Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Oct 31-Nov 6

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:  National Magazine Awards and Magazine Grands Prix to merge [J-Source] The National Media Awards Foundation and Magazines Canada have merged their awards programs [Canadian […]

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Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Oct 24-30

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:  Stronger together: How journalists can collaborate [J-Source] CBC Short Story Prize juror Kevin Hardcastle’s 5 rules for writing [CBC Books] Government should not be picking […]

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Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Oct 17-23

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:  Live blog: The Democracy Project [J-Source] New Indigenous writing awards for emerging authors announced [CBC Books] Call for Judges: 41st National Magazine Awards [Magazine Awards] […]

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Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Oct 11-16

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:  Why is Melanie Joly ignoring the crisis in Canadian Journalism? [The Conversation] CHEK changed the channel and put workers in charge [The Tyee] Why […]

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Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Oct 3-10

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:  Canada’s House of Commons votes unanimously for press shield law [J-Source] What if we imagined a future where media workers were owners? [J-Source] A good […]

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Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Sept 26-Oct 2

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:  Support will continue for Canada Periodical Fund [Canadian Magazines] Heritage minister unveils ‘Creative Canada’ initiative [J-Source] Pitching: An editors’ roundtable [Maisonneuve] Carol Off’s new […]

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Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Sept 19-25

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:  National Post newsroom staff file to unionize [CWA Canada] Vice urges RCMP to drop demand for materials if accused terrorist long dead [J-Source] Journalism […]

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Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Sept 12-18

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:  Here’s what Jessica Johnson has planned for The Walrus [J-Source] Here’s why editorial staff at the National Post have started a unionization drive [J-Source] […]

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Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Sept 6-11

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:  Five totally awesome (and free) resources for journalists [J-Source] Announcing the 2017 Dave Greber Freelance Writers Awards winners [Dave Greber Awards] Here are the […]

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Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer August 29-Sept 5

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:  Globe and Mail axes Tabatha Southey, Leah McLaren [Canadaland] Malahat Review Open Season Awards submissions now open [Malahat Review] Free speech groups speak out against […]

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