The nominees for the Canadian National Magazine Awards were revealed last night and I received a nod for my work on Report on Business magazine’s Corporate Survival Guide, which was published last fall. It’s my first NMA nomination and I’m extremely pleased. I’m also happy that my friends Martin Patriquin (Maclean’s) and Giancarlo La Giorgia (freelance) received nominations. The awards …
Apr 30, 2008
Apr 22, 2008
On CBC Radio’s Sounds Like Canada tomorrow
I’m going to be on the CBC Radio program Sounds Like Canada tomorrow morning. The show airs at 10 a.m. local time across the country. (I don’t know the exact time my segment will air.) Orato editor Paul Sullivan and I joined host Stephen Quinn for a discussion about citizen journalism.
I was asked to go on the show because of …
Apr 21, 2008
Freelancing the future
I’ve been following Adrian Monck’s series (1,2,3) of blog posts about how “journalism is not to blame for the decline of newspapers.” The most recent one, which quotes from a post/speech by News-Record editor John Robinson, got me thinking about the changes we’re seeing in the world of media and publishing — and how these changes are impacting freelance writers.
The …
Apr 9, 2008
Love from Time
Time magazine has named 25 blogs to its First Annual Blog Index and, joy of joys, Regret the Error made the cut. I’m very surprised, not to mention thrilled that my site is listed among personal favorites like Lifehacker, Gawker, Boing Boing, and Radosh. The Regret entry is here, and you can also add your personal rating for the site. …