Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Nov 18-24
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:
- Blow-by-blow: Behind the scenes at the CBC meeting in Montreal [CMG]
- Magazines win big at Canadian Online Publishing Awards [Canadian Magazines]
- Unpaid journalism excludes the voices we need most [Ricochet]
- Recap of CBC’s annual public meeting [J-Source]
- Ontario bill to help students get paid internships to be reintroduced [Toronto Star]
- Toronto Standard gets out of news [J-Source]
- The failed ebook experiment at Canadian newspapers [J-Source]
- TC Media sells 15 consumer magazines to TVA Group [J-Source]
- Media Mixer sparked discussions on unpaid internships, freelance rates [Storify]
- Muzzled scientists: The challenge of reporting on climate change in Canada [J-Source]
From the U.S. and beyond:
- Everything freelancers need to know about liability insurance [Freelancers Union]
- Crowdfunding platforms for journalists [Journalism.co.uk]
- 5 Lessons From J-School That Will Make You a Better Writer [The Write Life]
- How to Determine Your Freelance Rate and Get Paid What You’re Worth [Lifehacker]
- Freelance or self-employed? Here’s how to survive [The Guardian]
- Ask a Freelancer: Will You Still Be Freelancing in 10 Years? [The Freelancer]
- 10 productivity apps for freelance journalists [Journalism.co.uk]
- Will radio save science journalism? [CJR]
- How Freelancers Can Break Into Social Media Management [The Freelancer]
- Kickstarter campaign focuses on public radio [New York Times]
- 15 Tips for Shooting Dynamic Video Interviews [Premium Beat]
Last week on Story Board:
- Workshop on the rights of media workers: Next Wednesday, CWA Canada is holding a free two-hour workshop to share information for media workers about basic employment rights…
- The Born Freelancer on Being a “Real” Freelancer: I was talking to a freelance colleague of mine recently who was being dismissive of a fellow freelancer. “Pffft! He isn’t a real freelancer; he’s only writes when he wants to write”…
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 November 24, 2014 at 9:00 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
