Harma-Mae Smit
Edmonton, AB I explore the impact of faith on our action in the world. I also write opinion, personal narrative,…
Doug Horner
Calgary, AB I am a Calgary-based writer and editor with close to a decade of experience in the magazine industry….
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Christina Frangou
Calgary, AB Christina Frangou is a features writer from Calgary, Alberta, who covers medicine, health and fitness. In 2016, she…
Google Analytics 101
This starting-from-zero intro to Google Analytics with Graham F. Scott, Managing Editor, Digital at Canadian Business magazine, will quickly get you up…
Writing for the Senses
How do you write for the five senses and how do you use these techniques to forward the story? It’s…
Big Circulation Ideas for Tiny Budgets
Stretch. Pinch. Shoestring. If you’re helming circulation for a small, niche magazine, you’re probably pretty tired of those words. Faith…
Regret the Error
Everybody makes mistakes, but many common writing and editing errors are preventable. Craig Silverman offers hands-on instruction in spotting and…
Digital Tools for Writers
In this seminar, Omar Mouallem addresses why you should store everything in the Cloud; how to organize and schedule your…
How to Make Your Editor Happy
Omar Mouallem, award-winning freelance writer and former Avenue Edmonton associate editor, talks to host Käthe Lemon, about establishing a working…
How to Get the Most from Your Writers
Käthe Lemon, editorial director of RedPoint Media Group and the editor of Avenue Calgary, talks to host Omar Mouallem about…
Making Sponsored Content Work
With magazines, newspapers and digital publications turning to branded, sponsored and custom content for revenue, how can you best utilize…
Assignment Letters and Contracts
Are your magazine’s stories perfect from the first draft? Do you rarely rewrite content, and seldom send back multiple fix…
Design 411
You make a great-looking magazine, but you want to do better. You want to enjoy work more, sharpen your skills…
Give Your Audience and Advertisers More
A monthly magazine isn’t always enough anymore. Your audience expects daily engagement with the topics important to them. But how…
Advertising in the Magazine Business
After two years at the helm of Marketing magazine, Canada’s advertising and media source, Tom Gierasimczuk has profiled the business…
Profile Writing: Crafting Narrative That Resonates
You pitched an interesting profile story to your editor, and you’ve been given the green light. Now what? This webinar…
Interview Skills for Magazine Writers
Jacquie Moore, contributing editor at Swerve Calgary magazine, talks to host Käthe Lemon, editorial director at RedPoint Media Group, about…
LawNow: From Print to Digital
Kristy Rhyason, Communications Coordinator at the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta (the publisher of LawNow Magazine), talks to host…
Human Resources for Small Magazines
Small and mid-sized magazines are frequently bare-bones operations with limited (or no) full-time staff. To compete and thrive, publishers and…
Building Media Kits That Appeal to Agencies
All marketing campaigns are based around meeting certain media objectives. In this webinar, Carla Shaw and Robyn Dawson of Kick…
Using Digital Data for Story Research
Investigative reporters who once used print documents are increasingly turning to electronic data to research stories. In this online session,…
Business Planning in a Shifting Environment
As publishers continue to wrestle with the many challenges facing their industry, the pressure to draft and implement business plans…
Designing for Readers
Know your reader. Every art director and editor has heard this before, but how do you take what you know…
The Return of Print
At once interactive, personal, and social, a well-made print magazine has an essential role to play in people’s lives. In…
Making Social Media Make Sense
Social media is a key source of website traffic, an exciting way to showcase your content, and the key to…
Windspeaker.com
INFORM, IMPACT AND INSPIRE IS WHAT WE DO. INDIGENOUS AND INDEPENDENT IS WHO WE ARE. Windspeaker.com is Canada’s national Indigenous…
Julie-Anne Cleyn
Calgary, AB My name is Julie-Anne Cleyn, and I’m a writer and editor living in Calgary. In addition to having…
Tracey Anderson
Edmonton, AB Tracey is a technical editor in the education field and a freelance writer for magazines and newspapers. She…
Cailynn Klingbeil
Calgary, AB Cailynn is a generalist writer for newspapers and magazines. Her work covers topics including crime, business, urban affairs…
Samantha Power
Edmonton, AB I’m a freelance journalist, writer, and editor with a masters degree in journalism from Carleton. I was a…
Kevin Pennyfeather
Edmonton, AB Kevin is a Carib-Canadian freelance journalist who tells human stories with accurate reporting, and analyzes creative work with…
Matthew Stepanic
Edmonton, AB A lover of paper and ink, Matthew Stepanic currently has more books than space on his shelves. On…
Facing Facebook
As Facebook continues to change the way it prioritizes posts, publishers need to understand what it means for their businesses….
Adapting Your Workflow to a Multi-Channel Universe
Join TVA Group’s content director of multiplatform editions, book and special issues Jessica Ross as she guides us through the…
Mining Your Metrics to Drive Engagement
Digital strategy consultant Lisa Murphy deciphers the key metrics for driving traffic and engagement online. Which metrics should you be…
Optimizing Your Channels to Deliver Traffic
Join Dana DiTomaso, partner at Kick Point, an Edmonton-based digital marketing agency, as she teaches you how to think like…
Growth Lessons From Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies
What does it take to grow your magazine business in the age of fast-shifting advertising budgets, incessant technological change and…
From Hub Cigar to the New Yorker
Alberta-born journalist Jeremy Keehn fell in love with magazines at Edmonton’s historic Hub Cigar newsstand. Formerly the currency and news…
The Origins of Lucky Peach
Adam Krefman, founder of Lucky Peach magazine, sits down with Kathe Lemon, editor in chief of Avenue Calgary, to discuss…
Defining Magazines
Chris Frey is the Toronto correspondent for Monocle and the founding editor-in-chief of Hazlitt magazine and the Toronto Standard. A…
Publishing in Real Time with Chatelaine
Haley Overland, senior editor of social media for Canada’s preeminent women’s magazine, Chatelaine, discusses what social media can and can’t…
The World Report on Magazine Innovation
How can magazines embrace media innovations without being seduced by flashes in the pan? Consultant Andrew Rolf, former head of…
What I Learned After 40 Years at the New Yorker
John Bennet started at the New Yorker’s copy desk in 1975 and retired as a senior editor in late 2016….
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation
By July 1, 2017, all emailers must be compliant with Canada’s anti-spam legislation. If you do not know how or…
Building an Editorial Package Under Fire
When flames rushed into Canada’s oilsands capital, Maclean’s rushed its entire team toward the fire. One week later, that team…
Crafting the Perfect Pitch
The key to stability as a freelance magazine writer is pitching. Pitch often and pitch well. That’s the only…
Fact-Checking for Magazines
A fact is anything that is known to be true: the colour of a house, the balance of a bank…
Errors & Omissions Insurance
Errors and Omissions insurance offers protection against lawsuits that can arise in the course of the creation and dissemination of…
Contracts 101
Freelance contracts can range in scale and scope, but at their heart they’re all about the same thing: establishing the rights…
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