Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Feb 3-9

February 09, 2015 Editor News newsoff the wire

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:

MLA Andrew Weaver Wins Libel Decision Against National Post [The Tyee]
Layoffs and voluntary buyout program announced at Postmedia [J-Source]
Postmedia cuts national writer jobs, offers newsroom buyouts [Globe and Mail]
Freelancers fighting full copyright claim by non-profit media company [Rabble]
How Internet journalists *can* organize [CMG]
Egypt's jailing of Mohamed Fahmy: A timeline [Toronto Star]
As Postmedia Withers, Is a Newspaper-less Vancouver Imminent? [The Tyee]

From The U.S. and beyond:

4 common productivity tips that are actually the worst [Mashable]
10 Apps That Will Make Any Freelancer More Creative [The Freelancer]
The Most Important Skills You Need to Start a Writing Career [Lifehacker]
Freelance vs. day job: Don't compromise just to pay the bills [Freelancers Union]
How kill fees ruin writers, hurt magazines and destroy journalism [Scott Carney]
How to find details that make a powerful story [Poynter]
The Key to Keeping Clients Happy, Even When Delivering Bad News [The Write Life]
Canadian media startups are watching the watchdogs [Al Jazeera]
Financial Times agrees to pay all interns minimum wage for the first time [Press Gazette]

Last week on Story Board:

The Born Freelancer on Striving for Perfection: I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the relationship between those ideas which inspire me most and the monumental task of transforming them into reality...
Radio freelancers battle for copyright: In the two and a half years since I’ve been the editor of Story Board, I’ve posted all kinds of news and opinion pieces about negotiations and disputes over freelance contracts...
Concerts in support of CBC planned for Ottawa and Montreal: Two citizen groups are holding concerts in support of CBC over the coming weeks...

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.

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