ASME NEXT is the leading organization for early-career print and digital journalists. Members are freelancers and editorial staffers with no more than seven years of industry experience with titles including editorial assistant, assistant editor, associate editor, digital editor, social media editor, video producer and corresponding titles in design and photography departments. ASME NEXT is governed by its own board of directors, overseen by the ASME board of directors and staff. ASME NEXT sponsors educational training programs specifically for early-career journalists, including the ASME NEXT Talks series with leading magazine journalists. Membership includes an exclusive opportunity to be matched with a senior-journalist mentor. Membership dues are $95 per year or $9 per month.
Upcoming Events
ASME NEXT Digital Workshop
Register now for this two half-day virtual workshop on digital media fundamentals for early-career journalists.
Sessions include:
Writing and Editing for the Web | Digital Storytelling | Video | Using Analytics | Podcasting | Social Media
View the agenda.
Attendance is $100 for both days for ASME and ASME NEXT members ($135 for nonmembers); $60 per day ($75 for nonmembers); or $25 per session ($35 for nonmembers)
To register, click here.
Entertainment Reporting With Elizabeth Wagmeister
Whether you're going after hard news or standing on the red carpet, you need to attend this seminar on reporting fundamentals led by Elizabeth Wagmeister, senior correspondent at Variety and National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards "Online Journalist of the Year" nominee.
Topics include:
The importance of sources: getting them and keeping them | How Covid-19 has changed red-carpet reporting forever | How award show coverage has gone from glitz and glam to inclusion and representation | Tips on finding story ideas and new ways to tell stories | Reporting write-arounds
Attendance is $20 for ASME NEXT members and $35 for nonmembers. To register, click here.
Join the ASME NEXT Book Club! Hosted by ASME NEXT Board members Alexis Jones, senior editor at Health, and Erica Sloan, assistant editor at Martha Stewart Living, the club votes on a book to read by a magazine writer and meets virtually to discuss it. The club is free to join but exclusive to members.
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 28, from 7-8pm ET. The club will discuss "Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion," by Jia Tolentino.
If you would like to join the book club, please register here.
Past Events
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ASME NEXT Book Club: "Uncanny Valley," by Anna Wiener
February 24, 2021
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Art of Editing: The Feature Story
January 28, 2021
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ASME NEXT Virtual Workshop 2020
November 5-6, 2020
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ASME NEXT Book Club: "An American Summer: Love & Death in Chicago," by Alex Kotlowitz
November 18, 2020
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Art of Editing: The Service Package
October 15, 2020
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ASME NEXT Book Club: "Here for It: Or How to Save Your Soul in America," by R. Eric Thomas
September 16, 2020
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ASME NEXT Holiday Party + ASME NEXT Talks With Lindsay Silberman
December 4, 2019
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ASME NEXT After Work @ Apple News
October 16, 2019
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ASME NEXT Q&A With Taffy Brodesser-Akner
July 25, 2019 |
ASME NEXT After Work @ Vogue
July 11, 2019 |
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ASME NEXT Annual Magazine Workshop
June 18-19, 2019
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ASME NEXT Summer Party
May 30, 2019
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ASME NEXT After Work @ Google
May 15, 2019 |
ASME NEXT Talks With Emily Nussbaum + Holiday Party
December 5, 2018 |
 
ASME NEXT Seminar: From Pitch to Print
November 29, 2018
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ASME NEXT Seminar: The Art of Editing
September 12, 2018 |
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ASME NEXT Summer Party
August 9, 2018
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ASME NEXT Visits New York
July 25, 2018
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ASME NEXT Visits VICE
May 3, 2018 |
ASME NEXT Talks With Stella Bugbee
April 19, 2018 |
ASME NEXT Talks With Michele Promaulayko + Holiday Party
December 14, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Seminar: Freelancing 101
December 7, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Seminar: Reporting 101 With People Magazine
November 9, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Talks With Jay Fielden
November 16, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Visits TIME
October 25, 2018 |
ASME NEXT Seminar: The Art of Editing
October 12, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Talks With Pamela Colloff
September 28, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Digital Workshop
October 26, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Happy Hour + Headshots
September 19, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Seminar: Speed Interviewing and Resume Critique
September 14, 2017
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ASME NEXT Visits Cosmopolitan
July 27, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Summer Party
July 13, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Talks With Laura Brown
June 22, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Magazine Workshop
June 21-22, 2017 |
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