Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Dec 27-Jan 2
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:
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The year in Canadian magazines 2012 [Canadian Magazines]
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‘This Hour Has Seven Days’ co-creator, Douglas Leiterman, dies [City News] (via @jsource)
- Corrections in the Star increased by just over 10 per cent in 2012 [Toronto Star]
- Best of the city log 2012: What Star readers called to say [Toronto Star] (via @sladurantaye)
- Public Editor: Snubbing Nova Scotia, stirring Bond’s martinis and other things gone wrong [Globe and Mail]
From the U.S. and beyond:
- What Happened To Music Writing This Year? [NPR] (via @Mediagazer)
- Can the media escape the wilderness in 2013? [CNN Money] (via @Mediagazer)
- Freelance Life Laws from “the Freelancer’s Bible” (Part 1) [Creative Freelancer] (via @WorkmanPub)
- Strike a better work-life balance in 2013 [Poynter]
- 6 questions journalists should be able to answer before pitching a story [Poynter]
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The writing is on the paywall – but the end of print is not quite nigh [Guardian] (via @journochat)
- 5 ways journalists are using Pinterest [Poynter]
- The Atlantic Publishes First Original eBook [Mediabistro]
- NYT Paywall Working Better Than Expected, But That Doesn’t Mean It’s Working [TechDirt] (via @Mediagazer)
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 January 2, 2013 at 9:00 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
