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:

• Jan Wong dishes on depression in the workplace [Maclean's]
• Postmedia signs three-year deal with The Canadian Press [Steve Ladurantaye]
• Huffington Post Canada B.C., Alberta sites to launch in 2012 regional expansion [Huffington Post Canada)
• On Rob Ford, Daniel Dale and Fencegate: Journalists, stand together for access to information [J-Source]
• Publishing is still a thrill for innovative pioneers [Toronto Star]
• Is an interview with Brad Pitt worth $3,200? [Globe & Mail] (via @Naomi_Powell)
• Globe to charge readers for online content [Globe & Mail]

From the U.S. and beyond:

• Leaving the newsroom to launch online startups [American Journalism Review] (via @journochat)
• Journalism: Dying by a thousand cuts, or being reinvented? [GigaOM] (via @mathewi)
• How to filter out problem editorial clients [Freelance Switch] (via @EdGandia)
• Why ‘The Atlantic’ no longer cares about SEO [Mashable]
• Joe Weisenthal vs. the 24-Hour News Cycle [New York Times Magazine]

From Story Board last week:

• What was in reporters’ pockets in 1920, according to Ernest Hemingway: This week the Toronto Star launched a micro-site dedicated to a reporter who wrote for them nearly a century ago. His name was Ernest Hemingway. Maybe you’ve heard of him?
• Q&A: The Born Freelancer talks with Sam Levene about the life and times of CBC Radio drama: As a follow up to my previous post about the death of CBC Radio drama I contacted CMG freelancer Sam Levene whose excellent CBC Radio documentary on The Sunday Edition about “The Investigator” inspired me to write my post in the first place. “The Investigator” was a 1954 CBC Radio drama production that many still consider the high water mark in this country’s “golden age of radio” drama output.

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