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30 Sep

TC Media revises freelance contracts

<p><strong>By Eric Mark Do</strong></p><p>Transcontinental Media (TC Media) has listened to its freelancers and <a href="http://m.ledevoir.com/societe/medias/388067/tc-media-s-entend-avec-ses-pigistes" style="font-size: 10px;">revised its latest contract</a> so that contributors retain moral rights and copyright to their work.</p>

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12 Sep

Forum Freelance Fund awards three journalists bursaries for conflict-zone training

<p>The Forum Freelance Fund has awarded three Canadian journalists working in dangerous conditions bursaries for safety training.</p><p>The Forum Freelance Fund is sponsored by CBC News and supported by Radio-Canada, CNW and individual donations, and run by the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma. Two of the winners will attend a course at Columbia Journalism School, and one will attend a commercial safety course, according to a <a href="http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1222835/freelancers-in-danger-win-help-with-safety-training" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>.</p>

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20 Aug

The challenges of investigative reporting as a freelancer

<div> </div><div><em>In this <a href="http://caj.ca//wp-content/uploads/2010/mediamag/Summer%202013/Media_Summer2013_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">special edition of </a></em><a href="http://caj.ca//wp-content/uploads/2010/mediamag/Summer%202013/Media_Summer2013_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Media</a><em><a href="http://caj.ca//wp-content/uploads/2010/mediamag/Summer%202013/Media_Summer2013_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> magazine</a>, journalists take us behind the scenes of their award-winning work, explaining how they got their stories, the obstacles they faced, and perhaps most important, valua

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7 May

Crowd-funding journalism: A new financing model for freelancers?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CrowdfundTop (2).jpg" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do</strong></p><p>Toronto-based freelance reporter Naheed Mustafa always paid her own way when she reported from abroad. But that meant that about 70 to 80 per cent of what she earned went straight toward paying for the costs of travelling.</p>

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16 Apr

UPDATED: OpenFile cheques clearing; money still owed

<p><strong style="font-size: 10px;">By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>Several freelancers say they have been paid by community website OpenFile, just seven months short of when it suspended publication.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>I have been paid in full by @<a href="https://twitter.com/openfile">openfile</a>. Thanks @<a href="https://twitter.com/wilfdinnick">wilfdinnick</a> . Take note, @<a href="https://twitter.com/rwjboon">rwjboon</a> @<a href="https://twitter.com/bbhorne">bbhorne</a></p>

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19 Mar

Writers’ coalitions against TC Media, Toronto Star new freelance contracts

<p><strong>By Paula Last</strong></p><p>When freelance writer Ann Douglas received a new contract for her parenting column in the <em>Toronto Star</em>, she couldn’t sign it. The contract, <a href="http://www.thestoryboard.ca/why-i-am-no-longer-writing-the-column-i-loved-for-the-toronto-star/">Douglas said</a> gave permission to third parties to reuse her work without or editorial control and denied additional compensation. </p>

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26 Jun

The Forgotten Hostage

She called herself a journalist; her critics called her a propagandist. She was vilified as a nutcase, a drunk, a fraud, a Taliban-lover, even a traitor. Nevertheless, Beverley Giesbrecht did […]

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23 Mar

An open letter to the Globe and Mail from an unpaid freelancer

After six fruitless months spent chasing an unpaid invoice from The Globe and Mail, freelance journalist Nino Ricci wrote the paper an open letter. Ricco wrote a travel story for […]

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16 Feb

New Globe freelance policy includes Toronto Life, Chatelaine as competitors

Globe and Mail staff may no longer freelance for Toronto Life or Chatelaine because the magazines are now considered competitors, TheStoryBoard.ca reports, adding “What’s more, the same policy applies to […]

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5 Oct

Ian Brown on why you should write

There’s never been a better time to be a storyteller. Writer Ian Brown on escaping the 24-hour news cycle and the hidden opportunity for long-process, long-form journalism.In the final days […]

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