Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer August 13-19

August 18, 2019 Editor News newsoff the wire

Once a week, we gather stories about the media business, journalism, writing, communications, and freelancing—with a Canadian focus—and share them in Off the Wire. Who needs a water cooler?

From Canada:

From The U.S. and beyond:

How to Write a Helpful Headline People Will Want to Click [The Freelancer]
How Trans Journalists are Challenging—and Changing—Journalism [Nieman Reports]
25 Editing Tips for Tightening Your Copy [The Write Life]
Why you're not hearing about America's wars [Mother Jones]
How to Launch a Freelance Writing Career: Answers to 5 Common Questions [The Write Life]
10 ways to get the writing juices flowing [PR Daily]
How to tell good feedback from bad [Freelancers Union]

Recently on Story Board:

Webinar -- Covering Provincial Politics: Join us for a webinar that will introduce journalism students and less experienced reporters to the basics of covering provincial politics. You’ll learn who the key players are, which areas of policy are widely covered and which get less attention, how to find information and what it’s like to be part of the press gallery covering Premier Doug Ford...

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Webinar: Covering Provincial Politics

August 13, 2019 Editor Event eventjournalismwebinar

[caption id="attachment_16076" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by Al_HikesAZ via Flickr.[/caption] Provincial policy touches every part of Canadian life. Schools, hospitals and police forces rely on provincial governments for funding; employers and landlords have to follow a provincial government's laws. Join us for a webinar that will…

Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer August 5-12

August 11, 2019 Editor News newsoff the wire

Once a week, we gather stories about the media business, journalism, writing, communications, and freelancing—with a Canadian focus—and share them in Off the Wire. Who needs a water cooler?From Canada: Postmedia announces refinancing transaction [Postmedia] A millennial's perspective on the future of journalism [J-Source] Competition for third…

Lessons from the Remaking Games Work panel

July 23, 2019 Editor Advice advicecanadian media guildgame workerstrouble spots

by Christopher Demelo Labour issues are quickly becoming the norm in the gaming industry. Layoffs, walk-outs, crunch, poor labour conditions and abuses of power are just a few of the ongoing issues that have been reported over the past few years.Cultural Workers Organize brought together a panel recently to explore some of the different…

Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer July 16-22

July 22, 2019 Editor News newsoff the wire

Once a week, we gather stories about the media business, journalism, writing, communications, and freelancing—with a Canadian focus—and share them in Off the Wire. Who needs a water cooler?From Canada: Media fund panel asks Ottawa to help small newsrooms and spend ad dollars at home [J-Source] UBC researchers lead $2.5-million journalism…

The Born Freelancer on the True Value of a First Paid Job

July 17, 2019 Editor Advice adviceborn freelancermedia workmentorshipthe born freelancer

This series of posts by the Born Freelancer shares personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? We’d love to hear from you in the comments. It's a warm day in July so I've selected a sloppy old t-shirt to wear while writing this post.It's faded over the years but has…

Media freedom global pledge comes up short: CWA Canada

July 16, 2019 Editor Journalism cwa canadamedia freedom

A media freedom global pledge that emerged from a London conference is laudable, but doesn’t go far enough, said CWA Canada President Martin O’Hanlon, who attended the July 10-11 gathering.“If you really want to make things better, you’ve got to hit the offenders in the pocket book,” said O’Hanlon. “Do that and things will improve…

Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer July 9-15

July 15, 2019 Editor News newsoff the wire

Once a week, we gather stories about the media business, journalism, writing, communications, and freelancing—with a Canadian focus—and share them in Off the Wire. Who needs a water cooler?From Canada: "Thunder Bay" podcast to be adapted for TV [J-Source] Canadian Media Is Getting A Bailout. Its Freelancers Aren’t. [Canadaland] Meet BIPOC of…

Toronto: Remaking Game Work forum July 17

July 09, 2019 Editor Event eventgame workers

Studio closures, harassment, crunch time, rumblings of unionization - game labour issues currently have unprecedented public profile. Join us at a public forum with game developers, media work researchers, and digital labour activists to discuss working conditions and social inequalities in the video games industry and strategies to improve…

Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer July 3-8

July 08, 2019 Editor News newsoff the wire

Once a week, we gather stories about the media business, journalism, writing, communications, and freelancing—with a Canadian focus—and share them in Off the Wire. Who needs a water cooler?From Canada: Where is the disability beat in Canada? [Canadaland] Vice reporter loses final bid to block RCMP demand for background material [CTV] How to…