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?
Money in the bank — tips for freelance accounting: Sometimes freelancers are too eager to jump into the thrill of the assignment without giving much thought to the business side of freelancing. It doesn’t have to be painful. The basics are simple: Track your work, get paid, pay your taxes, pay yourself. You just have to avoid making it a time suck…
Observations of a freelance writer/broadcaster at the NPAC Photojournalism Conference: While my friends and colleagues in the writing and broadcasting world were at the Toronto Canadian Media Guild conference this past May, I was in Vancouver manning a table at another media conference: The News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) Photojournalism Conference.
