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:
- Broken Pencil magazine celebrates 20 years [Masthead]
- Evan Solomon back in political mix with new radio show on SiriusXM Canada, column in Maclean’s [Globe and Mail]
- Secret negotiations trading away CBC [CMG]
- Evan Solomon lands new politics program on radio [Toronto Star]
- Tech startup aims to connect journalists with subject experts faster [J-Source]
From The U.S. and beyond:
- 10 Smart Freelancer Tips to Use Every Day [Design Shack]
- 5 free video editing apps for journalists [Journalism.co.uk]
- Writers at Vice Media vote to unionize [WSJ]
- New service helps freelance foreign correspondents find fixers in faraway places [Poynter]
- Getting Paid By the Pageview: Good or Bad for Freelance Writers? [The Write Life]
- Why it feels like you’re always working (and how to fix it) [Freelancers Union]
- In America, only the rich can afford to write about poverty [The Guardian]
- These journalists are creating a freelance newsroom in Bushwick [Technically Brooklyn]
- How can we adequately fund independent journalism? [All Digitocracy]
- The Smarter Way to Set Freelance Writing Rates: Avoid Hourly Work [The Write Life]
- Journalists and hotel housekeepers: Why both need a union [Poynter]
- Top 10 blogs for writers [Write to Done]
- A list of hidden journalism-related social media groups [Poynter]
Last week on Story Board:
- The Deadly Sins of Freelancing: Relationships. Every successful freelancer knows that healthy professional relationships are everything. So if things aren’t going so well, perhaps it’s time to take a close look at whether you might be doing something that is annoying your editor/producer/client…
- Content Creators Coalition making inroads for artists’ rights: The Content Creators Coalition, an American organization that advocates for “creators of cultural content,” has had some success over the past few weeks with its campaign for artists’ rights…
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