Yellow Pages Canada offering content mill rates for app writing work
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CMG Freelance is advising freelance writers across Canada not to accept work from Yellow Pages that pays in the range of 6 to 9 cents per word. Story Board has…
The Born Freelancer on Interning for Free
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This series of posts by the Born Freelancer shares personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in…
The Unpaid Internship Conspiracy
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Why Toronto Life’s first intern backs the Ontario labour ministry in shutting down the magazine’s twenty-one-year-old internship program and others that don’t pay by Derek Finkle I won’t lie:…
Crackdown on unpaid internships a positive step, but the collective struggle must continue
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This week, the Ontario Ministry of Labour told The Walrus and Toronto Life to bring their internship programs into compliance with the Employment Standards Act (ESA). Both publications had…
What to charge for your writing
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by Rachel Sanders When you’re offered a juicy writing assignment, sometimes the fee seems less important than the experience, the enjoyment, or the byline you’re expecting to get out of…
Pay the Writers (and other ideas on the potential of the Internet)
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by Andrea Hoff The Internet is not only a place of connectivity, it is also a place that is constantly morphing and changing. That is something as writers we…
Yes, we are worthy: making it in the freelance world
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Hey you lucky, lucky Toronto freelancers, there’s another great event coming up for you in September. Yes, we are worthy: making it in the freelance world will be an evening of…
Canadian Intern Association holds first Vancouver meeting
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The Canadian Intern Association is holding its first Vancouver meeting tonight at the Firehall Branch of the public library. The Association was founded last year by University of Ottawa law student Claire Seaborn, who…
Unpaid internships under the microscope at last
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It seems as though the issue of unpaid internships has reached a breaking point this summer. The watershed Black Swan ruling last month appears to have led to a flood…
Striking Saint John 7 hit one-year anniversary
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Today is a big day for the Saint John 7. One year ago — on June 25, 2012 — the seven radio employees began their strike against the Halifax-based…