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:

• Fair contracts for authors [TWUC]
• SABEW's Best in Business Canada competition [SABEW]
• That was the year that was: a look back at 2015 in Canadian magazines [Canadian Magazines]
• Montreal-based La Presse ends 131 years of daily printed news [Globe and Mail]

From The U.S. and beyond:

• The New Age of Freelancing [Huffington Post]
• HBO Lands ‘Jim’ Documentary About Freelance Journalist Murdered by ISIS [The Wrap]
• VICE reporter Mohammed Rasool released on bail [Poynter]
• How to Write: A Year in Advice from "By Heart" [The Atlantic]
• Technology trends journalists should watch in 2016 [Journalism.co.uk]
• 'Paper routes for a night': Boston Globe reporters deliver Sunday's edition [CNN]

 

Last week on Story Board:

• Visual and Interactive Storytelling webinar for members: Interested in interactive storytelling? CMG Freelance and CWA Associate Members are invited to a webinar with CBC interactive developers Alisa Mamak and Michael Leschart on Wednesday, January 13^th from 4:30 to 5:30 PM ET...

 

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.