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: 

• CRTC points finger at CBC's funding model for broadcaster's woes [Financial Post] (via @karenatcmg)
• CBC execs tell CRTC it can no longer afford to be free [Globe and Mail] (via @jembradshaw)
• CBC/Radio-Canada bosses say Canadians ready to pay to get broadcaster [Yahoo]

 

From the U.S. and beyond:

• How to avoid lots of (unpaid) revisions [Freelancers Union]
• Are you leaving money on the table? [Freelancers Union]
• Failed e-singles startup Byliner acquired by digital publisher Vook [GigaOM]
• Cold-Pitching a Story? The Secret Is in the Subject Line [Contently]
• How to Keep Going When You're Demotivated at Work [Lifehacker]
• Growing demand for freelance work, survey suggests [Freelancers Union]
• The Art of Seducing Sources [Contently]
• 37 Essential Freelance Writing Terms You Need to Know [Make a Living Writing] (via @jaclynlaw)
• Freelance journalists in war spotlight [Courier-Journal]
• Freelancers in war zones can earn crappy pay [Poynter]
• The problem with the growing freelance economy [Washington Monthly] (via @freelance_hacks)
• 4 Odd yet Effective Ways the Smartest People Prioritize Their Days [Fast Company] 
• 5 Quotations That Prove Charles Bukowski Was a Great Freelancer [Contently]
• The dangerous world of freelance journalism [LA Times] (via @journalismnews)

 

Last week on Story Board:

• Online Q&A for emerging media workers: Journalism students and other emerging media workers should be sure to tune in next Tuesday to an online Q&A session organized by the Canadian University Press and CWA Canada.
• What do student journalists need?: On July 19, student journalists associated with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and CWA Canada gathered during the Netroots Nation conference to answer one question: what do student journalists need?...

 

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