Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer April 9-15
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:
- CRA offers deal to CBC to reveal tax cheats [Globe and Mail] (via @sladurantaye)
- Writing Resources Roundup [Networds] (via @jaclynlaw)
- Toronto Star Tests Monthly E-Book Subscriptions [PBS] (via @NiemanLab)
- Postmedia loss deepens [Globe and Mail] (via @sladurantaye)
- Sun News losses jump as Canadian-content investment climbs [Globe and Mail]
- Ryerson Review of Journalism defends its Wentegate analysis [J-Source]
- People in Publishing: Zoomer, Elle, MagsBC, Village Living [Masthead]
- The story behind CBC’s offshore “tax havens” series [J-Source]
- PWAC asks members for their experience with TC Media freelance contracts [Canadian Magazines]
- Pondering journalism’s future in a digital universe [J-Source]
- Willfully blind: A closer look at the Margaret Wente plagiarism scandal [RRJ] (via @jsource)
From the U.S. and beyond:
- 6 lessons freelance writers can learn from entrepreneurs [Word Count]
- 5 Crucial Budgeting Tips for Every Freelancer [Bigstock] (via @freelancersu)
- Welcome to the Micro-Gig: No Job Is Too Small [The Atlantic] (via @freelancersu)
- How I Got Invited–Then Uninvited–As Guest on HuffPost Live TV Show [Nate Thayer)
- The Consequences of Writing Without Reading [PrintMag] (via @
mpamagmedia) - Digital portfolios for journalists: What are your options? [Poynter]
- Time Blocking: a Productivity Power Tool [Entrepreneur] (via @freelancersu)
- Tampa Bay Times correction admits reporter ‘not strong in the ways of the force’ [Poynter]
- Judge delays decision in Jana Winter case [Poynter]
- Does BuzzFeed Know the Secret? [NY Mag] (via @mediagazer)
- No, Scott Turow, copyright is not killing American authors [PaidContent]
- The Slow Death of the American Author [NYT] (via @
JonathanMenon)
From Story Board last week:
- A bright spot in the TC Media Affair?: There may be some room for optimism in the ongoing dispute over the new Transcontinental Media contributors agreement. The CMG has heard from freelancers in Québec and elsewhere that TC Media is making amendments to the contract
- I Am Not Anonymous: I’d like to sit down with the person or people at TC Media who penned the new freelance contract. As Story Board reported last week, they’ve refused to negotiate improvements or meet with anyone from the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) saying they prefer to meet with freelancers individually…
- Writing Our Stories: The Experiences of Women and Queer Journalists: On April 3, the Canadian University Press and CWA joined forces to organize a panel discussion in Vancouver to explore the experiences of queer and women journalists….
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 15, 2013 at 9:15 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
