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:
- Tax changes could take a bite out of local news [J-Source]
- What the Giller Prize means to Michael Redhill [Globe and Mail]
- Meet the journalist behind The Sprawl, Calgary’s newest independent media outlet [J-Source]
- Opinion: Mair on media’s ‘unholiest of alliances’ with energy industry [J-Source]
From The U.S. and beyond:
- 7 people every freelancer should know [Freelancers Union]
- 16 fun gifts for writers [The Write Life]
- How to find and attract editors for pitching articles [Dianne Jacob]
- Revision: how long should it take? [Poynter]
- Are you undercharging? Here’s how to price your freelance writing gigs [Freelancers Union]
- This journalist built a tool to help others save their own archives [Poynter]
- The best automatic transcription tools for journalists [Poynter]
- Freelance photojournalist Alexei Wood faces criminal trial [Huffington Post]
- Three years in, Discourse Media looks to membership to power its national expansion [Nieman Lab]
Recently on Story Board:
- Reaping what you sow – Five writers talk about their websites: For most of us, writing is a business. And if you’re a businessperson, you need some kind of online presence where, at the very minimum, you can post your published clips to prove to a prospective editor or client that you are, in fact, a professional…
- Freelancers’ concerns highlighted at Democracy Project journalism summit: Journalists from across North America gathered in Banff last month to discuss the importance of deeply researched journalism in the era of alt-facts. And at panel discussions populated by major publishers and established journalists, freelancers made themselves heard…
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