Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer April 21-27
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:
- Press Council investigates complaint against journalists blocking reader on Twitter [J-Source]
- BuzzFeed hires author of award-winning book on journalistic errors to head Canadian team [Globe and Mail]
- Ryerson Review of Journalism examines its options for the future [J-Source]
- Harper Brings CBC to Heel [J-Source]
- Establish These Routines To Make Your Freelance Business Run Smoothly [The Freelance Hustle]
From The U.S. and beyond:
- How to Get Clients as a Freelance Writer: 10 Brilliant Strategies [The Write Life]
- For the safety of journalists [Scott Carney]
- Will Gawker employees’ decision to organize make unions cool again? [Fast Company]
- 21 Places to Find Blogging Jobs: An Essential Resource for Freelance Bloggers [The Write Life]
- I Created a Writers Group, and It Changed My Freelancing Life [Contently]
- You should break these 5 freelancer rules [Freelancers Union]
- Journalists shouldn’t lose their rights in their move to private platforms [Nieman Lab]
- Why ‘Write What You Know’ Is Terrible Advice [The Freelancer]
Last week on Story Board:
- CWA Canada Votes to Protect Interns: At CWA Canada’s National Representative Council (NRC) meeting on April 17, voting members unanimously agreed to endorse two documents, both of which aim to protect media interns in the workplace…
- The Born Freelancer Interviews Young Adult and Children’s Author Erin Thomas: Twelve years ago, Whitby, Ontario based freelancer Erin Thomas was a technical writer with a degree in English literature, taking college night courses towards technical writing and editing qualifications…
- The 5-Minute Freelancer Q&A #20 — Tom Sandborn: In this regular feature, Story Board asks Canadian writers to share a few details about their work habits and their strategies for navigating the ups and downs of freelance life…
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 April 27, 2015 at 9:00 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
