Freelance

When it comes to freelance writing, how you get paid can be as important as how much you get paid.
Read More Continue Reading What it’s like to earn a living freelance writing in Canada

“In Canadian journalism, there is so much that isn’t written.”
Read More Continue Reading Understanding the publication is key to successful freelance pitches

HuffPost Canada’s blogging platform is staying open, even though HuffPost US has ended its self publishing contributors platform.

“As each country edition of HuffPost operates autonomously, our blogging platform in… Continue Reading HuffPost Canada keeps unpaid bloggers after U.S. counterpart moves to paid opinion sections

From ‘binders’ to meetups, writers are reaching out to each other.
Read More Continue Reading Freelancers, unions use social media to build online, offline community

Don’t fall into the trap of working for exposure instead of money, say experts.
Read More Continue Reading Panelists urge aspiring freelancers to push for decent pay

Continue Reading Canadian freelancers turn to the US market to secure higher-paying gigs

By Errol Salamon, Work and Labour Editor

Before the Internet and World Wide Web became fully commercialized in the mid-1990s, freelance writers and photographers began using computer networks as organizing… Continue Reading Freelancers helped invent digital communications tools to build online networks