Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts: Recognition where it is...
by Haseena Manek Whose are the stories we rarely hear? Who do we owe but never praise? The marginalized and the oppressed. The Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts was built on the premise...
View ArticleMassey College Press Club to host discussion on Idle No More
The Massey College Press Club has organized a last-minute event for Tuesday January 22nd called Reporting from Attawapiskat: Idle No More and Journalism in Canada. The Press Club promises ”a vibrant...
View ArticleJoin Story Board on Facebook
Want to get Story Board updates on Facebook? We can help you out with that. We’ve set up a Story Board Facebook forum for freelance-related discussion and support. If you’ve got questions for other...
View ArticleDigital Media Mixer in Liberty Village
Torontonians who work in digital media are invited to an event at the Brazen Head Pub on Wednesday, June 19th from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The event is being put on by MediaTech Commons, a CMG-run community...
View ArticleToronto Freelance Survival seminar set for September 25
Freelancers in Toronto and surrounding areas take note: there’s a day-long seminar approaching that’s designed to help you make the most of your skills and talents. The Freelance Survival Series is...
View ArticleCanadian Intern Association holds first Vancouver meeting
The Canadian Intern Association is holding its first Vancouver meeting tonight at the Firehall Branch of the public library. The Association was founded last year by University of Ottawa law student...
View ArticleYes, we are worthy: making it in the freelance world
Hey you lucky, lucky Toronto freelancers, there’s another great event coming up for you in September. Yes, we are worthy: making it in the freelance world will be an evening of discussion with...
View ArticleA few spots left for the Freelance Survival Seminar
Registration for the Canadian Media Guild’s Freelance Survival Seminar in Toronto closed on Tuesday, but there are still a couple of spots left. If you’re hoping to attend, fill out the registration...
View ArticleA few tickets left for Yes, We Are Worthy
There are only a few tickets left for next Tuesday’s panel discussion in Toronto, Yes, we are worthy: making it in the freelance world. Award-winning journalist and humourist Andrew Clark has been...
View ArticleLife’s a pitch (but freelancers together are stronger)
Nicole Cohen, Andrew Clark and Ann Douglas take questions from the audience at Yes, We Are Worthy. It was a packed house last night for the freelance panel discussion, “Yes We Are Worthy: Making it in...
View ArticleThe Freelancer’s Toolbox: Vancouver Session 1
Friday, November 1st 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Vancouver Public Library, The Morris J. Wosk Boardroom 350 West Georgia Street The Canadian Media Guild Freelance Branch cordially invites you to take part...
View ArticleVancouver resume and demo reel clinic this Saturday
Young Vancouver journalists will have the opportunity to get get some personal feedback on their resumes from media professionals this coming Saturday, October 19th. The mentorship session, hosted by...
View ArticleACJA Hosts Résumé Clinic for Young Aspiring Journalists
by Elliot Chan Competition is stiff for most career choices and journalism is no different. So, in the same way we keep our body in contending shape by going to the gym, we must do the same for our...
View ArticleCMG launching Freelance Fridays in 2014
Good news, Toronto area freelancers: the Canadian Media Guild is launching a new series of monthly freelance-oriented workshops. Freelance members of the CMG are invited to Freelance Fridays, a series...
View ArticleFreelance Friday #2: How to value your work
The second in the Canadian Media Guild’s Freelance Friday workshop series is coming up next week in Toronto. This time, the topic is Freelance Contracts: How to value your work, get it in writing and...
View ArticleCMG Freelance members invited to apply to attend CMG Convention
CMG Freelance is inviting active members to join the group of delegates attending the CMG Convention in Toronto this year, May 23-25. We have three delegate positions that will be selected through an...
View ArticleRemaking Cultural Relations panel discussion in Toronto
Toronto freelancers may be interested in a book launch and panel discussion about the socio-economic conditions of creative and cultural work scheduled for this Saturday, March 29th from 7-9 p.m. at A...
View ArticleCMG Freelance to hold digital media mixer in Vancouver
CMG Freelance is holding a free event in Vancouver later this month for workers in digital media. From writers to coders, digital workers all across the spectrum are finding it increasingly challenging...
View ArticleCMG Freelance holding fourth digital media mixer in Toronto
Toronto freelancers, CMG Freelance is holding another digital media mixer next week. Featured speakers William Wolfe-Wylie (Canada.com’s journalist-coder hybrid) and Sagan Yee (freelance animator and...
View ArticleVancouver Summer Writing Institute application deadline this week
This Friday is the application deadline for three intensive summer writing workshops offered by The Story We Be. The intensives range in focus from personal memoir to journalistic prose. The three...
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