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:
- Postmedia announces plan to reduce $648 million debt [J-Source]
- Who still believes Postmedia is Canadian controlled? [The Tyee]
- Shrinking press galleries leave little time for journalists to dig deep [J-Source]
- Briarpatch magazine supporters step up; it is going to double contributor rates [Canadian Magazines]
- Ryerson reporting project on Truth and Reconciliation makes waves [J-Source]
From The U.S. and beyond:
- Why Successful Freelancers Must Make Time for Self-Care [The Write Life]
- What to Do at Every Stage of a Late Payment [The Freelancer]
- How to pitch for the holidays [Mediabistro]
- 5 Ways to Set Yourself Up for Full-Time Freelance Writing Success [The Write Life]
- Vice Contract Requires All Rights, Photographers to Pay for Any Losses [Fstoppers]
- How BuzzFeed wants to use its social media acumen to take on the hoaxers [Nieman Lab]
Last week on Story Board:
- Freelancers helped invent digital communication tools to build online networks: Before the Internet and World Wide Web became fully commercialized in the mid-1990s, freelance writers and photographers began using computer networks as organizing tools as early as 1992…
- New monthly payment option for CMG Freelance members: Good news, CMG Freelance members: there’s now a brand new way to pay your dues…
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.