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Yale Publishing Course: Get Your EWIP Discount

The Yale Publishing Course (YPC) is a week-long intensive classroom-based course for mid- to senior-level book and magazine media professionals in all areas of publishing: management, editorial, business development, digital strategy, design and production, advertising, sales, and marketing. With a challenging and timely curriculum, YPC focuses on introducing you to new strategies and ways of thinking in a highly intimate seminar environment. The YPC experience exposes you to an international network of peers and an expert faculty composed of Yale faculty and thought leaders in the industry.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2015 “Leadership Strategies in Magazine Media” program, taking place July 12-17. Enrollment is limited. EWIP members qualify for 10% off tuition with promo code YPC10EWIP. For more information and to apply, click here. The application deadline is June 1, 2015.

YPC has also launched a new scholarship this year, the YPC Innovative Leader Scholarship. The deadline to apply for the scholarship is April 24, 2015.

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EWIP 2015: Taking Risks, Blazing Trails

Event: EWIP’s 7th Annual Women’s Leadership Conference
Date: March 26, 2015
Location: Clark Kerr Conference Center
University of California, Berkeley
2601 Warring Street, Berkeley, CA 94720 [map]
Host Sponsor: kdmcBerkeley
9 A.M. – 7 P.M.

About this Event: Taking Risks, Blazing Trails
Our seventh Women’s Leadership conference promises to inspire and inform content creators of all stripes. With our signature all-female speaker roster you can dive into three program tracks: creating top-notch content, reaching more readers, and the best strategies for making money. Sessions will include exceptional speakers, engaging panel discussions, and hands-on training. Join us for the day of learning and celebrate with the EWIP Award presentation and cocktail reception. Taking risks and blazing trails is all about connecting with people and ideas that will help you transform your career.

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The Art of 800 Words

Event: Writing Workshop at Mills College with Jennifer Mattson
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 22nd, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Location: Mills College, Oakland, CA (directions)
Cost: Free to Mills College students and staff, $10 for the public

Jennifer MattsonInternational reporter, Jennifer Mattson, will lead a writing workshop from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22 in the Faculty Staff Lounge at Mills College in Oakland. Mattson, who covers international news, women’s issues, and arts and culture—and has formerly worked as a network news producer for CNN and NPR, among others—will discuss the art of the 800-word essay, from op-eds to personal essays. Find out what makes an essay work and get practical tips for publishing your own. The event is free to Mills College students and staff, and $10 for the public. For more information, contact Emily Beaver.

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Anna Holmes & Jill Abramson Speak at JAWS CAMP

JAWSWomen in EWIP are encouraged to check out the upcoming conference for Journalism and Women Symposium, Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 at La Quinta Resort near Palm Springs, California.

Anna HolmsHighlights of the annual conference include a keynote address by Anna Holmes, founder of Jezebel, a Q&A with Jill Abramson, former executive editor of the New York Times, and longtime AP reporter Edie Lederer interviewing legendary courts reporter Linda Deutsch.

EWIP members can use a special promo code: “ExchangeCAMP” to get $100 off the non-member rate when signing up for the three-day Conference and Mentoring Project (CAMP). Your price of $375 includes all training sessions and speakers and most meals from Friday through Sunday. An add-on program for investigative reporting on Thursday, Oct. 30 costs $135. Go to here to register.

Jill-AbramsonPanels include sessions on useful apps for mobile devices, podcasting 101, social justice journalism, and covering issues around women in technology. A mini film festival will also feature some fascinating documentaries and inspire panelists who are telling women’s stories through film, presented by Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn.
For the full schedule.
Still have questions? Email CAMP

The extra investigative training session will feature Jennifer LaFleur, Rosemary Armao, Maud Beelman and Susy Schultz and take participants through all the steps of crafting a story, getting the goods with interviews, doing the digging and bringing the project home.

For anyone interested in copy editing training, the American Copy Editors Association (ACES) is also holding a daylong workshop the day prior to CAMP at the same location.

EWIP members Use the special promo code: “ExchangeCAMP” to get $100 off the non-member rate when signing up for the three-day Conference and Mentoring Project (CAMP).