Archive for October, 2011

Demand Media cuts demand for freelance writers

A week ago, Demand Media emailed its so-called “army of freelancers” to let them know why it was offering fewer writing assignments for its sites, including eHow.com. In the email, which is posted in full here on Business Insider, Demand says now that there’s a huge backlog of stories on eHow, it is shifting its […]

Posted on October 12, 2011 at 2:19 pm by editor · 4 Comments · Tagged with: , ,

The Born Freelancer makes a case for business cards

I was at a professional development seminar the other day and doing the  usual networking thing with fellow freelancers. When it came time to exchange contact info, I began to frantically look for a pen and paper. (As an economy measure I’m currently still operating cellphone-less.) One of my new-found colleagues calmly took out his […]

Posted on October 11, 2011 at 11:21 am by editor · One Comment · Tagged with: , , , ,

CWG/CMG representing Toronto Star and The Grid freelancers in talks with senior management

Do you freelance at the Toronto Star or The Grid? There have been talks between the Canadian Writers Group/Canadian Media Guild and the Star‘s senior management about the new freelance agreement at the paper, which contains a couple of, in our view, unnecessary and troublesome clauses. The most recent meeting took place in late August, […]

Posted on October 5, 2011 at 2:31 pm by editor · LEAVE A COMMENT · Tagged with: , , , ,

Written, Spoken, Told: Sex-Positive Journalism Workshop

Some journalists clam up when their work wanders into the realm of sexuality. What’s the right language to use? Where is the line between lewdness and frank discussion in sex-related stories? Others, meanwhile, want to become sex specialists but don’t know how to break into the market. To help journalists navigate these issues and others, […]

Posted on October 3, 2011 at 9:57 am by editor · LEAVE A COMMENT · Tagged with: , , ,