Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Nov 5-12
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:
- Mennonite magazine warned about ‘political’ articles [CBC] (via @luigibenetton)
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MagsBC continues to be beset by funding refusals from Canada Periodical Fund [Canadian Magazines]
- Getting ready for self-publishing [PWAC] (via @jaclynlaw)
- Toronto Star launches unique eReads program [Toronto Star] (via @mathewi)
- OpenFile accounts frozen, freelancers still unpaid [J-Source]
- The One-Minute Message Video Contest [Canadian Labour Contest] (via @karenatcmg)
From the U.S. and beyond:
- What I’ve Learned 3 Years After Ditching Radio Recording Gear for an iPhone [Mediashift]
- Waving, Not Drowning: Thoughts on the future of the magazine [Nieman Reports]
- Does Hyperlocal ‘Engagement’ Work [Street Fight Mag] (via @jsourceinnovate)
- How Writers Can Use Kickstarter [Mediabistro]
- 8 Apps Every Writer and Blogger Should Know [Mashable] (via @journochat)
- Book publisher earnings roundup: HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster [PaidContent] (via @Mediagazer)
- Tentative NYT Contract Will Preserve Pension Plan, Health Care [Huffington Post] (via @NiemanLab)
- What the Random House-Penguin Merger Means for Authors [Hollywood Reporter] (via @LuigiBenetton)
- Authors Guild Calls for ‘Close Scrutiny’ of Penguin Random House Deal [Galley Cat] (via @Mediabistro)
- Joy Williams on Why Writers Write [Brainpickings]
- Steve Kandell Joins BuzzFeed As Longform Editor [BuzzFeed] (via @NiemanLab)
From Story Board last week:
- Straight talk about unpaid internships: Last month’s Will Work For Exposure conference at Ryerson University may have been the first time a public conversation was held in Canada about unpaid internships. The panel on internships included this presentation from Andrew Langille, a Toronto-based lawyer and graduate student...
- Defamation clause in new Canada Wide Media contract remains unchanged: Last week it was brought to our attention that Canada Wide Media, which publishes of a variety of magazines including Westworld and BC Business, has updated its contract for freelance contributors. Back in May, Story Board reported that the CWM contract contained a clause that places responsibility for libel suits resulting from a published work squarely on the writer’s shoulders…
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 November 12, 2012 at 9:05 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
on November 12, 2012 at 10:49 am
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I am so sorry to hear about OpenFile. I wrote for the Waterloo region but then they closed that section. Still, I thought it was a great concept and was hoping to see it challenge the low-paying print newspapers (freelance market).