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5 Jun

Ask a Mentor: Tips for a newbie freelancer

<p><em>Ask a Mentor is a collaboration between J-Source and the Canadian Association of Journalists. The goal of the section is to provide advice to journalists and journalism students who may not have direct access to a mentor or subject matter expert on a particular topic.</em></p><p><strong>Question:</strong> I've worked as a newspaper reporter and have about five years of experience. Now, I'm striking out as a freelancer. How do I get magazines, which I've never written for before, to give me a chance? Should I take a course in magazine writing?</p>

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17 Apr

Freelance: How to do it right

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31 Mar

Remembering Heather Robertson

<p><strong>By Michael OReilly </strong></p><p>When Heather Robertson died recently, the world lost a great author and a passionate activist. I lost a friend.</p><p>The Heather I knew was a tenacious advocate for the rights of her fellow authors and freelance journalists. Although I knew Heather for many years by reputation only—a respected journalist and author—I came to know her personally as the driving force behind our long struggle for the rights of freelancers in this new digital age.</p>

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27 Mar

Live blog: Becoming a successful freelance journalist

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24 Mar

Ask a Mentor: Is my freelance contract fair to me?

<p><em>Ask a Mentor is a collaboration between J-Source and the Canadian Association of Journalists. The goal of the section is to provide advice to journalists and journalism students who may not have direct access to a mentor or subject matter expert on a particular topic.</em></p>

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21 Mar

Heather Robertson, a champion for Canadian freelance journalists

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Journalist and author Heather Robertson died at age 72 on Wednesday.</p><p>For more than a decade, Robertson championed on behalf of Canadian freelancers in two major lawsuits—and she won. In 1995, she went up against the <em>Globe and Mail</em> after it put three of her articles in its database. The lawsuit went all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, and in 2006, the ruling supported the right of freelance journalists to protect their copyright when newspapers put their work in databases.</p>

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11 Mar

Updated: Canadian photojournalist Ali Mustafa killed in Syria

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Mustafa_0.JPG" title="" />Canadian photojournalist Ali Mustafa was killed in Syria on Sunday.</p>

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16 Jan

Freelancing on The Hill: Q&A with Justin Ling

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Justin Ling_0.PNG" title="" /> There aren’t many freelancers who do what Justin Ling does.

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21 Nov

Don’t kid yourself: being a freelancer means running your own business

<p><strong>By Adam Stanley</strong></p><p>In journalism school, they teach you the “how tos” and the what ifs” of entering the world of freelancing and don’t hold back on cautioning burgeoning writers about the perils that lie ahead. What they don’t teach you is how to become an entrepreneur. You have to learn that for yourself.</p>

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19 Nov

Make this your new mantra for contract negotiating: Don’t make things worse for the next writer

<p><strong>By Ann Douglas</strong></p>

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