Welcome

Welcome to the Freelance Fees Guide

NEW! Every section of the Guide is now just one click away from listings of NUJ freelances with the right skills, from the NUJ Freelance Directory. Look up the rate, find a freelance: sorted.

We are now revising the Guide rates for 2008: please send comments. If you have not read the Guide for a while it is important that you read the introduction before going to the rates listings.

Contents

Follow the links below to go to the suggested rates for each kind of work. There you will find links to further advice.

* Who and what is this guide for? * Accessibility
* General advice for all freelances (part list below)
* Broadcasting - BBC and national TV
* Broadcasting - Commercial radio
* Broadcasting - Programme support
* Crosswords
* Design
* Illustrations and cartoons
* Online/digital media - Editing+Production
* Online/digital media - Writing+research
* Photography - Magazines
* Photography - Public relations
* Photography - Corporate work
* Photography - National newspapers
* Photography - Regional newspapers
* Photography - Videography
* Photography - Broadcasting
* Photography - Books
* Photography - Online use of photos
* Photography - Production charges / exes
* Picture editing and research
* Print media - Books
* Print media - Editing/producing books
* Print media - Magazines
* Print media - National newspapers
* Print media - Regional newspapers
* Public relations - Editing+Production
* Public relations - Project fees
* Public relations - Writing+research
* Teaching and training
* Translation
* Whatever - Reporting / all sectors
* Whatever - Research / all sectors
* Whatever - Sub-editing / all sectors
* Whatever - Cancellation fees for shifts
General advice for all freelances:
* Advice: What freelances need to charge and why
* Advice: Negotiating fees
* Advice: Rights and why they are important
* Advice: Commissions and contracts
* Advice: Getting your money
* Advice: Late and problem payments
* Advice: Shift payments - tax and time off
* Advice: Employment status
* Advice: Tax and National Insurance
* Advice: VAT (Value Added Tax)
* Advice: Setting up a company
* Advice: Tracking down pirates
 
* Code of practice for commissioning journalists
* Copyright guidelines for editors
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Generally useful links:

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Discussion home
General advice
Photography »
Print media »
Broadcasting »
Public Relations »
Online/digital media»
Design
Picture editing
Illustration/cartoons
Crosswords
Teaching
Translation
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