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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 freelance professional media experience. Photojournalists, editorial cartoonists, columnists and broadcast producers are also eligible to apply.

Details about the application requirements are available on the Canadian Nieman blog. Canadians should use the International Nieman Fellowship application to apply.

For more information, email canadiannieman@gmail.com.

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. One of the best pieces of advice I ever received when I was starting out as a rookie freelancer came from a veteran writer and…
By Monte StewartThe dreaded phone call usually comes when Mark Reid is right in the middle of doing something.[caption id="attachment_17002" align="alignright" width="300"] Canada’s History magazine editor Mark Reid[/caption]“[After] 45 minutes,” said Reid, editor of Canada’s History magazine, “we’re still talking, because you don’t…
If you're looking for more work opportunities these days, hurry and register for the CFG's upcoming webinar How to Find Work. This online event happens on Wednesday, October 21st from 7:30pm to 8:30pm Eastern Time.One of the first member benefits the Canadian Freelance Guild established after being formed in April of this year was The Job Bank.…
CFG and King’s College present: Nonfiction Book Publishing: Tales from the Trenches Sunday, November 15 from 3 pm Eastern Time on Zoom Join Karen Stiller, Tyler LeBlanc, Christian Smith, Catherine Fogarty and Leslie Marion as they share their experiences as recent first-time nonfiction book authors. They’ll offer thoughts and lessons learned on…
by Don GenovaOne of my roles as Organizer for the Canadian Freelance Guild is to help members interpret and negotiate contracts they’re asked to sign for the work they are about to do. (Lesson One: Agree on the contract before you start doing the work.)With each contract I review, it’s almost a certainty that it will contain clauses which are…
CBC Radio's Doc Mentorship Program is once again open for pitches this fall.Experienced audio freelancers are invited to submit a pitch to the program, which is also open to all CBC employees – staff, contract and temps.The program is accepting applications for three different mentorships: the Doc Mentorship program,  The Current's Advanced…
Please join us for the Zoom webinar Strategic Storytelling for Non-profits on Tuesday, October 13 at 7 p.m. ET.Your webinar presenter is CFG founding member, writer, editor, strategic storyteller, and story coach Michael Strickland."We’ve been telling stories forever," he says. "Long before the data-driven annual report or flashy product video,…
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. September.For some, a beginning - or return - to school. (This year being more of a headache than most, thanks to the pandemic.)For…
A new Canadian mentorship program aims to help photographers from diverse backgrounds make a career in visual storytelling.Called Room Up Front, the program offers support to early career BIPOC photojournalists and documentary photographers.Vancouver-based photojournalist Jimmy Jeong said he started organizing Room Up Front because he noticed a…

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