Freelance Writers: Get Connected and Hone Your Skills at ASJA’s New Avenues in Journalism Conference 

Join the American Society of Journalists and Authors, San Francisco State University, and the Online News Association as they offer tools and networking to help you navigate the changing landscape of freelance journalism and writing during New Avenues in Journalism, a new conference for writers.
 
On October 10-11, writers from across every field will come together to learn about generating custom content, crowd-funding for projects, new publishing models and platforms, and what their peers are doing to stay ahead of the curve. 

For more information visit:
http://www.asjaconferences.org/sf2014/ 

Whether your brand is just getting started on Google+ or you’ve been active since the beginning, the new Google+ Playbook is designed to help you get the most from your presence on Google+. The step-by-step guides offer a concise overview of the features and functions of Google+ — from connecting your YouTube channel and posting regular content to helpful tips and best practices for Hangouts, Communities, and more. 

https://plus.google.com/+googleplus/posts/jgAo12KPkR9

The Google for Media team is presenting at the NLGJA 2014 National Convention & 10th Annual LGBT Media Summit.  Follow the conversation on Google Search & Trends at #NLGJA14 #G4M . 

http://www.nlgja.org/conventions

YouTube's Valerie Streit speaks on building an audience on YouTube at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists 2014 convention in San Antonio, TX. #NAHJ14SA #G4M 

Pro tip: Put annotations toward the end of the video to keep watchers engaged longer, otherwise they may click away before finishing the clip.

Introducing the Google News Publisher Center
If you're a news publisher, your website has probably evolved and changed over time -- just like your stories. But in the past, when you made changes to the structure of your site, Google News might not have discovered your new content. That meant a lost opportunity for your readers, and for you. To prevent this from happening, Google News is now letting you make changes to their record of your news site using the just launched Google News Publisher Center (https://partnerdash.google.com/partnerdash/d/news#p:id=pfehome&a=100095465). 

With the Publisher Center, you can benefit from better discovery and classification of your content and you can directly make the following changes:

--Update your news site details, including changing your site name and labeling your publication with any relevant source labels (e.g., “Blog”, “Satire” or “Opinion”)

--Update your section URLs when you change your site structure (e.g., when you add a new section such as:
-http://example.com/2014commonwealthgames -http://example.com/elections2014)

--Label your sections with a specific topic (e.g., “Technology” or “Politics”)

Learn more about how to get started here:  https://support.google.com/news/publisher/?rd=1#topic=3189759 

The Google for Media team is on the ground with journalists from around the country at the 39th annual National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Conference in Boston,MA, for a half-day workshop on Google Search and Trends, G+, Google Maps and Google Earth. #G4M #NABJGOOGLE
http://www.nabj.org/?page=2014Overview

James Robinson, Director of News Analytics at The New York Times speaking on data and analytics at the Google for Media NY Summit. #G4MNYC 

+Nicholas Whitaker kicking off the Advanced Search and Trends Session at Excellence in Journalism 2014 in Nashville, TN. #EIJ14 #G4M  

+LaToya Drake's sharing Advanced Google Search tips as part of a day-long Google for Media workshop at the +Asian American Journalists Assocation's annual convention. Improve your search skills on the Inside Search website (www.google.com/insidesearch), and learn more about today's AAJA session here: http://goo.gl/0x5TBB

The +Google Crisis Response team is maintaining a U.S. Wildfires map for the 2014 season (http://google.org/crisismap/us-wildfires), featuring wildfire locations and perimeters, shelters, air quality and more. To embed the Crisis Map on your website, click the Share button at the top to grab an HTML snippet.

Highlights from Day 1 at the Google for Media NYC Summit.  #G4MNYC