Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Nov 26-Dec 2
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:
- Why we should care when a community newspaper shuts down [J-Source]
- Diversity of media ownership literally non-existent in Canada [J-Source]
- Postmedia’s Godfrey saw total pay rise 50 per cent last year [Globe and Mail]
- Live chat on internships: No pay, no gain? [J-Source]
- Postmedia and union talks break down over contracting out printing of Vancouver Sun and Province [J-Source]
- J-Source launches new Work and Labour section [J-Source]
- Online magazine Hazlitt releasing a one-off print version [Canadian Magazines]
- Frank magazine is back to mock, provoke and expose [Canadian Magazines]
From the U.S. and beyond:
- Journalist creates web app for audio transcription [Journalism.co.uk]
- Check out this Storify on essential skills for journalism [Journalism.co.uk]
- Oldboy Poster Artist Gets Screwed, Asks Spike Lee for Help [Slashfilm]
- The Year of the Paywall [Businessweek] (via @LuigiBenetton)
- 5 tips for reporters entering the digital journalism world [Journalism.co.uk]
- US freelance authors file new settlement proposal removing cap [Canadian Magazines]
This week on Story Board:
- Pay the Writers (and other ideas on the potential of the Internet): The Internet is not only a place of connectivity, it is also a place that is constantly morphing and changing. That is something as writers we can use to our advantage….
- CMG announces tentative new CBC agreement, freelancer issues still pending: SoThe Canadian Media Guild has reached a tentative agreement with CBC, but there are still freelance-related issues to work out…
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 2, 2013 at 9:10 am by editor · · Tagged with: new, Off the Wire
