Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer April 23-29
Once a week, we gather stories about the media business, journalism, writing, communications, and freelancing—with a Canadian focus—and share them in Off the Wire. Who needs a water cooler?
From Canada:
- The pedestrian misogyny behind the van attack [J-Source]
- Deep Research seminar live tweet recap [PWAC Toronto]
- Forcing reporter to give RCMP info on ‘dead’ terror suspect ‘unreasonable,’ Vice argued at hearing [J-Source]
From The U.S. and beyond:
- My Sim is the most successful freelancer I know [The Outline]
- How to write a good pitch [The Write Life]
- 5 E-commerce Business Ideas That Work Well For Writers [Freelance Writing Jobs]
- 5 Tricky Financial Truths for Freelancers [The Freelancer]
- How to Land Freelance Writing Jobs as a Beginner [Freelance Writing Jobs]
Recently on Story Board:
- Toronto freelancer social night April 30: Toronto-area freelancers, CMG Freelance president Don Genova is in your area this week and is hoping you’ll join him for a casual get-together this coming Tuesday night, April 30 at The Wellington…
- The Born Freelancer on (Not) Having Your Ideas Stolen: If you’re a professional freelancer, you quickly come to the realization that your ideas are the very foundations of your creative existence, the begetters of all income. And so you must learn to treat them with a greater degree of protectiveness than you might wish to do otherwise…
- CAJ conference opening night freelance mixer in Winnipeg May 2: Freelancers, if you’re going to be in Winnipeg during the CAJ’s annual conference next month, you’re invited to a casual opening night mixer sponsored by CMG Freelance…
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.
Posted on April 28, 2019 at 4:46 pm by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
