The American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) was founded in 1948 as the Society of Magazine Writers, and is an organization of independent nonfiction writers in the United States. The membership consists of over 1,400 freelance writers of magazine articles, trade books, and other forms of nonfiction writing.
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