Twelve Tips on Finding and Keeping a Mentor The dictionary defines a mentor as “a wise and loyal advisor.” For writers, it’s often a more experienced writer who volunteers to give you feedback on your writing and/or advice or your writing career. How do you find and keep one? Here are some tips from National […]
NWU Hosts Panel on Turkey as Trial Opens for 17 Journalists
New York City, June 20 – Today NWU hosted a panel on the growing crises in Turkey and the Middle East. The panelsists included Sedat Bozkurt, a leading journalist at Fox Turkey, and Mucahit Bilici, a professor at John Jay College in NY and author of “Turkish Islam and the Kurdish Question.” The panel was […]
Press Release on Ebony Media’s Non-Payment to Freelancers
The National Writers Union Continues To Press Ebony Media For Written Agreement On Compensating Unpaid Freelancers Statement to the media not enough, says union that represents freelance writers NEW YORK, NY – As the number of freelance writers owed by EBONY Media continues to rise, the National Writers Union is demanding a firmer commitment from […]
Good Housekeeping, Esquire, New Yorker Editors Featured in Webinar
One by one, faces pop up in a grid on a computer screen: Writers from New York, the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and a sprinkling from such far flung locales as Berlin, India and Zanzibar, join a mid-May webinar. My big hair and striped shirt fill up a box beamed in from Long Beach, CA. […]
NWU Report to AREG Meeting 2 June 2017
(Book Division Co-Chair Edward Hasbrouck is in Helsinki, Finland, representing the NWU and the International Federation of Journalists on the Board of IFRRO. On Friday, June 2, he will meet with the Authors’ Rights Expert Group of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ). The following is his report to AREG.) The focus of discussion of […]
Question The Publisher Before You Sign
A member who is a published author recently sent us a book contract for review. She wasn’t comfortable with the often-seen clause about granting all subsidiary rights to the publisher in all media now existing or heretofore to be discovered or invented. She didn’t want to assign the publisher the right of first refusal on […]
The Fort Point Gang May Day Memorial
We joined the Fort Point Gang’s annual May Day memorial celebration on May 4 to honor labor leaders, many of whom were members of the American Communist Party. We commemorated those brave souls who were harassed, arrested, and jailed for their thinking during the post-war, McCarthy era, which reminds us to be vigilant so that […]
Nuestro trabajo no es gratis
Después de una larga lucha y años de persistencia, finalmente este pasado lunes 15 de mayo entró en vigor en la ciudad de Nueva York, la ley que protege a los trabajadores independientes (freelancers). Así, la ciudad de Nueva York se convierte en la primera ciudad en la nación en brindar este protección a […]
“The First Casualty of War is the Truth!”
On May 4, UNESCO and the UN Department of Public Information (DPI) commemorated World Press Freedom Day at UN Headquarters in New York. The theme was “Critical Minds for Critical Times: Media’s Role in Advancing Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies.” There were two high-level panels and the audience included the diplomatic community, NGOs and journalism […]
Oscar Lopez Event Sponsored by ICPJD
International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity welcomes Oscar López Rivera to the Bay Area: Wednesday, May 31st St John’s Presbyterian Church 2727 College Ave, Berkeley Wheelchair Accessible Oscar’s only Bay Area Appearance! Follow updates on Facebook: facebook.com/WelcomeOscartotheBayArea, including live streaming of Oscar’s events in Puerto Rico and the US. Buy tickets on-line! Limited tickets at […]
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