Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Mar 22-29
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: First winner of the Ali Mustafa Memorial Award named [J-Source] Publishing and ‘unpublishing’ in the digital age [J-Source] Toronto Star delivering the newspaper on […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Mar 15-21
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: Aspiring Toronto Star interns no longer have to provide a photo of themselves with their application [J-Source] CBC to require online commenters to use […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Mar 8-14
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: Chronicle Herald union says company refused call back to bargaining table [CBC] Objective journalism disappearing but that’s OK says Pulitzer Prize winner [CBC] Chronicle […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Mar 1-7
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: New Trail named magazine of the year at Alberta Magazine Awards [Canadian Magazines] Copyright disagreement between educational sector and writers ongoing [TWUC] Canadian Journalism Fellowships […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Feb 22-29
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: Copyright Board decision ignores cultural damage [TWUC] BuzzFeed writer’s harassment just the latest example of why Twitter is broken for women [Globe and […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Feb 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: BuzzFeed’s search for marginalized writers is progressive, not racist [Ryerson Review] While workers strike, Chronicle Herald starts hiring [J-Source] Freelancers’ Dues: Getting paid in the digital […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Feb 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: The Landsberg Award is now accepting entries [Newspapers Canada] Four lessons from losing a journalism job [J-Source] The Ontario Pension Plan: What’s in it […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Feb 2-8
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: Nominees for the 2016 Alberta Magazine Awards [Alberta Magazines] Above the Fold: An inside look at the damage being done to Canada’s newspapers [The […]
Greg Clark Award for early-career journalists
The Canadian Journalism Foundation has an award for early-career journalists and freelancers are invited to apply for it. If you’ve got between one and five years of experience in the industry, you can apply for the Greg Clark Award. The award offers the successful applicant the opportunity to spend up to a week observing the inner […]
New Beats journalism job loss survey
Two Canadian university professors are conducting a survey that aims to find out more about what happens to journalists in Canada when they lose their jobs. Dr. Nicole Cohen and Dr. Andrea Hunter are working with a team of Australian researchers in an effort to gain insight into “the dynamics of restructuring in Canadian media.” If you’re […]
