Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Oct 1-7
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:
- How to use social media to find clients & build relationships [Get it Write] (via @PWACToronto)
- Political cover wraps disguised as articles may be the latest step in evolution of newspapers [J-Source]
- LinkedIn smarts for writers [NetWords] (via @LuigiBenetton)
- TC Media revises freelance contracts [J-Source]
- U.S. hedge funds squeezing profitable Postmedia: Union [J-Source]
From the U.S. and beyond:
- 3 Reasons You’re More Productive in a Coffee Shop [Freelancers Union]
- The 7 Difficulties of Networking [Salary.com] (via @freelancersu)
- Why stories need a focus… or do they? [Poynter]
- 20 tools and apps for digital journalists [Journalism.co.uk]
- 3 Reasons You Should Be Listening To More Music [OwnerNation] (via @freelancersu)
- Are Personal Essays the Future of Digital Journalism? [Mediabistro]
- We Are Googling the New York Times to Death [Bloomberg] (via @NiemanLab)
- How tablets are changing the way writers work [Poynter]
- 5 signs it’s time to quit freelancing and get a “real job” [Renegade Writer] (via @TimesRoman)
- A La Carte Journalism: Where People (and Reporters) Set the Agenda [Huffington Post] (via @mediagazer)
This week on Story Board:
- The Freelancer’s Toobox, Vancouver Session 1: The Canadian Media Guild Freelance Branch cordially invites you to take part in a day-long seminar designed to help you succeed as an independent content producer…
- Yes, We Are Worthy, Storified: Freelance writers gathered at Hart House on the University of Toronto campus last Tuesday night for a panel discussion with writers Ann Douglas and Andrew Clark and media researcher Nicole Cohen…
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 October 7, 2013 at 9:05 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
