Canada’s meeting place for freelance writers and creators

Established 2010

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?

 

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From the U.S. and beyond:

 

From Story Board last week:

  • Freelancer tax tips: If you’re starting to feel that creeping tax return dread, you might want to check out these tips we posted last year from The Born Freelancer...
  • Are publishers delaying the magazines best practices guide?: With the recent uproar over freelance contracts, the time seems ripe for change in the Canadian magazine industry. Last year Story Board reported on the long-awaited best practices guide for the magazine industry, a set of guidelines that could help establish professional standards for magazine freelancers, editors and publishers...
  • The TC Media controversy Storified: We’ve Storified the controversy over the new TC Media freelance agreement...
 

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.