Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer April 30-May 6
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:
- The Coast takes CAJ’s top investigative award [J-Source]
- Toronto Star will hold training sessions for reporters following front-page apology [Poynter]
- Unpaid internships are just wrong [Globe and Mail] (via @youthandwork)
- Sexism, spite and Kirstine Stewart’s CBC legacy [Globe and Mail]
- Student internship opportunities shrinking across the country [J-Source]
- Toronto Life leads magazine award in total nominations [Canadian Magazines]
- Harper Government sets out plans to run CBC [CMG]
- Postmedia drops publishers [Globe and Mail]
- Toronto Star rejects union proposal to minimize page editor layoffs [J-Source]
- Canada’s only non-profit investigative centre shutting down [J-Source]
- The choices facing prospective j-students [J-Source]
- Stephen Trumper wins NMAF Outstanding Achievement Award [Magazine Awards]
- Freelancing advice from across the pond [Masthead]
- CBC Executive VP for English Services departs for job at Twitter [J-Source]
- Women’s sports media group calls Don Cherry’s comments ‘sexist’ [Globe and Mail]
From the U.S. and beyond:
- Seven ‘Stops’ To Get Your Freelance Career Going [Forbes]
- How Freelancers Are Transforming the Labor Market [Bloomberg] (via @freelancersu)
- Why I Gave Up Job Security to Go Freelance [Lifehacker]
- Why We Still Need World Press Freedom Day [PBS] (via @Mediagazer)
- 5 qualities of innovative leaders in today’s media [Poynter]
- Powerful Habits to Build Your Career Every Day [Fast Company] (via @freelancersu)
- Newsmodo website launches to help journalists sell work worldwide [Guardian] (via @NiemanLab)
From Story Board last week:
- Contently and the Rise of Content Marketing: Prospects seem rather gloomy for freelance writers these days. With dying weeklies, draconian magazine contracts, and endless cutbacks at daily papers and the CBC, it’s sometimes hard to see how freelancing can possibly remain a viable career path. But amid all the journalistic despair there is one area of growth for freelance writers. It’s called content marketing…
- The 5-Minute Freelancer Q&A #8 – Alison Garwood-Jones: 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…
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 May 6, 2013 at 9:15 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
