Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Dec 11-17
Once a week, we gather stories about the media business, journalism, writing, communications, and freelancing—with a Canadian focus—and share them in Off the Wire. Who needs a water cooler?
From Canada:
- The case for indie news media taking federal dollars [The Tyee]
- Alberta Press Council to shut its doors [Alberta Press Council]
- The 2018 CAJ Awards are open for nominations [CAJ]
- Advice on getting started from 7 successful freelancers [The Freelance Hustle]
From The U.S. and beyond:
- In a chilly year for the news business, union organizing is smoking hot [Poynter]
- How Freelancers Can Manage Seasonal Affective Disorder [The Freelancer]
- A law firm in the trenches against media unions [CJR]
- Slate’s newly unionized writers and editors give OK to strike [Bloomberg]
- New York Magazine’s staff is unionizing [BussFeed News]
- Freelancers, get ready for the coming recession [Forbes]
- How to conduct difficult interviews [The Open Notebook]
Recently on Story Board:
- The Fine Art of Picking a Niche: This isn’t an article about whether you should choose a niche. I believe that specialization is key to stand out from the writer-saturated landscape. Jack of all trades and all that. Still, for most of us, picking a writing niche is difficult, especially if you have diverse interests or experience…
- Bargaining on CBC freelance issues underway: In November members of the CMG freelance bargaining subcommittee met with CBC management to begin negotiations on provisions for freelancers in the CMG-CBC collective agreement, which expires March 31, 2019…
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 December 16, 2018 at 8:44 pm by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
