‘Compensation’
Is it possible for freelance writers to beat the rap of “starving artists”?
This article is written by Vanessa Chiasson, a freelance writer based in Ottawa who specializes in travel and human interest stories. Freelance writer Julian Hoffmann got a lot of laughs recently when he Tweeted the following: This evening, at a routine traffic stop to check papers, the Greek police were surprisingly well-versed on the issue […]
In 2022 I negotiated my rate on every freelance assignment. Here’s what happened
This essay is written by Vanessa Chiasson, a freelance writer based in Ottawa who specializes in travel and human interest stories. She challenged herself to negotiate her rate on every assignment in 2022. Here is part one of two on her results.
The Unfulfilled Promise of Publishing with Partner Programs
by Liz Gallo In August of 2018, I joined Medium’s Partner Program. For the uninitiated, Medium is a publishing platform founded by Ev Williams who also co-founded Blogger and Twitter. They started their Partner Program in 2018 as a way for writers to earn money from their content. Medium appeared to be not only an […]
2018 Access Copyright Payback claim period open until May 31
If you’re a writer or visual artist who is affiliated with Access Copyright, it’s time to submit your claim for works published between 1997 and 2016. The 2018 Access Copyright Payback claim period is open until May 31. All creators who were affiliated with Access Copyright as of December 31, 2017 are eligible to submit a […]
Access Copyright Payback claim period open until May 31
The 2017 Access Copyright Payback claim period is open from April 1st to May 31. If you’re a writer or visual artist who was affiliated with Access Copyright as of December 31, 2016, now is the time to submit a claim for this year’s payment. The eligible publication years for the 2017 Payback claim are 1996 to 2015. Written and […]
Canadian freelancers turn to the US market to secure higher-paying gigs
This post is the tenth in a series called “E-Lancer Writes,” exploring the working conditions, rights and collective organizing strategies of freelance journalists, interns and other low-wage or temporary digital media workers. By Errol Salamon When Canadian-based freelancer Katherine O’Brien started working as a web content and blog writer, she hadn’t made a conscious […]
Are you owed money by Venture Publishing?
In December of 2013 we posted a story about Venture Publishing in Alberta. We’d been hearing from a lot of freelancers who were having trouble getting paid for their work in a timely manner. Three years later, we’re still hearing from freelancers who are waiting as long as 18 months for their invoices to be paid. […]
Students’ voices can create change in the fight for fair wages
by Priya Duguay Toronto International Film Festival is creating quite the buzz again this year as a flurry of fans, film aficionados, and film fraternity (aka. Hollywood’s elite) arrive for the highly respected film festival. As a media student at Ryerson University’s Radio and Television Media Production Program (RTA) I’m constantly, like many of my […]
Newspapers reject overreaching freelance photography contracts
by Rachel Sanders Freelance photographers have something to celebrate this week: a little pushback from newspapers against overreaching contracts for concert photography. The Montreal Gazette, La Presse, Le Journal de Montréal, Le Devoir and Métro refused to send photographers to the Taylor Swift show at the Bell Centre in Montreal last Tuesday because of a […]
@crapwritinggigs Twitter account mocks low-paying jobs for writers
by Rachel Sanders $5 per post. $0.02 per word. It’s numbers like these that make a freelance writer’s heart sink. And there’s no shortage of jobs with this kind of rock bottom writing rate being advertised on the internet these days. For one writer, it all just got to be too much. Six months ago that person […]
