Ali Mustafa Memorial Award for freelance photojournalists application deadline December 15
An award granted to young photojournalists in honour of a Canadian freelance photographer killed in Syria is now accepting applications. The deadline to apply for the Ali Mustafa Memorial Award for People’s Journalism is December 15th, 2016. The award, established in 2015, is given in honour of Ali Mustafa, a Toronto freelance photojournalist who was killed […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Sept 27-Oct 3
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: Rogers Media reduces Maclean’s, Chatelaine publication schedules and takes four magazines online only [J-Source] Rogers Media goes digital-first with a bang in its magazine […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Sept 20-26
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: Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable is part of a journalist’s job, say panelists [J-Source] Magazine industry fight over too many awards leads to split […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Sept 13-19
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: Walrus fiction editor quits over magazine’s push for “family-friendly” stories [Globe and Mail] Anti-TPP day of action highlights threat to journalism [J-Source] Why Ian […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Sept 7-12
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: Funding in-depth journalism in a time of scarcity [Medium] UBC gets $200,000 government grant for new Canadian journalism outlet [J-Source] The Globe and Mail […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Aug 30-Sept 6
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: St. John’s Telegram blasts sexist ‘trolls’ after backlash over feminism article [J-Source] What would journalists do if they could do journalism school over? [J-Source] Application […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Aug 23-29
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: If we want true images of events, we need to let photographers do their job [Globe and Mail] Exposing newsroom culture at the Toronto […]
CBC Advises Freelancers on How to Get Paid in the Event of a Canada Post Labour Dispute
The union representing Canada Post employees issued 72-hour strike notice yesterday. As a result, there may be a disruption in postal services across Canada starting early next week. The CBC has advised us on some options aimed at making sure freelance contributors who currently receive their paycheques in the mail can make alternate arrangements. The options, […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Aug 16-22
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: Globe and Mail, Ryerson, UBC nominated for Online Journalism Awards [J-Source] Liberals probe unpaid internships in federal government [CBC] CWA Canada is looking for […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Aug 9-15
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: If the ‘gig economy’ is booming, why is ‘freelance’ still considered a dirty word associated with failure? [National Post] Journalists need to fight to repeal […]
