Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer April 7-13

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:

• (Dis)liking digital copyright demands [J-Source]
• Canadian journalism schools and the internship issue…work for pay or pay to work? [J-Source]
• Canadian Journalism Foundation announces 2015 Excellence in Journalism Award finalists [J-Source]
• Personal branding in the digital age [J-Source]
• The One Thing Successful Freelancers Do Differently [The Freelance Hustle]
• Three things I learned from the CBC’s Doc Project [J-Source]
• What Can I Deduct — Tax Deduction Flowchart [Rags 2 Reasonable]

From The U.S. and beyond:

• 5 Things Successful Freelancers Do To Keep Their Sanity [Freelancers Union]
• 7 Things Marketers Should Know About Working With Journalists [Contently]
• Are You an Overworked Freelancer? 10 Key Moves to Avoid Burnout [Make A Living Writing]
• BuzzFeed goes literary, announces $12k emerging writers fellowship [Memeburn]

Last week on Story Board:

• The Born Freelancer on Nurturing Your Inner Terrier: You do not need to be born with an inner terrier to survive as a freelancer (I’m proof of that) but you really must work on adopting as many of their admirable attributes as soon as possible…
• SABEW Canada’s Inaugural Best in Business Awards: The Canadian chapter of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) is holding its inaugural awards night next Wednesday, April 15th, at Valdez…
• How Many Hoops Are You Willing To Jump Through?: How many hoops are too many to jump through when you’re applying for a part-time or contract freelance writing gig…

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.