Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer May 7-13
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:
- Newspapers Canada considering a national press council [J-Source]
- Breaking News: Can the paywall save Canadian newspapers? [The Walrus]
- Crowd-funding journalism: A new financing model for freelancers? [J-Source]
- Guild: New budget bill gives government a “direct say in CBC journalism” [J-Source]
- Amanda Leduc: Detours [National Post] (via @twuc)
- Toronto Star reporters get mandatory training after newspaper publishes false allegations [J-Source]
- Canadian Women’s Foundation launches SHE magazine [Masthead]
- Vancouver Magazine leads Western Magazine Award finalists with 18 nominations [J-Source]
From the U.S. and beyond:
- What news orgs are learning from their ebook efforts [Poynter]
- This Is What Happens When Publishers Invest In Long Stories [Fast Company] (via @jayrosen_nyu)
- Is it the best of times or the worst of times for journalism? Yes. [PaidContent]
- Five Authors Who Prove It’s Never Too Late To Start Writing [Lit Reactor] (via @twuc)
- Why unpaid internships are harming creative business [PSFK] (via @paythewriters)
- Freelancing Rules of Thumb [The Freelancery] (via @freelancersu)
- Village Voice editors quit instead of laying off staff [Poynter]
- Charles Ramsey interviews reveal risks of jumping on a good story too soon [Poynter]
- This is the best moment to be in journalism [CJR] (via @jayrosen_nyu)
- 5 Sure-Fire Routes to Freelancing Success [Mashable]
- Media’s mobile future makes room for long-form journalism [Marketplace] (via @natalieturvey)
- New York Times launches web-only documentaries with Retro Report [PaidContent]
From Story Board last week:
- Writers Who Do Data Journalism Increasingly In Demand: Any freelance journalist has tools they rely on, whether it is a specific brand of pens or an addiction to Google News. But at the Ink + Beyond and Canadian Association of Journalists conference in Ottawa on May 2-4, Fred Vallance-Jones and David McKie encouraged writers to add a few new tools to their kit: those that help them understand and source data…
- Is the Canada Periodical Fund helping TC Media squeeze freelancers?: The Canadian Media Guild has sent a letter to Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore asking him to review the funding TC Media receives from Heritage Canada’s Periodical Fund in the wake of the new contract it tried to impose on freelancers this year. TC Media has received between $7.5 and $8.5 million from the fund each year for the past three years….
- Dave Greber Freelance Writers Awards: Have you done any social justice writing this year? If so, you’re invited to submit your work for the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award…
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 May 13, 2013 at 9:15 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
