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:
- Postmedia plans to lay-off 54 staff at Vancouver Sun and The Province [J-Source]
- Postmedia cuts non-unionized staff benefits [J-Source]
- Journalist Facing Criminal Charges For Covering Indigenous Protest [Canadaland]
- New book brings academics and journalists together to talk about journalism’s future [J-Source]
- How to gain financial control as a freelancer [Living Freelance]
- No Safe Space: Harassment of Women in Media [J-Source]
- National Magazine Awards will be May 26; Digital Publishing Awards June 1 [Canadian Magazines]
- What’s at stake for journalists who use social media? [J-Source]
From The U.S. and beyond:
- Cha-Ching! Here’s How This Freelance Writer Made Six Figures in 2016 [The Write Life]
- Filing Your Taxes? Follow These Tax Deduction Tips for Freelance Writers [The Write Life]
- No budget for big video cameras? Just use your phone (and this app) [Poynter]
- How to Get Your Feature Pitch Accepted [Mediabistro]
- 8 steps for building your writing process [Poynter]
-
A Veteran Writer Reveals the Best Way to Find Freelance Gigs [The Write Life]
- How Mother Jones used its prison exposé to turn readers into donors [Poynter]
Recently on Story Board:
- Freelance Finance: By the Hour, or by the Word?: Freelance writing jobs are split into two methods of compensation; payment by the word, and payment by the hour. After doing some interviews and research, it’s apparent that writers pretty much fall into one camp or the other…
- Webinar: Storytelling for brands: Now, more than ever, brands are seeking the advice of artists (writers, podcasters, graphic designers, photographers) to help tell their stories in ways that authentically connect. The next in our series of professional development webinars will help you find success in this field…
- Off the Page, with Simon Diotte: This week we’re chatting with Montreal writer and editor Simon Diotte. He gained recognition for his 2016 National Magazine Award-winning travel story “Sur les traces d’un écrivain voyageur” (“In the Footsteps of a Travel Writer”) published in Oxygène…
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.