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 [J-Souce]
• Two ways to halt the decline of authorship in Canada [Globe and Mail]
• National study sheds light on journalists’ working conditions in the digital age [J-Source]

 

From the U.S. and beyond:

• How to not suck at email [Freelancers Union]
• Wrestling With the Ups and Downs of Freelancer Envy [The Freelancer]
• Condé Nast agrees to $5.8 mln settlement in suit over intern pay [Reuters]
• Pricing 101 – How To Price Yourself As A Freelancer [Career Foundry]
• Your Favorite Editor Just Left. Now What? [The Freelancer]
• On Location: A Professional Calling Card [Science Writers' Handbook]
• How Do I Find Specialty Publications That Pay? [The Freelancer]
• Tips for Making Sure Editors Don’t Skip Over Your Email Pitch [Mediabistro]
• How Do Editors Really Feel When You Negotiate Rates? [The Freelancer]

 

Last week on Story Board:

• Unpaid Pan Am writing jobs raise ire: Last Thursday, Toronto freelance writer and investigative journalist Andrew Livingstone ran across a job ad posted by the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games...
• Motivation and its evil twin: procrastination: To make a go of it as a freelancer, an abundance of motivation is crucial. But as we all know and hate, motivation doesn’t come in steady waves. It tends to ebb and flow over time, sometimes waning when we need it the most. Procrastination is one of those nasty habits that sometimes gets in the way...

 

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