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: 

• Long journey of reconciliation ahead at Canada's journalism schools [J-Source]
• The Canadian Association of Black Journalists is relaunching  [J-Source]
• Paid internship with the National Media Awards Foundation [Magazine Awards]
• Canada's right wing rage machine vs. Nora Loreto [Briarpatch]
• Creative freelancing and taxes: The basics [Jim Zub]

From The U.S. and beyond:

• 7 Stress-Free Ways to Handle Notes From Your Book Editor [The Write Life]
• A new study shows self-employment leads to happiness [Freelancers Union]
• What's It Like to Freelance? Myths vs. Real Talk [Working Not Working]
• How Much Is a Word Worth? [Medium]
• Here are the winners of the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes [Poynter]

Recently on Story Board:

• B.C. freelancers invited to participate in Vancity survey: Vancity is interested in learning more about the changing nature of work. If you live in B.C. and are a freelance, contract or independent worker, you’re invited to participate in the survey the credit union is conducting to try and understand the effect of self-employment on British Columbians...
• From Canada to the Netherlands, freelancers seek community and solidarity: Increasingly, freelancers around the world are seeing the value of community. Unions like our own CMG Freelance here in Canada are attracting a growing number of freelance members. And in the Netherlands, union membership among media freelancers is growing even faster...

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.