Beyond the Employee Mindset: Julie Barlow on the Art of Going Solo
In November 2024, Crystal Fletcher, president of All About Canadian Books (AACB) spoke with Julie Barlow, author of Going Solo: Everything You Need to Start Your Business and Succeed as Your Own Boss about being a self-employed writer. Below is a summary of their discussion. From negotiating with difficult clients to crafting a marketing strategy, this veteran […]
Webinar: Are You Year-End Ready?
Love it or hate it, your financial year-end is coming to a close. Getting and staying ahead of this annual business deadline is critical if you want to keep the Canada Revenue Agency off your back. Our Experts Panel is here to help. Are You Year-End Ready? Online: Thursday, November 21, 2024 6 p.m. to […]
Webinar: Getting Canadian Government Contracts
Governments operate on an April to March budget year. Now is the time to access the largest employer in Canada: the federal government. Provincial and municipal governments can also be lucrative clients. With their tendency to spend whatever is left over in their budgets as the end of March approaches, it’s important to set yourself […]
Webinar: Working the Conference Circuit
Our experts panel will lead you through the pros and cons of the conference circuit, the ways you can benefit from choosing the right conferences, and how to connect with the various players you’ll need to make your efforts pay off.
Webinar: AI’s Impact on Media Freelancers
A panel of AI-engaged professionals will discuss these challenges: digital arts researcher Owen Brierley, PhD, who helped start us on our AI journey; Tony Stubblebine (CEO, Medium.com) who refused to license his users’ content to OpenAI and demonetized AI-generated content on the platform; and data journalist Jon Schleuss of the Los Angeles Times, president of The News Guild/Communications Workers of America, and lead of that group’s national AI committee.
Freelance Skillshare and Community Building Opportunities
by Amanda Maxwell Considering the freelance route, jumping from the nine-to-five into the freedom of midnight keyboard sessions in your PJs? Terrified but excited, and not sure where to go for information? While there are a lot of resources out there, they’re mostly online with very little of the personal touch. If you don’t know many […]
Content farms and the decline of long form
by H.G. Watson Want to get hits on your website? Easy. Just feature a list. “Here are the Best Dumb Things Ryan Lochte Said on His Reality Show,” or “10 Reasons Duke the Corgi Has the Potential To Be One of America’s Next Top Corgis” are actual articles you can find on the sites […]
Writing Our Stories: The Experiences of Women and Queer Journalists
By Ljudmila Petrovic and Angela Espinoza On April 3, the Canadian University Press and CWA joined forces to organize a panel discussion in Vancouver to explore the experiences of queer and women journalists. The speakers • Tina House, a video journalist for APTN, spoke of working in a bar and absolutely hating it, knowing […]
From the Toronto Star to Transcon…freelancers unite!
Yesterday, magazine writer and author Ann Douglas wrote a post for Story Board explaining why she quit her column for the Toronto Star. The tremendous response to her post – in the blog comments, on Facebook and on Twitter – proves how fed up freelancers are with the unfair contracts being imposed by publishers. Yes, publishers are […]
