Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer January 8-14
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:
- 2012 Year in Review – Is your magazine in the digital spin cycle? [Masthead]
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Writing resolutions for 2013 [PWAC Toronto Chapter] (via @jaclynlaw)
From the U.S. and beyond:
- New York literary magazines – start spreading the news [The Guardian] (via @journochat)
- The Job You Don’t Want May Be the Right One [Next Avenue] (via @LuigiBenetton)
- A Flipboard-like weekly short story magazine launches for the iPad [Canadian Magazines]
- 13 media industry trends freelancers need to watch for in 2013 [WordCount] (via @CraigSilverman)
- Is crowdfunding the future of media funding? [CJR]
- The Year in Journalism [Kickstarter] (via @NiemanLab)
- Five fee-setting strategies for freelancers [Marketplace] (via @freelancersu)
- 8 rhetorical strategies to strengthen your writing [Poynter]
- 10 ways young journalists can make themselves more marketable [Poynter]
From Story Board last week:
- The 5-Minute Freelancer Q&A #6 – Paula Todd: In this regular feature, Story Board asks Canadian writers to share a few details about their work habits and their strategies for navigating the ups and downs of freelance life…
- The Born Freelancer on the Art of Collaboration, Part Two: My recent post On The Art of Collaboration seems to have received a fair amount of interest, so I thought I would explore a few more thoughts on the topic. It is an important one that every freelancer will need to deal with sooner or later…
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 14, 2013 at 9:30 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
