Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer August 13-19

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:

• Kirstine Stewart: From TV to tweets, a career worth following [Globe and Mail] (via @sladurantaye)
• Newspaper puts itself up for sale on Kijiji [Toronto Star] (via @sladurantaye)
• Paywalls are more prevalent in Canada than in U.S. and U.K. [J-Source]
• Toronto Star launches paywall [J-Source]
• “PitchFest” offered to Edmonton freelancers [Canadian Magazines]
• Globe & Mail to cease delivery in parts of B.C., Newfoundland, Labrador [J-Source]

From the U.S. and beyond:

• Are we living in a golden age for journalism? That depends on how you define gold [GigaOM] (via @mathewi)
• How to succeed as a creative long term: know your C.O.D.B. [Vincent Laforet] (via @paythewriters)
• The ethics and economics of paying writers with exposure and a byline [Press Criticism] (via @shanghaimyrick)
• 4 Ways Blogging Helps Build a Better Career [Youtern] (via @journochat)
• The 15 best blogging and publishing platforms on the Internet today [The Next Web] (via @journalismnews)
• Revealed: Sheryl Sandberg’s Unpaid Intern Disgrace [Valleywag] (via @Mediabistro)
• No pay for Harper’s Magazine interns [Romenesko]
• ‘Just Not Right For Us’ — Editorspeak, Decoded [Freelance Strategist] (via @contently)
• Pay the writer you exploitative fiends! [The Shake] (via @paythewriters)
• Don’t Work For Free! [Work Made For Hire] (via @freelancersu)
• Put These on My Byline: the economics of online writing [The Morning News] (via @paythewriters)
• Politico’s Getting Serious About Long-Form Journalism [Huffington Post] (via @Mediagazer)

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.