA Didn’t
When I think about ASJA and 2020, the phrase “when the going gets tough, the…
Delighting in Gratitude
One of my friends writes a gratitude post on Facebook every day. Sometimes she’s grateful…
Tips for a Happy & Productive Partnership with Your Editor
While I see myself primarily as a writer (13 books, hundreds of articles and blogs),…
Let’s Get Virtual
This year has been <insert pandemic pun/allusion/hyperbole/cliché here>! I’m going to be real with you:…
That Time of Year Again: The Fall Membership Drive
October always marks an important annual moment for ASJA — the fall membership drive begins….
Crunching the Numbers of ASJA Membership
I love spreadsheets, perhaps more than the typical person. A good day is when I…
ASJA Magazine Gets a Makeover
For years, members ranked ASJA Magazine as one of their favorite perks of membership. Throughout…
On Becoming an ASJA Associate Member
If you’re looking for a professional association for independent writers who focus on journalism, content…
Invest in Yourself
In 1978, the summer after sixth grade, I wanted a pair of Dr. Scholl’s wooden…
ASJA Announces COVID-19 Award Winners
We did it! Nearly 75 ASJA members volunteered their time to judge 500 entries, bringing…
Books, Books, and More Books
Recent surveys show that most ASJA members rely on journalism, content marketing, or a combination…
Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble
Last week, Representative John Lewis lay in state at the Capitol Rotunda, the first Black…
Growing Your Content Marketing Business: Attend the ASJA Virtual Conference Content Marketing Track
Recently on the Freelance Content Marketing Facebook group, many members shared that their earnings for…
The Jekyll & Hyde Year
It’s been a helluva year at ASJA. A half-year, really. There is not a lot…