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Online course: Getting started as a freelance journalist

Online

Freelance journalism is a tough gig, but it can also be one of the most rewarding. Led by established freelance journalist Abigail Edge, this online course will teach you everything you need to know about the nuts and bolts of freelance writing. Throughout the four-week course, you'll have the opportunity to submit to a virtual…

£150

How to Work with a Guest Editor

Online

Magazines sometimes use celebrity guest editors to create a buzz, but guest editors can also help you reach new audiences, develop critical conversations, and enliven your publication. What are some of the benefits, and potential pitfalls, of working with guest editors? Canadian Art‘s Editor-in-Chief Jayne Wilkinson and Features Editor Yaniya Lee, who is guest editing Canadian Art‘s Summer 2020 issue,…

Free

Prime Ministers, media, and messaging: communicating about COVID-19

How can leaders have democratic conversations during health emergencies? Is media meeting the challenge of reporting on these emergencies, for all communities? And what works better for COVID-19 prevention messaging: 'don't get it' or 'don't spread it'?

Virtual Coffee Break for Journalists

Online

Houston SPJ's virtual coffee break is a monthly opportunity to share your experiences as we navigate the coronavirus pandemic and its professional and personal impacts. We'll have a semi-moderated discussion about topics such as: 1. How you're coping with the coronavirus pandemic 2. Issues you're facing working from home and/or 3. Covering your beat while…

Free

Sourcing during the time of COVID

Zoom Video Webinar

When you can't take the best sourcing advice (get out of the office, meet with people in person, etc), how do you find and cultivate sources? Join this webinar to learn unique and innovative ways to get ahold of sources and convince them to talk.

A Conversation with Matt Purdy and Linda Solomon Wood

Zoom Video Webinar

Matt Purdy is deputy managing editor of the New York Times. Linda will be talking with Matt about reporting from the heart of the pandemic and what it's been like to guide the Times's reporting since Trump's election.

Digital Publishing Awards Soirée

Arcadian Court 401 Bay St., Simpson Tower, 8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A celebration for members of Canada's digital publishing industry at the Arcadian Court, May 21, 2020. Tickets on sale April 23, 2020.

NMA: B2B Luncheon

Arcadian Court 401 Bay St., Simpson Tower, 8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Join us for a formal luncheon on May 22nd at Arcadian Court in Toronto, which includes the presentation of the NMA: B2B awards. Tickets go on sale April 21, 2020, with discounted, early-bird tickets available until May 8, 2020.

National Magazine Awards Gala

Arcadian Court 401 Bay St., Simpson Tower, 8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

On May 22nd, 2020 members of the Canadian magazine industry will gather at the Arcadian Court in Toronto to celebrate Canadian creators. Tickets go on sale April 22, 2020, with early-bird dinner and show tickets available until May 8, 2020.

CAJ Cyber Happy Hour

Zoom Video Webinar

Connect with journalists from across Canada on Friday May 22 and learn about some of the best reporting of 2019. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT, we'll start off with a toast to celebrate this year's CAJ award nominees. Three of those nominees will briefly share the story behind their nominated work and then…

Free