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:
The casual sexism of being a female journalist [J-Source]- Precarious labour debated in Parliament [Rabble]
- Transcontinental employee suspended after heckling female comic at printing industry awards show [Globe and Mail]
- Can crowd-funded environmental journalism thrive? [J-Source]
- Female CBC reporters speak out about sexism [CBC]
From The U.S. and beyond:
- How To Keep Working When You’re In A Slump [The Freelance Hustle]
- Freelance with a family: Advice on making it work from one of America’s top rock critics [Fast Company]
- 7 contract stipulations all freelancers should know about [The Freelancer]
- A new website wants to disrupt how freelancers do business [CJR]
- The Freelance Rates Calculator We’ve All Been Waiting For [The Freelancer]
- How to break up with a client without burning bridges [Freelancers Union]
- ‘Don’t be boring’ and 6 other interviewing tips from Jacqui Banaszynski [Poynter]
- A Mental-Health Epidemic In The Newsroom [Huffington Post]
- PayDesk broadens global network of freelancers [Journalism.co.uk]
- Writing a book? 3 reasons to work in a noisy place [The Write Life]
- Introducing a global database for ‘fixers and facilitators’ [Journalism.co.uk]
Last week on Story Board:
- The Born Freelancer Applies for a Line of Credit, Part 1: Maybe you’ve received them in the mail too. Over the last couple of years I had got a number of “preauthorized” applications for “lines of credit” from one of the major banks. I’d never really paid any attention to them…
- CMG Freelance to sponsor Tyee MasterClass on crowdfunding: CMG Freelance is teaming up with The Tyee to sponsor a MasterClass on crowdfunding that’s scheduled for Saturday, May 30th. in Vancouver. The workshop, called The Art of Crowdfunding, will be taught by filmmaker and media activist Ian MacKenzie (Occupy Love, Sacred Economics)…
- Freelance Funnies: As a freelancer, you’ve no doubt read a plethora of recent posts about the gloomy outlook for journalism, and how tough it is for freelancers to make a living these days. Yet we’re a tenacious bunch, and there is much to enjoy and celebrate about our flexible jobs…
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.