Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer August 8-13 2012

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:

• Homolka e-book a publishing breakthrough [Toronto Star]
• Journalists sans j-school [J-Source]
• Melanie Coulson’s open cover letter for the Sun News Network job [J-Source]

From the U.S. and beyond:

• Wondering How Far Magazines Must Fall [New York Times] (via ‏@mediagazer)
• Are Tablet-Only Publications Dead? [AdWeek] (via ‏@mediagazer)
• The e-book lending wars: When authors attack [GigaOM] (via ‏@mathewi)
• More journalism majors finding jobs after graduation [Poynter]
• Journalists, writers remember author & This American Life contributor David Rakoff [Poynter]
• Journalism outsourcing company Journatic lays off staff [Poynter]
• 6 foundations tell journalism schools to change faster or risk future funding [Poynter]

From Story Board last week:

• Reselling: how to increase your freelance mileage: Story Board recently had a request from a reader for a post on the etiquette of reselling stories in the digital age. It’s a golden question for freelancers, isn’t it? How do you take something you’ve already written and squeeze a few more dollars out of it? I checked in with a few Canadian writers to get their take on the challenges of reselling…
  What It Feels Like To Be A Freelancer: This little video has been going around this week, striking a chord with freelancers of all stripes…

Spot a story you think we should include in next week’s Off the Wire? Email the link to editor@thestoryboard.ca.