Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Sept 24-30
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:
- New CBC English boss plans to reshape broadcaster’s future [Globe & Mail] (via @sladurantaye)
- York University gives libel notice to Toronto Life [J-Source]
- TC Media holsters freelance contract changes [Masthead]
- Union says Globe and Mail must stop blaming employees for financial troubles [J-Source]
- Bundled up: Rogers bets on a digital future for magazines [Globe and Mail] (via @sladurantaye)
From the U.S. and beyond:
- How the future of flex jobs impacts your freelance business [Freshbooks] (via @freelancersu)
- Journalese and slang [The Economist] (via @timfalconer)
- Nonprofit journalism sites are proving to be healthy but slow to scale [Poynter]
- Journalism is going to survive this era of creative destruction [New Statesman] (via @mediagazer)
- BuzzFeed plans to approach LGBT coverage with “same kind of intensity as politics [Poynter]
- How to Leave Your Job for a Freelance Life [Freelance Strategist] (via @contently)
- Paid Journalists Pay Off [Cagle.com] (via @freelance_hacks)
- Plagiarism and Attribution Tests for Journalists: A Must or Not? [Mediabistro] (via @mediagazer)
- 3 simple ways to find better paying freelance writing jobs [Make A Living Writing] (via @freelancersu)
- Beacon won’t be Netflix of journalism, but might help you make rent [Nieman Lab]
- Random House, Flipboard team to offer Custom Digital Magazines [Publishers Weekly] (via @NiemanLab)
This week on Story Board:
- Life’s a pitch (but freelancers together are stronger): It was a packed house last night for the freelance panel discussion, “Yes We Are Worthy: Making it in the freelance world.” At the event on the University of Toronto campus, a roomful of freelancers swapped business cards and battle stories. We also received some sound advice from the panelists: writers Ann Douglas and Andrew Clark and media researcher Nicole Cohen…
- Le Devoir: TC Media contract changed: The Montreal paper Le Devoir is reporting that TC Media – publisher of such magazines as Elle Canada, Style at Home and Canadian Living – has revised the contentious freelance contract that they introduced earlier this year…
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 September 30, 2013 at 9:05 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
