More contract work and internships mean new journalists must learn their rights
As contract assignments and internships become more commonplace for newly minted journalists, workers more than ever need to know their rights.
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(Dis)liking digital copyright demands
Freelance journalists use digital communications to organize a collective fight against rights-grabbing contracts.
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Canadian journalism schools and the internship issue…work for pay or pay to work?
A look at the state of journalism school-sanctioned internships across Canada.
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Sun Media employees initiate drive to organize with Unifor
Pending Postmedia sale among employee concerns that spurred drive.
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Honouring Ali Mustafa, one year after his death
A colleague remembers Mustafa’s drive to cover issues in Egypt and Syria—and what made his status as a freelance photojournalist covering conflict zones particularly precarious.
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As paid work dwindles for student journalists, retail isn’t looking so bad
A U.K. publisher’s scheme to have students pay for their work to be published is the latest in a tradition of media taking advantage of free labour—one that hasn’t escaped Canada.
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LIVE BLOG: Ceiling, Cracked? News Women in Charge
Join us on Monday, March 2 at 6:30 p.m. for a live blog of the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s upcoming J-Talk. “Ceiling, Cracked? News Women in Charge”.
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Why does a freelancer’s copyright matter?
As a freelancer, why should you protect your copyright? What are moral rights, anyway? How might these issues affect you? We turned to some of the Canadian Media Guild’s resident experts to explain.
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Chronicle Herald locks out press room workers after failed contract negotiations
Thirteen press operators and mechanics at the Halifax Chronicle Herald were locked out Saturday, the company said in a news release.
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NPAC president John Lehmann on why volunteer photography is a bad idea
When John Lehmann, president of the News Photographers Association of Canada, heard that a Victoria newspaper was advertising for volunteer photographers, he found the news jaw-dropping.