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

May 07, 2013 - Posted by Tamara Baluja

With freelance budgets shrinking, some journalists have decided to take financing into their own hands and launched crowd-funding campaigns. J-Source interviews two freelance journalists who have successfully fundraised over $30,000 collectively.

UPDATED: OpenFile cheques clearing; money still owed

Apr 16, 2013 - Posted by Tamara Baluja

Cheques went out earlier in April, although not all contributors have been paid in full yet.

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

Mar 19, 2013 - Posted by Tamara Baluja

The Toronto Star and Transcontinental Media are getting push back from Canadian writers’ organizations over new contracts that writers say removes copyright as well as moral rights from the creator. Toronto writer Paula Last reports.

The Forgotten Hostage

Jun 26, 2011 - Posted by Claude Adams

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 something few Canadians dared to do--to venture into Pakistan's tribal regions with a video camera, looking for the "truth" about the jihadist insurgency. And she died under the most wretched circumstances. Her story, by freelancer Claude Adams.

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

Mar 23, 2011 - Posted by Dana Lacey

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 the Globe's much-hyped Oct 2 redesign issue. He's yet to be paid.

In a hilariously understated tone, Ricci describes his contract with the paper ("At The Globe’s insistence I was also allowed to put all my expenses on my own credit card rather than on The Globe’s, thus accumulating points toward eventual free travel.")

New Globe freelance policy includes Toronto Life, Chatelaine as competitors

Feb 16, 2011 - Posted by Dana Lacey

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 freelancers who contribute to the paper, most of whom don’t earn enough from the Globe to support themselves."

Ian Brown on why you should write

Oct 05, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey

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.

"I'm not your errand monkey": freelancers

Aug 10, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey

If you work from home, you may have already fallen victim to prejudice. Namely, that your office-bound friends and family dump errands and the occasional child on you...

New Rogers freelance contract demands rights for "all forms of media"

Jul 20, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey

Rogers Publishing's new freelance contract requires freelancers sign away their rights to allow the media giant to publish their articles across multiple platforms, "presumably for the same freelance payment," D.B. Scott reports...

Magazine writers slow to take up multimedia

Jul 06, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey

As the digital age continues to creep into every aspect of journalism, Susan Currie Sivek asks: why aren't magazines tapping freelancers for multimedia?

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