Chicago business press editors are invited to the ASBPE Chicago Chapter's Fall Networking Event, being held on Thursday, November 8, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The event will take place at Rivers Restaurant, 30 S. Wacker Drive, 30 S. Wacker Drive, (click to see map) , Chicago, phone number: 312-559-1515

The event is free to current and new members and will include three hours of sumptuous appetizers. There will be a cash bar and plenty of opportunities for networking with fellow Chicago editors.

Rivers is located at the lobby level of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Building at Madison and Wacker Drive, a few blocks from Northwestern Station and Union Station. Two-hour complimentary validated parking after 5 p.m.

RSVPs are required. If you are interested in attending, please contact Kelly Quigley at kquigley@realtors.org by Tuesday November 6.

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The ASBPE Chicago Chapter will be hosting a social networking event in downtown Chicago.

Check back for details.

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Have you checked out Journalism 2.0 yet? You should.

This how-to site can you teach and your staff how to code basic HTML, plan a website, market your content, redesign a layout -- the list is endless. It's a great site if you want to learn more about digital media.

One of the most relevant posts I've come across is the Journalism 2.0: How to Survive and Thrive PDF.

The TOC is listed below, but to download you'll have to visit the site. Go -- it's good information you can't afford to miss.

Introduction: A Smooth Sea Never Made a Skilled Sailor
Chapter 1: FTP, MB, RSS, oh My!
Chapter 2: Web 2.0
Chapter 3: Tools and Toys
Chapter 4: New Reporting Methods
Chapter 5: How to Blog
Chapter 6: How to Report News for the Web
Chapter 7: Digital Audio and Podcasting
Chapter 8: Shooting and Managing Digital Photos
Chapter 9: Shooting Video for News and Feature Stories
Chapter 10: Basic Video Editing
Chapter 11: Writing Scripts, Doing Voice-overs
Epilogue: Putting it All Together
Appendix: Script for Hurricane Family Feature

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Has your digital platform affected your contracts with freelancers? If it has, or if you're concerned about the impact digital media has on editor/freelancer relationships, consider logging on to the American Society of Business Publication Editors' (ASBPE) webinar: "Managing the Editor-Freelancer Relationship in the Digital Age," Friday, Oct. 19th.

Consider this:
Do you or your editors pay freelancers based on a Web-centric, performance-based pay model, in which freelancers are paid based on the number of "hits" or "visitors" their articles generate?

Freelancers, are you comfortable with pitching stories with a video/podcast/slideshow/animation/mashup to go with it? If you're not, you should be.

During the October 19 webinar, Chris Linquist, Online Editorial Director, CXO Media, and Matt Bolch, an Atlanta-based freelance writer and editor will discuss:
• How much and when (upon acceptance, upon publication?) should a freelancer be paid?
• What rights will the publication retain over the freelancer's work?
• Should "kill fees" be publication policy? If so, how much?
• How to develop long-term relationships with effective freelancers?
• How should freelancers break into the B2B press?

The details in short:
Date: Friday, October 19
Time:1 to 2 pm EST
Cost:
• Free to the first 50 ASBPE members* who register
• $25 to ASBPE members who register after the first 50 registrants.
• $35 to nonmembers
*Free to those who apply for ASBPE membership ($75 for editors; $50 for freelancers).

RSVP by following the registration instructions below.
To register, please fax the following information to (703) 341-1625 to the attention of Steven Roll, ASBPE or e-mail the information to Steven Roll at b2beditor@gmail.com:
1. Your name:
2. Company and publication:
3. Street address:
4. City, State, and zip code:
5. Number of reservations for members or nonmembers:

____(members) ____(nonmembers)

6. Type of credit card:
7. Name as it appears on credit card:
8. Total authorized charge on credit card:
9. Card number:
10. Expiration date:
11. Signature:

Names of people to attend.

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