Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Dec 18-24
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:
- Meet Goliath [CMG] (via @karenatcmg)
- Reindeer visits Toronto Star offices [Poynter]
- 9 out of 10 surveyed say Canadian magazines are essential [Canadian Magazines]
- J-Source and ProjetJ transition begins with call for potential new contributors [J-Source]
- 36th annual National Magazine Awards call for entries [J-Source]
From the U.S. and beyond:
- SPIN mag is dead but subscribers will get Car and Driver magazine in its place [AUX] (via @jsource)
- There were 31 incidents of plagiarism/fabrication in 2012 [Poynter]
- Journalistic skills are still marketable [Nieman Lab]
- The conversational tool that will make you better at everything [Fast Company] (via @LuigiBenetton)
- VICE acquires I-D Magazine [Vice] (via @masthead)
- Guidance for Journalists on Expressing Personal Opinions [Inside Thunderdome] (via @mathewi)
- Successful Query Letters for Literary Agents [Galley Cat] (via @Mediabistro)
- Media should combine forces in Newtown, says an ex-tabloid reporter [Romenesko]
- The Onion’s director of digital on the future of media [Guardian] (via @WilfDinnick)
From Story Board last week:
- Appy Holidays!: Be of good cheer, freelancers. There’s a work lull approaching (you’ll get at least a day or two off, if you’re lucky), along with the possibility of stockings stuffed with book-scented perfume and gift cards for the app store. But how are you going to spend those digital dollars?…
- The Born Freelancer on Surviving the Holidays: The only thing as stressful as not having enough work to do over the holidays is having too much work to do over the holidays. It seems the fate of many freelancers is to suffer from one extreme or the other this time of year…
Happy Holidays from Story Board! We’ll return early in the New Year.
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 24, 2012 at 9:30 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
