Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Oct 15-20
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:
- When Iggy Pop can’t live off his art, what chance do the rest have? [Globe and Mail]
- How media unions are making strides to improve working conditions [J-Source]
- Ivor Tossell on journalism and personal branding [J-Source]
- How to make your journalism portfolio stand out [J-Source]
- 5 ways to have your most productive fall ever [PWAC Toronto]
- J-Source launches International Reporting Bureau [J-Source]
From the U.S. and beyond:
- How to overcome the fear of sharing your writing in public [Lifehacker]
- The Art of Street Reporting, Part I: Talking to Sources [The Freelancer]
- Use the 45/15 rule for productive procrastination [Freelancers Union]
- 5 ways journalists can find stories on LinkedIn [Journalism.co.uk]
- How This Young College Graduate Went From Unemployed to Podcast Wunderkind [Contently]
- Break Through a Productivity Wall by Cleaning Your Workspace [Lifehacker] (via @freelancersu)
- Freelancing is a Real Job: Tips for Responding to Critics and Skeptics [The Write Life]
Last week on Story Board:
- NewZulu Canada fills a need with its photography crowdsourcing platform: Legal cases that have arisen over improper use of photos sourced from social media over the past few years have demonstrated a growing need for a better system for crowdsourcing citizen journalism. Enter platforms like NewZulu — a crowdsourcing platform that recruits users to upload their photos of news events for potential sale to news outlets…
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 October 20, 2014 at 9:00 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
