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: 

• Big stories from small places [J-Source]
• Here’s the future of profitable public service journalism in Canada [Discourse Media]
• CMG launches petition on behalf of factual and reality TV workers [CMG]
• Eden Robinson awarded $50K Writers' Trust of Canada Fellowship [CBC Books]
• Canadian campus newspapers offer a study in diversity [J-Source]
• Student Journalists Caught In Crossfire Of Ontario College Strike [Canadaland]

From The U.S. and beyond:

• Pay Your Goddamn Writers [The South Lawn]
• Women who freelance get paid a third less than men: Time to change that [Inc.]
• Why archiving your freelance work matters [The Freelance Beat]
• 4 Tips For Building a Following As a Freelance Writer [Freelance Writing Jobs]
• Work from home? Develop these habits [Freelancers Union]
• Female journalists set up network to fight sexual harassment in the media [Evening Standard]

Recently on Story Board:

• 2017 Ali Mustafa Memorial Award for freelance photojournalists open for applications: Freelance photojournalists are invited to apply for the 2017 Ali Mustafa Memorial Award for People’s Journalism.  Applications for this year’s award close on December 15, 2017...
• Free tuition to Sole Prop School for CMG Freelance members: CMG Freelance has teamed up with the New School of Finance to offer a limited number of spots in Sole Prop School to new and current CMG Freelance members. If you’ve been thinking about joining the union, now would be a great time to do it...

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