Off The Wire: News for the Canadian media freelancer January 29-Feb 4
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:
- Toronto Newspapers Fired a Bunch of People This Week [Toronto Standard] (via @sladurantaye)
- The issues facing Canadian University Press and how it intends to tackle them [J-Source]
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Zoomer magazine launches “super site” [Canadian Magazines]
- 30 Tips on How to Interview Like a Journalist [Spark Minute] (via @Sean_Rasmussen)
- Al Jazeera America Has Received More Than 8,000 Applications [BuzzFeed] (via @mediagazer)
- How brain science can make you a better writer [Poynter]
- Commenting threads: good, bad, or not at all. [Scientific American] (via @NiemanLab)
- YouTube Set to Introduce Paid Subscriptions This Spring [AdAge] (via @NiemanLab)
- How to write using the buddy system [Poynter]
- Public radio’s looooong-term strategy: Have more babies, listeners [Poynter]
- Most newspaper stories are still too long [Newsosaur] (via @mathewi)
From Story Board last week:
- Vine as a tool for journalists: There’s been a lot of excitement this week about Twitter’s brand new micro-video app, Vine. Although much of the buzz so far has been about Vine’s seedier side, there’s also been some discussion about its usefulness to journalists…
- The Born Freelancer Looks into Self-Publishing: What freelancer has not dreamed the dream of self-publishing…. we think, oh, I won’t have the hassle of dealing with an indifferent publisher any more, I’ll just write my book and publish it myself and I will be free to carry on writing other books without any more interference or complications. Well, the reality of self-publishing turns out to be quite different from those lofty expectations. It involves a lot more time and a lot more work spent in ways most of us would never have suspected…
Spot a story you think we should include in next week’s Off the Wire? Email the link to editor@thestoryboard.ca or tweet us at @storyboard_ca.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 9:11 am by editor · · Tagged with: news, Off the Wire
