Tips for making it as a freelancer in Canada
Media workers meet in Halifax to discuss worker’s rights By Rebecca Hussman CMG Freelance and CWA Canada hosted an event for media workers at The Company House in Halifax last week, focusing on workers’ rights and making it in the industry as a freelancer. The event began with a brief presentation on building a sustainable […]
The 5-Minute Freelancer Q&A #27 — Steve Burgess
In this regular feature, Story Board asks Canadian writers to share a few details about their work habits and their strategies for navigating the ups and downs of freelance life. Steve Burgess is a Vancouver humourist and freelance writer who covers a wide variety of subjects. Currently, his writing appears most often in Vancouver’s 24 Hours, The Tyee, Montecristo and BC Business. He’s won two […]
The Born Freelancer on Extroverts and Introverts in Freelancing
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer shares personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. I was talking with some fellow freelancers the other day when the subject came up: who makes the better kind of freelancer – an […]
The 5-Minute Freelancer Q&A #26 — Arno Kopecky
In this regular feature, Story Board asks Canadian writers to share a few details about their work habits and their strategies for navigating the ups and downs of freelance life. Arno Kopecky won the 2015 Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for his article Title Fight, which ran in the Walrus last summer. The Vancouver-based writer has had his work published in Maclean’s, the Globe and […]
The Born Freelancer on Having a Business Mailing Address
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer shares personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. It was late one night when a loud hammering on my front door interrupted an enjoyably quiet summer evening. Upon opening my door I was […]
Tricks of the trade: clever tips for finding stories at conferences
by Lesley Evans Ogden How do you nab great stories at conferences? That’s a question I’ve been toying with a lot lately, because in late December 2015, I had the opportunity to attend The Society For Marine Mammalogy Conference in San Francisco. There, I was one of 14 COMPASS Journalist Fellows scouring the scene […]
The Internet ate my homework. (Or: How to save your published web work)
by Lesley Evans Ogden When you were a kid in grade school you probably became familiar with the worst excuse ever for losing your homework: the dog ate it. These days, it’s probably not the dog you need to look out for. At some point you’ll likely fall prey to gobbling up of another […]
The Born Freelancer Says All I Want for Christmas… Is a USB Microphone
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer shares personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. Tis the season of giving and getting. So I could not be given a better opportunity to look into what I would really like […]
The 5-Minute Freelancer Q&A #25 — Frances Bula
In this regular feature, Story Board asks Canadian writers to share a few details about their work habits and their strategies for navigating the ups and downs of freelance life. Frances Bula knows Vancouver. She covers the city’s wide-ranging urban issues — from drug addiction and prostitution to property development and transportation — for publishers such as the Globe and Mail and Vancouver Magazine. […]
5 Snapshot Tips from a Master Photographer
by Don Genova The digital age has made taking a photo almost as easy as taking a breath. We shoot from our phones, our tablets, our webcams, and yes, sometimes we even use an actual camera. But freelance journalists and photographers need to produce photos that sell, photos that stand out from the other […]
