Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Oct 22-28
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:
- Ingram: What journalists must do when information is everywhere [Journomel.com]
- ONA13: three lessons learned for student journalists [J-Source]
- The (surprisingly) best time to quote your fee [PWAC Toronto] (via @jaclynlaw)
- Postmedia reports deeper losses on continuing ad struggles [Globe and Mail]
- Can La Presse save the newspaper industry by doing everything wrong? [Fagstein] (via @CraigSilverman)
- CBC annual meeting: How is radio changing? [J-Source]
- Unpaid interns: No one is keeping track [Toronto Star] (via @HG_Watson)
- Opinion: Why the Globe might not want to target an elite audience [J-Source]
- Rabble fires editor Derrick O’Keefe amidst controversy [J-Source]
From the U.S. and beyond:
- Kickstarting journalism: Is crowdfunding the answer? [CS Monitor] (via @mediagazer)
- 15 Ways to Survive as a Freelancer [Verb Plow] (via @freelance_hacks)
- Sued Over Pay, Condé Nast Ends Internship Program [New York Times] (via @mediagazer)
- Conde Nast ends internship program [Poynter]
- BuzzFeed hires Pulitzer winner to head investigative unit [New York Times] (via @NiemanLab)
- Why Your Query Letter Gets No Response. The Painful Truth [Make A Living Writing] (via @freelancersu)
- Journalism Student Defends Major: ‘We’re Headed Into an Industry That is Alive and Kicking’ [Mediabistro]
- Should Journalism Schools Require Reporters to ‘Learn Code’? No [The Atlantic] (via @GuyMacPherson)
This week on Story Board:
- Social Media tips from the Freelance Survival Series: The social media session at last month’s CMG Freelance Survival Series gave an overview of the best platforms for freelancers and offered plenty of advice on how writers can use social media to draw attention to their skills and work…
- ACJA Hosts Resume Workshop for Young Aspiring Journalists: Competition is stiff for most career choices and journalism is no different. So, in the same way we keep our body in contending shape by going to the gym, we must do the same for our application package…
- What’s in your contract?: York University’s recent libel notice to Toronto Life should serve as a sobering reminder for Canadian freelance writers. The article at issue – a feature on sexual assault at York – was written by freelance contributor Katherine Laidlaw…
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 28, 2013 at 9:05 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
