Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer May 14-20
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:
- Media’s latest stories on Toronto’s Mayor Ford a challenge for a court fight? [J-Source]
- The Gawker-Toronto Star cat fight about the Rob Ford “exclusive” [J-Source]
- Writing About Business and Finance [PWAC]
- Nicole Cohen Q&A Part 1 [Masthead]
- Nicole Cohen Q&A Part 2 [Masthead]
- Opinion: Why all journalists should study public relations [J-Source]
- Paywalls rolled out across all Postmedia newspapers [J-Source]
- Authors: How to market your new book [PWAC]
From the U.S. and beyond:
- The Day in Government Snooping [Poynter]
- Justice Department Spied on Fox News Reporter [Mediabistro]
- Pitchfork Opts Out of the Pageview Rat Race [Digiday] (via @mediagazer)
- How J-schools are helping students develop entrepreneurial journalism skills [Poynter]
- Crowdfunding campaign aims to buy Tribune’s papers [Poynter]
- How to Get Started in Data Journalism [Journalism News]
- Freelancing’s Most Beautiful Moments [Freelance Strategist]
- What writers see in life, language and literature [Poynter]
- Creative People Say No [Medium] (via @tanyakyi)
- Start-Up Hopes to Help Freelance Writers Get Paid [NY Times]
- Build Your Own Freelance Tribe … in Five Easy Steps [Mashable]
- The Complete Guide to Setting and Negotiating Freelance Rates [Lifehacker]
- Jurnid allows journalists to set their own paywall [Journalism News]
From Story Board last week:
- How I Freelance With a Day Job: For more than three years I’ve been a happy part-time freelancer. What started as a way to exercise my passion for writing and build my portfolio in University developed into a steady and profitable part-time business that’s now a highly rewarding part of my career…
- The Born Freelancer on the Care and Ethical Treatment of Interviewees: Over the last couple posts I have discussed the importance of a freelancer’s interviewees and some of the techniques I have learned to maximize results while relating to them, ethically. I have had a few additional thoughts which emerged from those earlier posts that I want to share with you today…
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 21, 2013 at 9:15 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
