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February 23, 2011
Telling True Stories: Three Award-Winning Writers Talk About Literary Journalism
Minneapolis, MN
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April 29-May 1, 2011

40th Annual ASJA Conference
New York, NY
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From the President's Desk

(Don't) Help! I'm Locked in a Company Town

By Salley Shannon

I dreamed that I was living in a "company town," and it was pretty nice! A lot of things were free and everywhere I looked, there were only pleasing vistas.

Look at that store! Let's stroll over. Maybe they have the gray pencil skirt I was looking for last week.

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Laura Del Rosso recently received a Bronze Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism award from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation in the travel broadcast-audio category. Del Rosso photographed and wrote the script for San Francisco's Ferry Building and Embarcadero, a travel guide podcast produced by California-based Visual Travel Tour. Learn More

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Randy Southerland is a veteran freelance writer who has produced newsletters, annual reports, and other publications for businesses and non-profit organizations. He is a regular contributor to: Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta Business Chronicle, American City and County, Blue Ridge Country Journal, Georgia Magazine, National Real Estate Investor, Shopping Center World, and many others. Learn More

Scott Sowers started in print, worked his way up in a career in TV and video writing, and is now working on what he calls, "My Mt. Everest" - fiction. He's been in print in The Washington Post, Chesapeake Home, Business Woman, Auto Executive, DC Magazine, Power & Motor Yacht, The Virginian Pilot, and Portfolio, among others. Learn More

Amy Spencer writes pieces on lifestyle, relationships, and celebrities for publications including Glamour, Page Six magazine, Harper's Bazaar, In Style, New York, and others. Her new dating book, Meeting Your Half-Orange: An Utterly Upbeat Guide to Using Dating Optimism to Find Your Perfect Match, was published by Running Press in February 2010. Learn More

Mark Spivak has been reviewing wine since 1992. He spent five years as wine columnist for the Palm Beach Post, and was honored by the Academy of Wine Communications in 1997 for excellence in wine coverage "in a graceful and approachable style." Since 2001, he has been the Wine and Spirits Editor for the Palm Beach Media Group. His wine columns, restaurant reviews and feature stories appear monthly in Palm Beach Illustrated, Naples Illustrated and Tampa Bay Illustrated, as well as in national magazines. Learn More

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