Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer June 11-17
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:
- Access granted: AMI makes media available for all Canadians [J-Source]
- The Grid lays off four staff [Canadian Magazines]
- Postmedia vacates two floors of Vancouver newsroom space [J-Source]
- CMG appears before the Senate Committee on Finance regarding Bill C-60 [CMG]
- Radio-Canada president apologizes for ‘Ici’ rebranding plan [Globe and Mail]
From the U.S. and beyond:
- 10 tips for journalists who work from home [Journalism News]
- How to write the ‘perfect’ sentence [Poynter]
- It’s time to talk about interns [Nieman Lab]
- Former interns sue Conde Nast [Poynter]
- 5 Tips for Landing a Second Assignment [The Freelance Strategist] (via @contently)
- To Have A Productive Day, Make Work A Series Of Sprints [Fast Company] (via @freelancersu)
- Unpaid Interns Win Major Ruling in ‘Black Swan’ Case — Now What? [ProPublica] (via @karenatcmg)
- New press hits on ‘3rd way’ between traditional and self-publishing [Guardian] (via @dongenova)
- New platform to help journalists monetise long-form content [Journalism News]
- Washington Post’s ‘Sponsored Views’ will let advertisers respond to opinion pieces [Poynter]
- New Pew study finds nonprofit news sites are ‘growing but fragile’ [Poynter]
From Story Board last week:
- Google+ for writers: So I’ve been thinking a lot about Google+ lately. I’m not happy about this. It’s a site I’ve been trying to ignore for two years now. I mean I’m barely keeping up with Twitter, and my LinkedIn page is a poor, stunted thing. Do I really need another social media site to neglect? But last month I ran across this post…
- CMG seeking Freelance Branch executive: The Canadian Media Guild’s Freelance Branch is looking for someone in the GTA to join their branch executive this month…
- James Moore responds to CMG’s letter about TC Media funding: The Canadian Media Guild has received a reply to a letter they sent to the Minister of Canadian Heritage last month regarding financial assistance given to TC Media through the Canada Periodical Fund…
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Posted on June 17, 2013 at 9:10 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
