Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer May 17-24

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:

• What will sustain investigative journalism? [J-Source]
• Media and free expression organizations apply for intervenor status in Vice court case [J-Source]
• Striking Halifax Chronicle journalists amp up parallel publication efforts [Globe and Mail]
• Local Xpress launches full-service news site to compete with Chronicle Herald [CBC]
• Digital pilot project funding available [Alberta Magazines]

From The U.S. and beyond:

• The New York Times of the future is beginning to take shape [Poynter]
• Enjoying Life on the Road? 7 Ways to Do More Travel Writing [The Write Life]
• How to Stop Procrastinating: 5 Foolproof Methods for Writers [The Write Life]
• PRX is creating a new company, RadioPublic, to bring mobile audio to bigger audiences [Nieman Lab]
• Vice's Shane Smith: "Expect a bloodbath in media within the next year" [Digiday]
• Survey: How much do freelance journalists earn? [Journalism.co.uk]
• 5 common writers' blocks and how to get around them [Freelancers Union]
• How to Recover From a Killed Story [The Freelancer]
• 5 ways to process failure and emerge undaunted [Freelancers Union]
• The Rest Is Advertising: Confessions of a sponsored content writer [The Baffler]

Last week on Story Board:

• The Born Freelancer says goodbye to DNTO: After 22 seasons, what was once CBC Radio One’s weekend pop culture flagship show has signed off the air for the last time...
• Portenier Human Rights bursary applications open: Applications for the Portenier Human Rights bursary are now open. The bursary provides $3000 worth of hostile environment training to a freelance journalist or independent documentary filmmaker whose work focuses on human rights abuses...

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