Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer January 3-7
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:
- After restructuring and refinancing, what’s next for Postmedia? [Globe and Mail]
- Toronto Star apologizes for article plagiarized from Globe And Mail [Poynter]
From the U.S. and beyond:
- The Brainstormer iPad app provides a cornucopia of ideas for creative minds [TUAW] (via @LuigiBenetton)
- 5 resolutions you can make to become a better journalist in 2013 [Poynter]
- How Media Professionals Can Use SoundCloud [Mediabistro]
- Seven publishing trends that will define 2013 [Pando Daily] (via @journochat)
- Journalism Is Not Narcissism [Gawker] (via @picardonhealth)
- Andrew Sullivan Leaving Daily Beast to Start Subscription Web Site [Media Decoder]
- The merge: how our work-life balance is changing [The Guardian]
- 20 obsolete English words that should make a comeback [Matador Network] (via @LuigiBenetton)
From Story Board last week:
- CFU makes progress in negotiations over Canada Wide Media contract: A couple of months ago, we brought you details of Canada Wide Media’s new freelance contract. The contract raised a number of concerns for writers. Michael O’Reilly, President of the Canadian Freelance Union, took these concerns to Canada Wide Media last month, presenting a counter-offer on behalf of over 30 of Canada Wide’s regular freelancers…
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Posted on January 7, 2013 at 9:20 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
