Vancouver freelancer meet-up next Tuesday

September 22, 2015 Editor Event eventfreelance meet-up

Vancouver freelancers, there's a casual meet-up happening next Tuesday, September 29th at 6 pm at the Big Rock Urban Brewery, at 310 W 4th Ave.

If you're in the Vancouver area, you're invited to drop by for an evening of conversation and freelance camaraderie. Members of CMG Freelance have booked a private room for the event. When you arrive, ask the host or hostess for directions the upstairs boardroom.

You'll be able to order food and drinks in the boardroom, and the group will move into the general pub area after 8 p.m. for more conversation.

Hope to see you there!

Free podcasting webinar for CMG Freelance and CWA Associate Members

September 17, 2015 Editor Event cmg freelancecwa associate memberseventpodcastingwebinar

Wanna be a podcaster?JP Davidson's upcoming podcasting webinar will help get you started... or take you to the next level.In this hour-long workshop, Davidson -- a podcaster, radio producer and founder of the Canadian Sound & Story Workshop -- will offer insights into the state of the industry, the resources available, and the best ways to…

New Tyee Master Class series includes CMG Freelance-sponsored courses

September 03, 2015 Editor Event cmg freelanceeventthe tyeetyee master class

Vancouver publisher The Tyee has just announced their fall Master Class series and many of the eight upcoming courses will be of great interest to freelancers.CMG Freelance is sponsoring three of the courses, and is offering CMG Freelance members a $50 discount on the $200 registration fee. Non-members will have the option of signing up for a…

CMG Freelance to sponsor Tyee MasterClass on The Art of Crowdfunding

May 20, 2015 Editor Event cmg freelancecrowdfundingthe tyeetyee master class

CMG Freelance is teaming up with The Tyee to sponsor a MasterClass on crowdfunding that's scheduled for Saturday, May 30th. in Vancouver. The workshop, called The Art of Crowdfunding, will be taught by filmmaker and media activist Ian MacKenzie (Occupy Love, Sacred Economics). It promises to “demystify the world of crowdfunding” and offer…

Business Skills for Your Arts Career weekend workshop

April 29, 2015 Editor Event afbsartists' health allianceeventfreelance business skills

Edit (May 8, 2015): Members of CMG Freelance and other organizations affiliated with AFBS have so far had exclusive access to this workshop. However, as of Monday May 11, registration will be opened to the general public for a registration fee of $80. Click here for registration info. ----- The business side of a creative career can be difficult…

Media Works launch party April 29th

April 16, 2015 Editor Event eventmedia works

A media/labour project that has been in the works for several months is now ready to go, and there's going to be a party to celebrate. The Media Works launch party is scheduled for Wednesday, April 29th, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at The Foundery (376 Bathurst St) in Toronto.Media Works is a project sponsored by CWA-Canada in partnership with CUP…

SABEW Canada’s inaugural Best in Business Awards Night

April 09, 2015 Editor Event awardsbest in business awardseventsabew canada

The Canadian chapter of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) is holding its inaugural awards night next Wednesday, April 15th, at Valdez (606 King Street West).Among the 26 finalists for the awards are a number of independent and freelance journalists, including Trevor Cole, who is nominated in both the long-term feature…

Freelance Finances: Get Money Awesome!

March 25, 2015 Editor Event

Tax season is here, freelancers. If the thought of balancing your books and filing your taxes makes you shudder, CMG Freelance wants to help.CMG Freelance and CWA Canada Associate Members are invited to an online workshop next month on freelance finances:Get Money Awesome! Wednesday April 8 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.In Get Money Awesome!,…

Ali Mustafa Memorial Lecture

March 03, 2015 Editor Event ali mustafaali mustafa awardali mustafa memorial collectiveeventfreelance photojournalismphotojournalism

Update: the venue has been changed for this event. The new venue is Library Lecture Theatre at Ryerson University.Ali Mustafa was a Toronto-based freelance photojournalist who was killed while working in Syria on March 9th, 2014. Shortly after his death, a group of his friends and colleagues set up the Ali Mustafa Memorial Collective to honour…

Concerts in support of CBC planned for Ottawa and Montreal

February 04, 2015 Editor Event cbc

Two citizen groups are holding concerts in support of CBC over the coming weeks.A group in Montreal called Tous Amis de Radio-Canada has planned an event featuring 33 artists including Ariane Moffatt and Louis-Jean Cormier. It's scheduled for February 15th at 2 p.m. at Métropolis.More details and links to the Ticketmaster page can be found on…