Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Dec 31-Jan 6

January 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:

Fair contracts for authors [TWUC]
SABEW's Best in Business Canada competition [SABEW]
That was the year that was: a look back at 2015 in Canadian magazines [Canadian Magazines]
Montreal-based La Presse ends 131 years of daily printed news [Globe and Mail]

From The U.S. and beyond:

The New Age of Freelancing [Huffington Post]
HBO Lands ‘Jim’ Documentary About Freelance Journalist Murdered by ISIS [The Wrap]
VICE reporter Mohammed Rasool released on bail [Poynter]
How to Write: A Year in Advice from "By Heart" [The Atlantic]
Technology trends journalists should watch in 2016 [Journalism.co.uk]
'Paper routes for a night': Boston Globe reporters deliver Sunday's edition [CNN]

Last week on Story Board:

Visual and Interactive Storytelling webinar for members: Interested in interactive storytelling? CMG Freelance and CWA Associate Members are invited to a webinar with CBC interactive developers Alisa Mamak and Michael Leschart on Wednesday, January 13^th from 4:30 to 5:30 PM ET...

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