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If you have questions or need assistance with registration, contact ASJA staff at (212) 997-0947 or email asjaoffice@asja.org
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April 13-29, 2021
Zoom interviews. Writing during quarantine. A record-setting election. News that a vaccine is coming. Reporting on the changing world in which we now live. Has there ever been such a challenging--but also rewarding--time to be a freelance writer?
ASJA's 2021 Conference will be hosted virtually April 13-29 and will span three tracks:
- Journalism (April 13-15)
- Books (April 20-23)
- Content Marketing (April 27-29)
All sessions will be streamed virtually from 1 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. ET each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. All sessions will be recorded live and available for free viewing after (for registrants only).
Your conference or track(s) registration includes all of the sessions in the conference or track(s). We’re also offering some special add-ons, like Snack Chats (TBD, for a small fee). The Snack Chats for each track will be held at the same time on the same day (one per track). We’ll announce the Keynote Speakers and list of Snack Chats as soon as we possibly can. You can add these as you register or after.
Tele-Connections, our virtual version of Client Connections, will be May 24-25, 2021. During these speed-dating type sessions, you can meet with editors and agents to pitch your ideas. (Appointments are made via a lottery system.) Registration details, including a list of participating editors and agents, are coming in 2021.
We’re going virtual again, and this means we can bring in panelists with a greater geographic reach than ever before. We may not be able to chat over lunch at Manhattan restaurants or buy tickets to Broadway shows, but we’ll be offering virtual small-group discussions (Snack Chats) along with 30 stellar sessions designed to up your freelancing and writing game.
Conference Testimonials
"Thanks to ASJA relationships, I have accelerated with high-value book ghostwriting. A valued ASJA colleague referred me to a corporate client, resulting in a $75,000 project. And a different ASJA colleague, an agent, helped that client land a publishing deal."
- Joanne Cleaver
"Thanks for the solutions journalism panel during the 2020 virtual conference, I am writing for a publication that has been on my bucket list but I didn't know how to crack -- Ms Magazine. Thanks ASJA!"
- Lisa Rabasca Roepe
Registration Pricing for the Virtual Conference
Member Rates:
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Early Bird 12/21 - 1/31 |
Regular 2/1 - 3/31 |
Last Chance 4/1 - 4/11 |
After 4/12 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Full Conference Registration |
$215 | $240 | $265 | $280 |
| Track Registration | $95 | $110 | $125 | $135 |
| Single Session Registration | - | $40 | $45 | $50 |
| Tele-Connections* (May 24 -25) | $85 | |||
*Add-on with full conference for $65, track registration for $75.
Non Member Rates:
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Early Bird 12/21 - 1/31 |
Regular 2/1 - 3/31 |
Last Chance 4/1 - 4/11 |
After 4/12 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Conference Registration |
$315 |
$340 | $365 | $380 |
| Track Registration | $140 | $165 | $180 | $190 |
| Single Session Registration | - | $60 | $65 | $70 |
Conference Chair
Kristine Hansen
Kristine Hansen has been a member of ASJA since 2006, and is a food, design and travel writer based in Milwaukee. Past involvements with ASJA include chairing Virtual Client Connections.
Track Hosts
Jennifer Billock, Journalism Track
Jennifer Billock is an award-winning writer, bestselling author, and editor, generally covering some combination of food, travel, and history. She edits the Kitchen Witch Newsletter and co-hosts the Macabre Traveler podcast. She is currently dreaming of an around-the-world trip with her Boston terrier. Check out her website at jenniferbillock.com and follow her on Twitter @jenniferbillock.
Jennifer Goforth Gregory, Content Marketing Track
Jennifer Goforth Gregory is the author of best-selling book The Freelance Content Marketing Writer: Find Your Perfect Clients, Make Tons of Money and Build a Business You Love. She specializes in B2B Technology Content Marketing and her clients include IBM, Microsoft, Adobe, HPE, Samsung, AT&T, Epson, Apple and Verizon.
Tara Haelle, Books Track
Tara Haelle is a freelance science journalist and photojournalist who serves as the AHCJ Core Topic Leader for Medical Studies. She particularly specializes in reporting on vaccines, pediatrics, maternal health, obesity, nutrition, mental health and medical research in general. Her work has appeared in Elemental, Scientific American, New York Times, Forbes, Politico, Slate, NOVA, Wired and Science, and she writes and covers medical conferences regularly for Medscape and MDEdge. She co-authored an evidence-based parenting book, "The Informed Parent," and authored "Vaccination Investigation: The History and Science of Vaccines," along with a dozen children's science books.