Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer February 12-18
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:
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What OpenFile owes [David Topping] (via @dtopping)
From the U.S. and beyond:
- Reader’s Digest Is Bankrupt as Iconic Magazine Falters [Bloomberg] [via @romenesko)
- Jonah Lehrer apologizes, makes everyone angrier [Poynter]
- Jonah Lehrer: I Lied Because I’m Smart [Fishbowl NY]
- How can journalists negotiate for better salaries? [Poynter]
- Content farms and the ongoing democratization of journalism [GigaOM]
- BBC journalists to strike over job cuts: union [Reuters] (via @mediagazer)
- Jonah Lehrer earns $20,000 honorarium for talking about plagiarism at Knight lunch [Poynter]
- Look, you’re right, okay? But you’re also wrong. [PressThink] (via @jayrosen_nyu)
From Story Board last week:
- The 5-Minute Freelancer Q&A #7 – Guy Saddy: 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…
- Join Story Board on Facebook: Want to get Story Board updates on Facebook? We can help you out with that. We’ve set up a Story Board Facebook forum for freelance-related discussion and support…
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 February 18, 2013 at 9:00 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
