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:
- Chronicle Herald’s newsroom union votes to strike [CBC]
- Toronto Star closes Vaughan printing plant, cuts newsroom jobs [Globe and Mail]
- Chronicle Herald staff take labour dispute to Twitter [J-Source]
- Winners of the annual JHM awards announced [J-Source]
- Journalism head cautions recent grads about ‘scab’ work at Halifax paper [As It Happens]
- CMG concerned about increased media concentration in Canada as Corus buys Shaw Media [CMG]
- Postmedia to accelerate and hike cost cuts [J-Source]
- The Chronicle Herald contacts freelancers ahead of possible work stoppage [CBC]
- King’s Student Union, journalism school director, against scab labour at the Herald [Halifax Media Co-op]
From The U.S. and beyond:
- How Investigative Journalists Can Protect Themselves [The Freelancer]
- 10 More Mistakes That (Might) Ruin Your Freelancing Career [The Freelancer]
- Huffington Post Management Voluntarily Recognizes Employee Union [Huffington Post]
- How to preserve your work before the Internet eats it [Poynter]
- Calling all freelancers: 4 expert ways to manage your business this year [Mashable]
- How to prioritize learning in 2016 [Freelancers Union]
- 4 Reasons Your Low Freelance Writing Rates Are a Terrible Idea [The Write Life]
- Al Jazeera America to Shut Down by April [New York Times]
- Choose a main character and 9 other ideas for starting a story [Poynter]
Last week on Story Board:
- The Born Freelancer on Having a Business Mailing Address: It was late one night when a loud hammering on my front door interrupted an enjoyably quiet summer evening…
- Tricks of the Trade: Clever tips for finding stories at conferences: How do you nab great stories at conferences? That’s a question I’ve been toying with a lot lately, because in late December 2015, I had the opportunity to attend The Society For Marine Mammalogy Conference in San Francisco…
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