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. 

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 Upcoming Events
 

Art of Editing: The Service Package
Register now to attend ASME NEXT's October 15 virtual workshop for early-career editors. Working in small groups led by veteran editors, attendees learn how to turn unedited manuscripts into successful packages.

Group leaders include:
Molly Mirhashem, Digital Deputy Editor, Outside
Alexis Swerdloff, Strategist Editor, New York Magazine

Attendance is $20 for ASME NEXT members and $35 for nonmembers. To register, click here.

ASME NEXT Virtual Workshop
Register now for this two half-day virtual workshop on magazine fundamentals for early-career print and digital journalists.

Sessions include:
Hands-On Editing | E-Commerce | Display Type for Print, Web and Mobile | How to Structure and Sell a Pitch | How to Be a Successful Freelancer | Reporting and Fact-Checking Fundamentals

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)

View the agenda. To register, click here.

ASME NEXT Virtual Book Club
Sign up to attend the next meeting of the ASME NEXT Book Club. The club is free to join but exclusive to members. Hosted by ASME NEXT board members Alexis Jones, assistant editor at Women's 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 next meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 18, from 7-8pm ET/4-5 pm PT. The club will discuss "An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago," by Alex Kotlowitz. To join the book club, please register here. 

From Pitch to Print: The Service Package
Register now to attend ASME NEXT’s December 9 virtual workshop for early-career editors. Workshop your service package ideas in small groups led by top editors. Attendees will come prepared with pitches and learn how to turn story ideas into successful packages.

Group leaders include:
Jennifer Tung, Executive Editor, Martha Stewart Living
Jon Wilde, Digital Director, GQ 

Attendance is $20 for ASME NEXT members; $35 for nonmembers. To register, click here. 

ASME NEXT After Work @ GIMLET
This event has been postponed. A new date will be announced.

Past Events

ASME NEXT Virtual Book Club: "Here for It: Or How to Save Your Soul in America," by R. Eric Thomas September 16, 2020		ASME NEXT Holiday Party + ASME NEXT Talks With Lindsay Silberman December 4, 2019
ASME NEXT After Work @ Apple News October 16, 2019	ASME NEXT Q&A With Taffy Brodesser-Akner July 25, 2019	ASME NEXT After Work @ Vogue July 11, 2019
ASME NEXT Annual Magazine Workshop June 18-19, 2019	ASME NEXT Summer Party May 30, 2019	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	ASME NEXT Seminar: The Art of Editing September 12, 2018
ASME NEXT Summer Party August 9, 2018	ASME NEXT Visits New York July 25, 2018	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	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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