Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer Nov 15-21

November 21, 2016 Editor News newsoff the wire

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:

Canadian news outlet aims to shake up local journalism by only sourcing stories from its members [Journalism.co.uk]
Democracy and the decline of newspapers [J-Source]
New journalism award to honour workplace mental health reporting [J-Source]
Canadian journalists push for ‘shield law’ to protect sources [Globe and Mail]
How Vice News is going to get young people to watch a half hour newscast [J-Source]
Announcing the NMAF Freelancer Support Fund [Magazine Awards]
Canada’s criminal libel laws may threaten free speech [J-Source]

From The U.S. and beyond:

8 Steps for Writing a Compelling Profile Story [The Write Life]
How to Gracefully Find (and Keep) a Writing Mentor [The Freelancer]
“Journalists have an even heavier task ahead” [Nieman Reports]
After Trump’s win, news organizations see a bump in subscriptions and donations [Nieman Lab]
5 Bad Writing Habits You Need to Break Now [Mediabistro]

Recently on Story Board:

The 5-Minute Freelancer Q&A #33 -- J.B. MacKinnon: J.B. MacKinnon took the time to speak with Story Board recently to offer some advice on creating feature stories, staying alert while working, and navigating the current state of freelance writing...
The Born Freelancer on Getting an Agent: One of the questions I hear most frequently is “Do I need an agent?” and if so, “How do I find a good one?”...

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