Once a week, we gather stories about the media business, journalism, writing, publishing, and freelancing—with a Canadian focus—and share them in Off the Wire. Who needs a water cooler?

From Canada: 

• Print editions of the National Post and Calgary Herald are no longer available in Saskatchewan [J-Source]
• CJFE condemns MP’s ‘fake news’ attack on media [J-Source]
• Canada's lax copyright reputation puts artists' livelihood at risk [Globe and Mail]
• Controversial CRTC decision raises questions about space on airwaves for Indigenous broadcasters [J-Source]

From The U.S. and beyond:

• 4 Resources for Women Interested in Travel Writing [The Write Life]
• How to choose your perfect freelance project [Freelancers Union]
• Louis Theroux on interviewing controversial subjects [Poynter]
• Tool for journalists: Mercury, for audio transcription and translation [Journalism.co.uk]
• Where are the mothers? [Nieman Lab]
• 6 Awesome Careers for Writers [Mediabistro]
• Collaboration agreements: What freelancers should know about working together [Freelancers Union]

Recently on Story Board:

• The Born Freelancer interviews writer Robin Brunet: B. C. based writer Robin Brunet has certainly achieved a lot in his 34 years in the business (“a good portion of that freelance”) but surely nothing could beat his assertion that he has lived a life “precisely the way I always wanted”...
• The 5-Minute Freelancer Q&A #34 - Anne Mullens: Anne Mullens is an award-winning freelance health writer, author, editor and health communications consultant who lives in Victoria, B.C. She has won a dozen awards for her writing, which has been published by Reader’s Digest, the Globe and Mail and British Columbia Magazine among others...

Spot a story you think we should include in next week's Off the Wire? Email the link to editor@thestoryboard.ca or tweet us at @storyboard_ca.