Former editor-in-chief of Woman's Day magazine Jane Chesnutt, award-winning author and brain tumor survivor Liz Holzemer and PR guru Peter Shankman will give keynote presentations at the 39th annual American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) Writers Conference Friday through Sunday, April 23 - 25, 2010, at the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan.
The keynote presentations will highlight the three-day conference, which offers educational workshops, panel presentation, and mentoring programs on the business and craft of nonfiction freelance writing and publishing.
From 1991 to the end of 2009, Ms. Chesnutt was editor-in-chief of Woman's Day magazine and senior vice president of Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S.. Woman's Day boasts a circulation of 3.8 million, with a readership of more than 20 million and is the seventh largest in the United States. Chesnutt helped usher Woman's Day into the digital age and through a time of industry change, reshaping the magazine's editorial operations to adjust to the new publishing realities. She is currently a special consultant to the magazine.
Entrepreneur, author, speaker and worldwide connector, Peter Shankman "redefines the art of networking," according to PR Week Magazine. Shankman's radical social networking tactics, marketing, advertising and creativity have earned him the descriptor "crazy, but effective." Best known for founding Help A Reporter Out (HARO), Shankman's site offers thousands of journalists 100,000 sources around the world. HARO's free source repository is the largest in the world, sending out over 1,200 queries from worldwide media each week.
A nine-year meningioma brain tumor survivor, Liz Holzemer is an ASJA member and author of Curveball: When Life Throws You a Brain Tumor, a 2008 Colorado Authors League Harvey Award winner. She founded the nonprofit, Meningioma Mommas, which provides free online support for patients, family member and caregivers. She has appeared on the TODAY Show, Discovery Health Channel and ABC, NBC and CBS affiliates and donates a percentage of every sale of her book to meningioma-specific research.
The 39th annual ASJA Writers Conference offers a wide variety of educational sessions with editors, authors, literary agents and publishers on a range of subjects. Topics covered include environmental, investigative and medical journalism, biographical, humor and opinion writing, book publishing and securing movie rights as well as emerging media and technology trends and business management and promotional tactics for freelance writers. Friday's ASJA member-only programming includes one-on-one "pitch" sessions with agents and editors and opportunities for personal mentoring and professional writers. Representatives of several of the nation's leading magazine will participate, including Essence, Ladies' Home Journal, MSN Health, CBS MoneyWatch.com, Wealth Manager, Eating Well and American Spa.
Members of ASJA, the nation's leading organization for nonfiction writers for over 60 years with more than 1,400 members, must meet strict standards of professional achievement. For a full program and to register for the 39th annual ASJA Writers Conference, visit www.asja.org/wc and sign up to receive regular conference updates via email. For information on joining ASJA, visit www.asja.org/join.
TOP WRITERS OFFER ADVICE IN ASJA MENTORING PROGRAM
Freelance writers seeking advice on how to negotiate higher rates, approach new markets and editors or find a book agent can find assistance through a year-round Personal Mentor program offered by the American Society of Journalists and Authors, Inc. (ASJA). The service helps unpublished writers become published writers. ASJA mentors are drawn from the more than 1,400 professional members throughout the country, who write for national and regional magazines, newspapers and other media, and are authors of nonfiction books. Those who sign up for the mentor program are matched with an experienced mentor in their specific area of interest. Once matched, mentors arrange a 30-minute phone consultation. Cost per session is $50.
Website: http://www.asja.com/
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