The Business of Freelance Series: Tax Time Tips

January 25, 2021 Editor Event eventfreelance taxeswebinar

Freelancer tax questions?

Wednesday, February 10th – 9 a.m. PT

(10 a.m. MT/11 a.m. CT/12 a.m. ET/1 p.m. AT/1:30 p.m. NT)

Marginal tax rate? Foreign income? Eligible expenses? Is COVID relief taxable? What’s different in 2020? New exemptions?

Join CFG and Shannon Lee Simmons, founder of the New School of Finance for a lively (yes, lively) Q+A session that will help keep you square with the CRA. Go to this link to register.

Member registration is free. Not a member? Choose the ‘Friends of CFG’ registration option and enter TAXINGFL to reduce your rate to $15 from the regular price of $25 for non-members.

Registrants will also have access to an ‘On Demand’ video once the recording becomes available.

2021 Travers Fellowship applications open

January 17, 2021 Editor Journalism bursariesfellowshipsjournalismtravers fellowship

Applications are now open for the 2021 Travers Fellowship, an international reporting bursary that helps finance foreign reporting projects by Canadian journalists working in any medium.Freelancers, students enrolled in a graduate level journalism or equivalent program, and full-time journalists are welcome to apply for the fellowship, which…

WEBINAR: Pitching NOT Bitching!

January 10, 2021 Editor Event eventpitchingwebinar

This week, CFG Guelph is proud to present: Pitching NOT Bitching! How to make a good pitch about a story and get published Online Zoom, Tuesday, January 12th, 7pm ETPitching is either something you feel challenged by or procrastinate about doing. No matter the type of article you want to write, a good pitch letter will get you noticed by an…

The 5-Minute Freelancer Q&A #44—Francesca Bianco

January 06, 2021 Editor Advice 5-minute freelanceradvicedave greber award winnerdave greber freelance writers awardsfreelance lifefreelancer q&agreber award winner

In this regular feature, Story Board asks Canadian freelancers to share a few details about their work habits and their strategies for navigating the ups and downs of freelance life.Francesca Bianco is a Canadian freelance writer currently living in Germany.Her Maisonneuve feature "The Hand That Feeds You," which is about the impact of the…

Submissions open for 2021 National Magazine Awards

December 22, 2020 Editor Event awardseventnational magazine awardsnational magazine awards foundation

The 44th annual National Magazine Awards are now open for submissions.Writers, photographers and illustrators who do freelance work for magazines are all eligible to submit their work for one of the 18 writing and visual award categories, which include feature writing, investigative reporting, fiction, photography and many more.The gold medal…

The Born Freelancer Says Goodbye to 2020

December 09, 2020 Editor Advice born freelancerthe born freelancer

This series of posts by the Born Freelancer shares personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? We’d love to hear from you in the comments. I can't imagine there is anyone who isn't glad to see the end of this horrendous, tumultuous year.Thinking about it, our first and…

New study on mental health and resilience for journalists reporting on COVID-19

November 26, 2020 Editor Advice advicecovid-19journalismmental health

by Lesley Evans OgdenOn November 19th, the Canadian Journalism Foundation held a webinar hosted by CBC journalist Anna Maria Tremonti, focusing on the mental health risk and injury of reporting on COVID-19.The webinar discussed the results of a recent study initiated when Meera Selva, director of the journalist fellowship programme at the Reuters…

WEBINAR: Life After Journalism—Use Your Skills to Shine in New Fields

November 17, 2020 Editor News

It's no secret that the number of places to practice journalism has been on the decline for years. Couple media concentration with copyright-grabbing contracts and not-so-suddenly journalism (full-time or freelance) is not an easy place to make a living.But journalism skills are eminently transferable to a number of different communications fields.…

CFG’s first Annual General Meeting scheduled for Saturday, February 6, 2021

November 10, 2020 Editor Event agmcanadian freelance guildcfgevent

NOTE: This event was postponed and has been rescheduled. It was originally scheduled for Nov. 28, 2020. In early February of 2020 members of the PWAC and CMG Freelance executives gathered in Toronto and over just two days hammered out the framework for what has become the Canadian Freelance Guild. We now have an active, vibrant Guild with an…

2021-2022 Canadian Nieman Fellowship open for applications

November 05, 2020 Editor News canadian niemancanadian nieman fellowshipfellowshipsmartin wise goodman canadian nieman fellowship

Applications are now open for a year-long fellowship that gives a Canadian journalist the opportunity to study at Harvard University.The 2021-2022 Martin Wise Goodman Canadian Nieman Fellowship is open to applications until December 1, 2020.Applicants must be Canadian citizens and working journalists with at least five years of full-time or…