Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Dec 10-16
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:
- Andrew Cash’s urban worker strategy bill tackles unpaid internships [J-Source]
- Pursue your passion – succeeding at specialty writing [PWAC Toronto]
- Research cheat sheet: tips from a librarian [Masthead]
- Rob Ford: Daniel Dale tells us why he’s taking legal action [Toronto Star]
- U of T and Western back out of paying royalties to writers and publishers for copying [Canadian Magazines]
- Ask a Mentor section to relaunch in January [J-Source]
- Reporter asks for $100,000 security in libel case involving former Olympic CEO [Globe and Mail]
- Rogers merges Canadian Business and Profit [Masthead]
From the U.S. and beyond:
- Against ‘Long-Form Journalism’ [The Atlantic]
- ABC News and Ted Koppel owe an apology for soiling the integrity of freelancers and the institution of journalism [Nate Thayer]
- How to Land Freelance Work with Social Media [Freelancers Union]
- How Uncoverage plans to democratise in-depth journalism [Journalism.co.uk]
- Like rest of the news industry, campus papers reach for new strategies [Pew Research] (via @NiemanLab)
- How Ted Koppel and ABC TV Tried to Steal my Life Work [Nate Thayer] (via @shanghaimyrick)
This week on Story Board:
- Freelancers report delayed payments from Venture Publishing: Venture Publishing has told at least one freelancer that it is behind in payments to its contributors,blaming poor summer ad sales for delayed invoice payments…
- The 5-Minute Freelancer Q&A #14 – Lyndsie Bourgon: 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...
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 December 16, 2013 at 9:05 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
