Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Jan 28-Feb 3
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:
- Three rules for supporting journalism with multiple revenue streams [J-Source]
- Montreal’s La Presse+ Sees Significant Gains in First 9 Months [Folio Mag] (via @mediagazer)
- How Toronto’s news gave j-students a crash course in media law and journalism ethics [J-Source]
- York University withdraws legal action against Toronto Life [J-Source]
From the U.S. and beyond:
- Great Freelancers Ask for Help! [Freelancers Union]
- Why working remotely doesn’t mean you should work from home [Lifehacker]
- In Pennsylvania and Alaska, a publisher takes infringement to another level [Poynter] (via @CraigSilverman)
- How to Stop the Online Harassment of Female Journalists [Mediabistro]
- Writers Guild of America: Companies Seeking $60 Million in Rollbacks [Variety] (via @mediagazer)
- 8 tips for coping with freelance dry spells [Freelancers Union]
- 5 No-Clutter Apps to Manage Your Entire Freelance Life Online [Content Works] (via @freelancersu)
This week on Story Board:
- 5 common tax mistakes freelancers can avoid: When you’re self-employed, you have to be proactive and set aside enough money to cover your tax bill. If not, you may be in for a shock at tax time…
- CMG launching Freelance Fridays in 2014: The Canadian Media Guild is launching a new series of monthly freelance-oriented workshops in Toronto. Freelance members of the CMG are invited to Freelance Fridays, a series of free workshops that will take a closer look at some of the nuts and bolts of freelancing…
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 February 3, 2014 at 9:05 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
