Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Nov 19-25
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:
- How specializing serves your writing business [PWAC Toronto] (via @luigibenetton)
- Tyee meets fundraising target of $100,000 [J-Source]
- Don’t kid yourself: being a freelancer means running your own business [J-Source]
- Canadian Media Guild data shows 10,000 job losses in past five years [J-Source]
- Make this your new mantra for contract negotiating: Don’t make things worse for the next writer [J-Source]
- Thousands of cuts in the media industry [CMG.ca]
- What to say when you’re asked to work for free [Toronto Star] (via @datejieatcmg)
- Call for papers on unpaid internships [J-Source]
From the U.S. and beyond:
- Overlook the value of interns at great peril [NYT] (via @romenesko)
- 5 Tips for Coping with Freelance Isolation [Freelancers Union]
- 5 tips for personal branding on National Freelancers Day [Journalism.co.uk] (via @journalismnews)
- Writing For Free Is Not OK: Fed-Up Writers’ Guild, Freelancers Push Back Against Unpaid Gigs [IBTimes] (via @freelancersu)
- 6 Steps to Make Working from Home Work [Inc.] (via @freelancersu)
- Journalists are on the move in America – and creating a new vitality [The Guardian]
This week on Story Board:
- The Born Freelancer on Animation Writing, Part 1: In my last post, I talked about writing radio plays. I especially addressed those of you who would normally never consider such work and pointed out the benefits to you as a working professional. Today I’d like to talk about another genre that many freelancers might not consider but really should: animation…
- Social Media Tips for writers from The Freelancer’s Toolbox: Social media can be a real productivity destroyer, but Rebecca Coleman says that freelancers just need to learn how to use it well in order to reap its many benefits…
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 November 25, 2013 at 9:05 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
