ASME NEXT is the leading organization for early-career print and digital journalists. Members are freelancers and editorial staffers with no more than seven years of industry experience with titles including editorial assistant, assistant editor, associate editor, digital editor, social media editor, video producer and corresponding titles in design and photography departments. ASME NEXT is governed by its own board of directors, overseen by the ASME board of directors and staff. ASME NEXT sponsors educational training programs specifically for early-career journalists, including the ASME NEXT Talks series with leading magazine journalists. Membership includes an exclusive opportunity to be matched with a senior-journalist mentor. Membership dues are $95 per year or $9 per month.
Upcoming Events
Register now to attend the next ASME NEXT Book Club meeting. Hosted by ASME NEXT board members Alexis Jones and Erica Sloan, the Book Club meets virtually to discuss a book by a magazine writer.
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 25, from 7-8 p.m. ET/4-5 p.m. PT on Zoom. The book choices are:
"A Hundred Other Girls," by Iman Hariri-Kia
"The Wild One," by Colleen McKeegan
"God Spare the Girls" by Kelsey McKinney
The ASME NEXT Book Club is a free benefit of ASME NEXT membership. Members can join the book club at any time. Nonmembers pay $10 per meeting.
Register here to attend the next meeting and to vote on a book to read.
For more information about the book club, click here. Not an ASME NEXT member? Join today!
This event has been postponed.
Join ASME NEXT, the leading organization for early-career journalists, for a virtual panel on how to climb the masthead while still doing the job you were hired to do. Topics include asking for a promotion, writing resumes, interviewing and completing edit tests.
Moderator: Natasha Roy, Associate Editor, Rewire News Group
Panelists: Ben Frumin, Editor in Chief, Wirecutter
Adrienne Green, Deputy Editor, Special Projects, The New York Times Magazine
Danielle McNally, Executive Editor, Marie Claire
Attendance is $10 for ASME NEXT members; $20 for nonmembers.
This event has been postponed.
Join ASME NEXT, the leading organization for early-career journalists, for a panel on what hiring editors are looking for on edit tests—the do’s, the don’ts, and the best practices for print and digital.
Moderator: Natasha Roy, Associate Editor, Rewire News Group
Panelists: Deena Campbell, Beauty Director, Marie Claire
Leah Finnegan, Editor in Chief, Gawker
Marina Galperina, Managing Editor, Popular Science
Attendance is $10 for ASME NEXT members; $25 for nonmembers.
This event has been postponed.
Join ASME NEXT, the leading organization for early-career journalists, for a virtual Q&A with Emily Bazelon, staff writer at The New York Times Magazine.
Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 6:30-7:30 pm ET on Zoom. Q&A led by Erica Sloan, lifestyle editor at Well+Good
Attendance is $10 for ASME NEXT members; $25 for nonmembers.
Past Events
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"Taking a Long Look," by Vivian Gornick
August 31, 2022
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ASME NEXT Digital Workshop
May 11-12, 2022
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"Fake Accounts," by Lauren Oyler
April 27, 2022
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Art of Editing: The Feature Story
March 16, 2022
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ASME NEXT Panel: SEO
February 9, 2022
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"We Were Never Here," by Andrea Bartz
January 26, 2022 |
"Caste," by Isabel Wilkerson
October 13, 2021
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ASME NEXT Panel: E-Commerce
September 29, 2021 |
ASME NEXT Panel: Manage Your Career
July 22, 2021 |
"Everybody (Else) Is Perfect," by Gabrielle Korn
June 23, 2021
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ASME NEXT Talks With Rebecca Traister
June 16, 2021 |
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ASME NEXT Book Club: "Trick Mirror," by Jia Tolentino
April 28, 2021
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ASME NEXT Digital Workshop
April 15-16, 2021
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ASME NEXT Book Club: "Uncanny Valley," by Anna Wiener
February 24, 2021
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Art of Editing: The Feature Story
January 28, 2021
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ASME NEXT Virtual Workshop 2020
November 5-6, 2020
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ASME NEXT Book Club: "An American Summer: Love & Death in Chicago," by Alex Kotlowitz
November 18, 2020
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Art of Editing: The Service Package
October 15, 2020
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ASME NEXT Book Club: "Here for It: Or How to Save Your Soul in America," by R. Eric Thomas
September 16, 2020
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ASME NEXT Holiday Party + ASME NEXT Talks With Lindsay Silberman
December 4, 2019
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ASME NEXT After Work @ Apple News
October 16, 2019
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ASME NEXT Q&A With Taffy Brodesser-Akner
July 25, 2019 |
ASME NEXT After Work @ Vogue
July 11, 2019 |
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ASME NEXT Annual Magazine Workshop
June 18-19, 2019
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ASME NEXT Summer Party
May 30, 2019
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ASME NEXT After Work @ Google
May 15, 2019 |
ASME NEXT Talks With Emily Nussbaum + Holiday Party
December 5, 2018 |
 
ASME NEXT Seminar: From Pitch to Print
November 29, 2018
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ASME NEXT Seminar: The Art of Editing
September 12, 2018 |
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ASME NEXT Summer Party
August 9, 2018
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ASME NEXT Visits New York
July 25, 2018
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ASME NEXT Visits VICE
May 3, 2018 |
ASME NEXT Talks With Stella Bugbee
April 19, 2018 |
ASME NEXT Talks With Michele Promaulayko + Holiday Party
December 14, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Seminar: Freelancing 101
December 7, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Seminar: Reporting 101 With People Magazine
November 9, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Talks With Jay Fielden
November 16, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Visits TIME
October 25, 2018 |
ASME NEXT Seminar: The Art of Editing
October 12, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Talks With Pamela Colloff
September 28, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Digital Workshop
October 26, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Happy Hour + Headshots
September 19, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Seminar: Speed Interviewing and Resume Critique
September 14, 2017
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ASME NEXT Visits Cosmopolitan
July 27, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Summer Party
July 13, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Talks With Laura Brown
June 22, 2017 |
ASME NEXT Magazine Workshop
June 21-22, 2017 |
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