Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Feb 20-26

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: 

• Canadian authors respond to unprecedented legal attack from provincial education ministers and schools [TWUC]
• Ottawa to pledge $50 million for local journalism in budget [Toronto Star]
• HuffPost Canada keeps unpaid bloggers after U.S. counterpart moves to paid opinion sections [J-Source]
• Why the Toronto Star internship program was so unique [Toronto Star]
• 94 per cent of Canadians believe journalism is important to democracy, poll finds [Toronto Star]
• Canadian journalists see 17 percent jump in public trust [J-Source]

From The U.S. and beyond:

• Do you need to re-energize your 2018 Resolutions? [Freelancers Union]
• How much should I charge? Pricing tips from an experienced creative freelancer [Work Is Changing]
• How to quote prospective clients as a freelancer [Freelancers Union]
• Mic Editorial Employees Join the NewsGuild of New York [Newsguild of New York]

Recently on Story Board:

• The Born Freelancer on Role Models - In Appreciation of Arthur Black: I believe the freelancer you evolve into as your career progresses will very much be influenced by those you encounter early in your professional life...
• Why should freelancers have a blog?: Should freelancers have a blog? Is there any value in blogging these days? These are the questions. We’ve all heard we should blog, but there isn’t a lot of talk about why we should or what we should blog about...

Spot a story you think we should include in next week's Off the Wire? Email the link to editor@thestoryboard.ca or tweet us at @storyboard_ca.