Harma-Mae Smit

Edmonton, AB I explore the impact of faith on our action in the world. I also write opinion, personal narrative,…

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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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YOUR COMMUNITY. YOUR STORIES.

Stay connected with Alberta Magazines  

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Regret the Error

Everybody makes mistakes, but many common writing and editing errors are preventable. Craig Silverman offers hands-on instruction in spotting and…

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Digital Tools for Writers

In this seminar, Omar Mouallem addresses why you should store everything in the Cloud; how to organize and schedule your…

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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…

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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…

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Making Sponsored Content Work

With magazines, newspapers and digital publications turning to branded, sponsored and custom content for revenue, how can you best utilize…

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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…

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Design 411

You make a great-looking magazine, but you want to do better. You want to enjoy work more, sharpen your skills…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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Designing for Readers

Know your reader. Every art director and editor has heard this before, but how do you take what you know…

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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…

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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…

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Windspeaker.com

INFORM, IMPACT AND INSPIRE IS WHAT WE DO. INDIGENOUS AND INDEPENDENT IS WHO WE ARE.  Windspeaker.com is Canada’s national Indigenous…

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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…

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Tracey Anderson

 Edmonton, AB Tracey is a technical editor in the education field and a freelance writer for magazines and newspapers. She…

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Cailynn Klingbeil

 Calgary, AB Cailynn is a generalist writer for newspapers and magazines. Her work covers topics including crime, business, urban affairs…

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Samantha Power

 Edmonton, AB I’m a freelance journalist, writer, and editor with a masters degree in journalism from Carleton. I was a…

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Kevin Pennyfeather

 Edmonton, AB Kevin is a Carib-Canadian freelance journalist who tells human stories with accurate reporting, and analyzes creative work with…

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Matthew Stepanic

 Edmonton, AB A lover of paper and ink, Matthew Stepanic currently has more books than space on his shelves. On…

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Facing Facebook

As Facebook continues to change the way it prioritizes posts, publishers need to understand what it means for their businesses….

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Defining Magazines

Chris Frey is the Toronto correspondent for Monocle and the founding editor-in-chief of Hazlitt magazine and the Toronto Standard. A…

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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…

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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…

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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….

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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…

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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…

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Crafting the Perfect Pitch

  The key to stability as a freelance magazine writer is pitching. Pitch often and pitch well. That’s the only…

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Fact-Checking for Magazines

A fact is anything that is known to be true: the colour of a house, the balance of a bank…

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Errors & Omissions Insurance

Errors and Omissions insurance offers protection against lawsuits that can arise in the course of the creation and dissemination of…

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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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