Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Dec 2-8
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: How to be productive during holiday downtime [PWAC Toronto] Holiday cheer for wordy types [Masthead] How to connect with potential clients on social media […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Nov 25-Dec 1
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: Ezra Levant loses libel case, must pay $80,000 to man he defamed [National Post] Tax tips for freelancers [J-Source] Canadian University Press must reinvent […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Nov 18-24
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: Blow-by-blow: Behind the scenes at the CBC meeting in Montreal [CMG] Magazines win big at Canadian Online Publishing Awards [Canadian Magazines] Unpaid journalism […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Nov 11-17
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: Thousands march in support of CBC and Radio-Canada [CBC] CBC/Radio Canada in danger of disappearing forever [Toronto Star] Shameless magazine celebrates 10th anniversary […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Nov 4-10
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: Can you afford to be a writer? [Toronto Star] (via @twuc) Legacy of a Legend [RRJ] (via @timfalconer) CBC executive calls Ghomeshi ‘egomaniacal’ […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Oct 29-Nov 3
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 happened inside Parliament Hill during the shooting: Q&A with Justin Ling [J-Source] An interview with Jesse Brown, the crowdfunded journalist who helped […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Oct 21-28
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: CBC fires Jian Ghomeshi over sex allegations [Toronto Star] Postmedia losses deepen as print, digital ad sales drop [Globe and Mail] (via @jembradshaw) […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Oct 15-20
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: When Iggy Pop can’t live off his art, what chance do the rest have? [Globe and Mail] How media unions are making strides […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Oct 7-14
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: Jesse Brown dishes on Canadaland and why we need more media criticism [J-Source] What the Postmedia-Sun deal will mean for the future of […]
Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Sept 30-Oct 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: Financial Housekeeping 101: How will a financial planner help? [PWAC Toronto] (via @LuigiBenetton) Factual TV workers still feeling the squeeze [CMG] (via @karenatcmg) […]
