As a freelance jouranlist, this latest memo from New York Times executive editor, Bill Keller, has me worried: — We expect to roll out a trim of freelance budgets within the next few weeks. Taken together, these moves will save millions of dollars — savings that would otherwise have to come out of payroll. So [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘recession’
April 7, 2009
Adbusters OK to sue CBC; From Mounties to Bolsheviks?; Toronto gets into movie biz but pussyfoots over coffee cups; Fighting attacks in Vancouver’s gay village; Poolside Breast-Feeding – HEADLINES 7 April 2009
Here are my picks for national news, written for Take 5′s morning newscast on 7 April 2009. Will unionization turn RCMP officers into a bunch of Bolsheviks? Yesterday an Ontario Superior Court awarded the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force the right to form a union. The court ruled the section of the RCMP Act that [...]
March 30, 2009
recession meal #1 – cod, old squash & my roomate’s rice
Despite my lack of a recession-induced layoff, I am shaking-down my piggy bank these days due to my New Year’s decision to try freelance journalism full-time. I actually have earned some pay cheques – it’s waiting for the cheques that’s making me blow up my bike tires to save paying for the street car. I [...]
March 6, 2009
Free ways to wish Toronto a Happy 175th
It’s the city’s birthday today but celebrations will last well into the year. Here are my picks (insert nerdy history bias here) for not-to-be missed, FREE, happenings: TODAY The Bohemian Embassy Revival – Toronto Public Library City Hall Branch 7-8:30 pm. Watch Toronto in Six Words: http://torontoist.com/2009/03/toin6words.php THIS WEEKEND Go to Fort York it’s free [...]
