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Free Oct. 6 ASJA Webinar on What Escalating Book Challenges and Bans Mean for...
From 2001 to 2020, the average number of books banned from U.S. school libraries in a year was 38. By 2025, that number had escalated to 5,245, according to the American Library Association (ALA)....
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This Freelancer Won a DEAI Writing Award—Here’s How You Can Too
When Sam Hoffmeister, editor for Irrigation & Lighting, assigned ASJA member and journalist Carol Brzozowski an article on diversity and workplace culture, he said he wanted a story that was...
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These Four Tools of Narrative Medicine Can Apply to Any Kind of Writing Work
(matthewhenry photo courtesy Wikimedia) ASJA is pleased to share this article by member Olga Lucia Torres, a Latina narrative medicine practitioner whose cultural fluency shapes how she listens,...
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Use the Relaunched ASJA Bookstore on Bookshop.org to Buy Books and Promote...
The site pays a 10% commission on every book purchased through the ASJA Bookstore page. ASJA offers members many perks, including professional tools, networking events, and discounts. A perk we are...
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Book Authors, Use These Resources to Get Info About the Anthropic Copyright...
Less than a week ago, the moment arrived that a lot of authors have been waiting for since 2024. One of the biggest AI companies in the world agreed to a historic $1.5 billion settlement to end a...
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ASJA Student Membership Initiative Needs Volunteers for October Pitch Clinic...
Photo by KKPCW courtesy Creative Commons license After years of discussion, ASJA is adding student memberships. The new memberships are open both to individual students and educational institutions...
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Oppressive Freelance Contracts Add to the Chill on Journalism
“Contract” by 24oranges.nl (CC BY-SA 2.0) The Freedom of the Press Foundation published this article Aug. 27 and granted ASJA permission to reprint it in its entirety. Reporter Seth Stern, chief of...
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Save the Date for the 2027 ASJA Virtual Conference
Like the 2026 conference shown here, the 2027 ASJA annual conference will be virtual The ASJA conference is coming! The conference will be virtual again in 2027, and then return to New York City in...
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Meet the Member: Brette Sember on the AI “Bomb” the Decimated Her Business...
Brette Sember A few years ago, Brette Sember was so busy as a contract business and legal writer and editor she turned work away. Then AI showed up and “decimated” the legal content writing industry....
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Revamping Your Freelance Writing Website for AI
In 2020, when I designed my writing website after a few years of full-time freelancing, my goals were simple: to let potential clients know that I existed and had writing and editing chops, and to be...
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Star Struck: Prepping for a Celebrity Interview
Photo courtesy of Vincentas Liskauskas from Upsplash Please enjoy this lightly updated article from the ASJA Confidential archives. And stick around to the end for more tips on conducting successful...
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How to Find Content Marketing Clients in 2026
Photo illustration by Jan Reichelt via Pexels It’s a weird time for marketing, and it’s an even weirder time for marketing your services as a freelance content marketing writer or strategist. There is...
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Practice Rituals of Optimism
This article was written by one of the dozen independent journalists who received scholarships to the 2026 ASJA conference. 2026 ASJA conference keynote speaker Jayde I. Powell encouraged writers to...
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How Inclusive Language Reduces Stigmas
Recently, I was a guest on a podcast, being interviewed about the 2016 book I co-authored, “When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need to Know.” The host, a clinical psychologist, referred to the LGBTQ+...
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You Don’t Have to Use AI to Be a Great Content Marketing Writer
Wikimedia Commons photo by AlexmarPhoto Many B2B and B2C brands are using AI tools for content marketing. Wisely, many freelance content marketing writers are questioning whether they have to adopt AI...
View ArticleASJA Conference Survey Results: In-Person Meetups Are Better for Community...
ASJA members appreciate both in person and virtual annual conferences–for very different reasons, according to results of the organization’s recent conference survey. In-person conferences are better...
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My 15 Favorite Freelance Hacks
My hacks hero, Allrecipies culinary editor Nicole McLaughlin I’m a big fan of Nicole McLaughlin, the host of AllRecipes YouTube videos that show home cooks how to do less work and still get the same...
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Meet the Member: Geoff Williams on ‘The Summer of Death,’ and How Writing...
Geoff Williams Geoff Williams’ freelance career was meant to be. The Cincinnati, Ohio, resident’s days as a full-time independent writer began in 1996–when he got fired from a staff job at a teen...
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Everything You Need to Know About Writing for Non-Corporate Entities
This article was written by one of the dozen independent journalists who received scholarships to the 2026 ASJA conference. All content writing shares some similar traits and expectations, but...
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The LOI Is Not Dead. But It Needs a Makeover.
Writer, content strategist, and FreelanceSuccess.com cohost Liam Carnahan explains LOI alternatives at the 2026 ASJA conference, shown here with moderator and ASJA member Allison Joyner. This article...
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