Author Archive
Webinar: Working the Conference Circuit
Our experts panel will lead you through the pros and cons of the conference circuit, the ways you can benefit from choosing the right conferences, and how to connect with the various players you’ll need to make your efforts pay off.
3 tips for making the most of an overseas conference as a freelancer
Have you travelled overseas for a conference and tacked on a vacation? What are your tips for making the most of it? Here are three tips for making the most of an overseas conference as a freelancer.
Webinar: Practical Use Cases For AI
This weekend workshop will focus on practical use cases: routine tasks that can be made easier with help from publicly available chatbots.
Webinar: AI’s Impact on Media Freelancers
A panel of AI-engaged professionals will discuss these challenges: digital arts researcher Owen Brierley, PhD, who helped start us on our AI journey; Tony Stubblebine (CEO, Medium.com) who refused to license his users’ content to OpenAI and demonetized AI-generated content on the platform; and data journalist Jon Schleuss of the Los Angeles Times, president of The News Guild/Communications Workers of America, and lead of that group’s national AI committee.
3 ways freelancers can build trust with clients
Are you wondering how freelancers can build trust with clients? The goal here is to develop trusting, long-term relationships. How you do this is by establishing trust and being someone your client can count on.
Webinar: Finding New Markets
The longer you’ve been freelancing, the more likely you have pivoted at least once. It might mean narrowing your focus and drilling deeply into an area of expertise to become tops in that topic.
Can a journalist ever truly be objective? And, if not, what are they to do instead?
We can’t be perfectly objective. No journalist can. But we can sure try. Here are some considerations for a freelance journalist who strives for objectivity in challenging conditions.
The state of Canadian publishing, from a Wiley veteran
The good news is that the Canadian publishing industry is alive and well. If you’re writing falls into a popular genre, you could find yourself with an agent, a book deal, a newly published book and a travel schedule taking you across the country to promote your work.
Webinar: Contracts and Negotiations for Freelancers
Join panelists and long-time freelancers Paul McLaughlin and Don Genova with moderator George Butters to talk about trends in recent contracts for media freelancers, the new twists AI has added to the already difficult topic, and how you can get what you want from negotiations…or know when to walk away.
Webinar: CFG Books and AACB Present: Author Mark Kearney and Al Christie
Author Mark Kearney’s latest book explores the life and times of Al Christie he describes as Hollywood’s forgotten pioneer. In discussion with Crystal Fletcher of All About Canadian Books.
