Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Sept 27-Oct 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:

• Rogers Media reduces Maclean’s, Chatelaine publication schedules and takes four magazines online only [J-Source]
• Rogers Media goes digital-first with a bang in its magazine division [Canadian Magazines]
• Postmedia closes 24 Hours Vancouver office, but free paper to keep printing [J-Source]
• Canada’s access to information regime is systemically broken, says panel [J-Source]
• A new daily dawns on Vancouver Island [Nanaimo Bulletin]

From The U.S. and beyond:

• Want to Read More? Do it Efficiently With These Three Apps [The Write Life]
• If a Lawsuit Can Bury Gawker, What Could It Do to a Freelancer? [The Freelancer]
• Why journalists should learn how to code [Journalism.co.uk]
• 5 reasons to share your work-in-progress [Freelancers Union]
• 3 simple tips for better communication with your writing clients [The Write Life]

Recently on Story Board:

• Freelancer meet-up in Vancouver on October 3: Vancouver-area freelancers, come and meet some colleagues for a freelancers’ social night on Monday October 3rd at 6 p.m. at Central City Brewing...
• Are you owed money by Venture Publishing?: In December of 2013 we posted a story about Venture Publishing in Alberta. We’d been hearing from a lot of freelancers who were having trouble getting paid for their work in a timely manner...

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.