Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Mar 22-29

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:

• First winner of the Ali Mustafa Memorial Award named [J-Source]
• Publishing and 'unpublishing' in the digital age [J-Source]
• Toronto Star delivering the newspaper on tablet, but its audience may be on a different screen [Ryerson Review]
• Five things Canadian freelancers need to know about filing their taxes [Canadian Business]

From The U.S. and beyond:

• Unhappy freelancers invited to submit 'World’s Longest Invoice' [New York Daily News]
• Even busy freelancers can't afford to skimp on these 4 things [Freelancers Union]
• Meet the woman drowning out the trolls that harass female journalists [Poynter]
• For me, traditional publishing means poverty. But self-publish? No way [The Guardian]
• Testing its pay-per-article model in English, Blendle launches in U.S. with 20 publishers [Nieman Lab]
• 6 Actionable Steps to Attracting Higher Paying Freelance Clients [Creative Live]
• Why Isn’t Your Editor Answering Your Pitch? It’s Complicated [The Freelancer]
• Why Your Personal Essay Pitch Needs Both Substance and Style [The Write Life]
• How to make thousands in new income with just a few words [Freelancers Union]
• 3 Ways to Turn Freelance Writing Jobs into Stable, Recurring Work [The Write Life]

Last week on Story Board:

• Freelancers in conflict zones still waiting for fair treatment from the industry: The world is becoming an increasingly dangerous place for journalists. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 622 journalists have been killed as a result of their jobs over the past ten years...
• Digital media workers are unionizing like it's 1999:Gawker Media’s editorial staff ratified their first union contract on March 1 with their collective bargaining representatives at the Writers Guild of America...
• Unpaid Internships, A People’s History: Today, Ontarians—especially those in female-dominated fields like nursing and education—complete 100,000 illegal unpaid internships each year...

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