Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Jan 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:
- Jesse Brown is quick to expose failures of Canadian media. But what about his own? [Globe & Mail]
- Leslie Roberts resigns as Global host following investigation [CBC]
- Deadline approaches for inaugural Emerge Media Awards [J-Source]
- Graphic Design Students Assert “My Time Has Value” [RDG]
- Pink Triangle Press closes down all print editions of Xtra; to go all-digital in February [Canadian Magazines]
- CBC denies Amanda Lang tried to ‘sabotage’ story about RBC, foreign workers [Canada.com]
- Amanda Lang tried to sabotage a CBC story that scandalized RBC, who paid her [Canadaland]
From The U.S. and beyond:
- Fighting Distraction: A Freelancer’s Toolkit for Focused Work [The Freelancer]
- 10 Ways Freelance Writers Can Cash in by Working With Small Businesses & Startups [The Freelancer]
- In 2015, Stop Being Your Worst Time Suck [Inc.]
- Crowdsourcing journalism rates [scottcarney.com]
- What Editors Look for in Freelance Writers: 8 Ways to Impress [The Write Life]
- 5 ways to be productive, especially when you’re not [The Self-Employed]
- Tracking Freelance Earnings: A New Monthly Column [The Write Life]
- 3 ways to pitch ideas to an editor [Online Journalism blog]
Last week on Story Board:
- The Born Freelancer on More Essential Traits for 2015: To begin 2015, I thought I would conclude my previous post with a few more essential characteristics for successful freelancing…
- A Freelancer’s Report from CBC’s The Doc Project: For the last four years, I’ve been a CBC freelancer. Being a self-taught journalist worked up to a point, because storytelling is innate. But there’s more to the work than that.
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 January 19, 2015 at 9:00 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
