Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer June 18-24

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:

• Canadian media had the tools to to cover the MMIWG report with the respect it deserved. They botched it anyway [J-Source]
• Cheers with Peers June 24 [PWAC]
• How newspapers are using podcasts to grow their audiences and revenue [J-Source]

From The U.S. and beyond:

• Make sure you have these skills if you want to work from home [Market Watch]
• Dutch to act on freelancer pay, set minimum rate of €16 per hour [Dutch News]
• Covering Indigenous Communities with Respect and Sensitivity [Open Notebook]
• 5 plan-ahead tips to make digital client meetings more effective [Freelancers Union]
• Top 5 Productivity Hacks for Freelancers [crissibeth]
• How to Write a Professional Twitter Bio [Lifehacker]
• 10 must-join Facebook groups for journalists [Journalism.co.uk]
• No male editor has ever accepted my pitches on abortion [CJR]
• Why making a living as a freelance journalist is so difficult [Medium]
• A ‘disappointed’ BuzzFeed newsroom walks off the job [CJR]

Recently on Story Board:

• Five Things Freelancers Should Know About Conferences... And Why You Should Attend a Few: For freelancers, conferences are a double whammy: attend the right conference and you’ll get the ideas and the contacts for interviews at the same time...
• Toronto Worker Rights in the Gig Economy forum: Workers of all kinds are invited to a forum called “Worker Rights in the Gig Economy” on Wednesday, June 26 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at New Horizons...

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.