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:

• Fahmy on foreign reportage and citizenship rights [J-Source]
• Postmedia brass pocketed bonuses for Sun acquisition [Globe and Mail]
• Digital Publishing Awards launched [J-Source]
• The Unbearable Whiteness of Canadian Columnists [Ryerson Review]
• Call for submissions: Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award [J-Source]
• Canada's new census needs to capture nuances of fast-evolving economy [Globe and Mail]

From The U.S. and beyond:

• Freelancers give advice on how to screen clients [Fast Company]
• 5 Platitudes that Characterize Freelance Life [LinkedIn] (via @LivinFreelance)
• How freelance journalists can (mostly) avoid working for free [Poynter]
• How to Stay Productive When You’re Working from Home [The Undercover Recruiter]
• How to find community when you work alone [Freelancers Union]
• Smashing the glass ceiling: Advice for women in journalism [Journalism.co.uk]

Last week on Story Board:

• 5 Snapshot Tips from a Master Photographer: Freelance journalists and photographers need to produce photos that sell, photos that stand out from the other 80 million photos that are posted every day to Instagram alone...
• The Journey to a Balanced Freelance Life: Working as a freelancer requires a rare combination of skills. At the top of the list has to be flexibility. Freelancers need to have the unique ability to dance with the uncertainty of what work will show up and when...

 

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.