Off the Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer September 11-17 2012

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:

• David Carr on newspapers, Twitter and citizen journalism [GigaOM] (via @mathewi)
• CIC-Walrus International long-form competition accepting entries [J-Source]
• The Walrus Foundation has built a new online portal [Canadian Mags]
• How much do freelance journalists make? [J-Source]

From the U.S. and beyond:

• The Longform Guide To Writing Great Nonfiction [Slate]
• Cosmopolitan posts big digital gains [Masthead]
• 5 tips for finding mentors in journalism, even if you don’t work in a newsroom [Poynter]
• Harper Voyager to Accept Unagented Manuscripts for Two Weeks [Mediabistro]
• About 3,000 former Hearst interns eligible to join class action lawsuit [Poynter]
• Evan Ratliff of The Atavist on the shift to device-agnostic reading [Nieman Lab]
• Newspapers get $1 in new digital ad revenue for every $25 in print ad revenue lost [Poynter]

 

From Story Board last week:

• Author Guy Lawson talks freelancing in the U.S. : Guy Lawson says he’s “finally now ready to be a writer.” It sounds strange coming from a man who’s been published by Harper’s magazine and has been on contract with GQ and Rolling Stone. But now, with a new book underway, Lawson now feels he’s achieved enough success to settle into the role...