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:
- What will sustain investigative journalism? [J-Source]
- Media and free expression organizations apply for intervenor status in Vice court case [J-Source]
- Striking Halifax Chronicle journalists amp up parallel publication efforts [Globe and Mail]
- Local Xpress launches full-service news site to compete with Chronicle Herald [CBC]
- Digital pilot project funding available [Alberta Magazines]
From The U.S. and beyond:
- The New York Times of the future is beginning to take shape [Poynter]
- Enjoying Life on the Road? 7 Ways to Do More Travel Writing [The Write Life]
- How to Stop Procrastinating: 5 Foolproof Methods for Writers [The Write Life]
- PRX is creating a new company, RadioPublic, to bring mobile audio to bigger audiences [Nieman Lab]
- Vice’s Shane Smith: “Expect a bloodbath in media within the next year” [Digiday]
- Survey: How much do freelance journalists earn? [Journalism.co.uk]
- 5 common writers’ blocks and how to get around them [Freelancers Union]
- How to Recover From a Killed Story [The Freelancer]
- 5 ways to process failure and emerge undaunted [Freelancers Union]
- The Rest Is Advertising: Confessions of a sponsored content writer [The Baffler]
Last week on Story Board:
- The Born Freelancer says goodbye to DNTO: After 22 seasons, what was once CBC Radio One’s weekend pop culture flagship show has signed off the air for the last time…
- Portenier Human Rights bursary applications open: Applications for the Portenier Human Rights bursary are now open. The bursary provides $3000 worth of hostile environment training to a freelance journalist or independent documentary filmmaker whose work focuses on human rights abuses…
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