Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Sept 13-19

September 19, 2016 Editor News newsoff the wire

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:

Walrus fiction editor quits over magazine's push for "family-friendly" stories [Globe and Mail]
Anti-TPP day of action highlights threat to journalism [J-Source]
Why Ian Gill thinks No News is Bad News [J-Source]
When your recorder fails [J-Source]
Magazines Canada is announcing new magazine awards program on Sept. 21 [Magazines Canada]
A new award show for freelancers [Strategy Online]
Inside Colour Code, the Globe and Mail’s new podcast [J-Source]

From The U.S. and beyond:

A Letter To The Editor Who Stopped Responding To My Emails [The Hairpin]
3 Signs It’s Time to Kill Your Blog [The Freelancer]
Following a Story as It Unfurls [The Open Notebook]
Overlooked outlets where freelancers can pitch their work [IJ Net]

Recently on Story Board:

Toronto agency creates awards show for freelancers in advertising: A Toronto ad agency noticed that freelancers don’t get enough recognition within the advertising industry. So they decided to do something about it...
Victoria freelancers: Register for our Perfect Pitch workshop: Victoria-area freelancers, CMG Freelance has a professional development opportunity coming your way next month. Every freelancer — whether new or experienced — can use some pitching practice...

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.

Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Sept 7-12

September 12, 2016 Editor News newsoff the wire

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: Funding in-depth journalism in a time of scarcity [Medium] UBC gets $200,000 government grant for new Canadian journalism outlet [J-Source] The…

Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Aug 30-Sept 6

September 06, 2016 Editor News newsoff the wire

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: St. John’s Telegram blasts sexist ‘trolls’ after backlash over feminism article [J-Source] What would journalists do if they could do…

Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Aug 23-29

August 29, 2016 Editor News newsoff the wire

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: If we want true images of events, we need to let photographers do their job [Globe and Mail] Exposing newsroom culture at the Toronto…

CBC Advises Freelancers on How to Get Paid in the Event of a Canada Post Labour Dispute

August 26, 2016 Editor News adcbcfreelance compensationnews

The union representing Canada Post employees issued 72-hour strike notice yesterday. As a result, there may be a disruption in postal services across Canada starting early next week. The CBC has advised us on some options aimed at making sure freelance contributors who currently receive their paycheques in the mail can make alternate arrangements.…

Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Aug 16-22

August 22, 2016 Editor News newsoff the wire

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: Globe and Mail, Ryerson, UBC nominated for Online Journalism Awards [J-Source] Liberals probe unpaid internships in federal government [CBC] CWA…

Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Aug 9-15

August 15, 2016 Editor News newsoff the wire

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: If the ‘gig economy’ is booming, why is ‘freelance’ still considered a dirty word associated with failure? [National Post] Journalists need…

Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Aug 2-8

August 08, 2016 Editor News newsoff the wire

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Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer July 26-Aug 2

August 02, 2016 Editor News newsoff the wire

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Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer July 19-25

July 25, 2016 Editor News newsoff the wire

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