Resources on the Web
Associations
- Association of Professional Communication Consultants
(APCC) – international network of professionals including
consultants, trainers, facilitators, executive coaches, writers,
editors, corporate communication specialists, educators, and
technical communicators. Membership costs $50/year.
- Bay Area
Editors Forum – San Francisco Bay Area association of
in-house and freelance editors; job listings and monthly events.
Membership costs $40/year.
- International
Association of Business Communicators (IABC) – provides
resources for communication professionals. Membership costs $209/year
plus varying region/chapter costs.
- LinkedIn
– online network that helps you stay connected with current and
former colleagues. Basic membership is FREE.
- Media
Alliance – training, job listings, and other resources for
people in media-related occupations. Basic membership costs $55/year;
to become a member, subscribe to the job file e-mail list or register
for a class.
- Media
Bistro – jobs, classes, community, and news for media
professionals. Basic membership is free; premium membership is
$49/year.
- National Writers
Union (NWU) – trade union for freelance writers of all
genres working in U.S. markets. Sliding-scale membership cost;
benefits include job listings, insurance, networking events, and
mentoring program.
- San Francisco Women
on the Web (SFWoW) – resource for San Francisco area women
(and some exceptional men) involved with Internet and new media
industries; provides professional development and support, networking
opportunities, and community involvement. FREE membership.
- Society for Technical
Communications (STC) – the largest professional
organization serving the technical communication profession;
includes writers, editors, illustrators, printers, publishers,
educators, students, engineers, and scientists – holds
international, regional, and local conferences, seminars, chapter
meetings, and job listings. Membership costs ~$130/year.
- Web Grrls
International – provides a forum for women in or
interested in new media and technology to network, exchange job and
business leads, form strategic alliances, mentor and teach, intern
and learn the skills to help women succeed in an increasingly
technical workplace and world. Membership costs $55/year.
- Women in
Consulting (WIC) – seeks to connect companies with
consultants and provide a forum for consultants to share information.
Membership costs $150-300/year.
Job Leads
- Editcetera
– opportunities for freelance copyeditors, writers,
proofreaders, indexers, and project managers
Note: you need to pass a test, pay a fee, and see if they accept you
– they act as intermediary.
- Media
Bistro – jobs, courses, and community for media and
journalism professionals including editors, writers, television
producers, graphic designers, book publishers, people in production,
and circulation departments in industries such as magazines,
television, radio, newspapers, book publishing, online media,
advertising, public relations, and graphic design.
Note: you can see the list of jobs for free, but must become a
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- National Writers Union
(NWU) – current job listings (updated twice every
week).
Note: you must be an NWU member in order to receive contact
information for the jobs in which you're interested.
- Society for Technical
Communications (STC) – job listings (updated
bimonthly)
Note: you must be an STC member in order to receive contact
information for the jobs in which you're interested.
- STCJOBSBA-L – Berkeley chapter's job leads
To subscribe, send e-mail to
stcjobsba-l-request@stc-berkeley.org;
leave the subject line blank and type the following command in the
message body: subscribe.
- SVCJOBS-L – Silicon Valley chapter's job leads
To subscribe, send e-mail to
join-svc-jobs-list@lists.stc.org;
type the following in the subject line and in the message body:
subscribe.
Publications
- Contentious – Webzine for writers, editors,
and others who create content for online media.
- Poets & Writers
Magazine – keeping creative writers informed; contains
interviews with prominent writers as well as lists of literary
contests, and writing conferences.
- The
Writer – monthly print magazine and related site containing
articles by leading writers and information on how and where to
submit manuscripts