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 constantly revising the Guide rates: please send comments and submit rates that you have been paid in the past year. If you have not read the Guide for a while it is important that you read the introduction before going to the rates listings.

* Who and what is this guide for? * Accessibility * Privacy
Contents

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

* General advice for all freelances
* Broadcasting / Commercial radio
* Broadcasting / Programme support
* Broadcasting / BBC and national TV
* Broadcasting
* Crosswords
* Design
* Illustrations and cartoons
* Online/digital media
* Online/digital media / Editing and production
* Online/digital media / Writing and research
* Photography
* Photography / Books
* Photography / Broadcasting
* Photography / Corporate work
* Photography / Magazines
* Photography / National newspapers
* Photography / Production charges / exes
* Photography / Public relations
* Photography / Regional newspapers
* Photography / Videography
* Photography / Online use of photos
* Picture editing and research
* Print media / National newspapers
* Print media / Regional newspapers
* Print media / Magazines
* Print media / Books
* Print media
* Print media / Editing/producing books
* Public relations
* Public relations / Editing and production
* Public relations / Project fees
* Public relations / Writing and research
* Teaching and training
* Translation
* Whatever
* Whatever / Cancellation fees for shifts
General advice for all freelances
* What freelances need to charge and why
* Negotiating fees
* Rights and why they are important
* Commissions and contracts
* Getting your money
* Late and problem payments
* Shift payments - tax and time off
* Employment status
* Tax and National Insurance
* VAT (Value Added Tax)
* Setting up a company
* Tracking down pirates
More advice and links...
[www.londonfreelance.org]
* Code of practice for commissioning journalists
* Copyright guidelines for editors
* Confirmation of Commission forms
* Fees Guide contents page
* What you should know about copyright
* Rates for the Job good, bad and ugly
* Join the NUJ to get individual advice & representation
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Text © Mike Holderness & previous contributors; Moral rights asserted. The collection (database right) © National Union of Journalists. Comments to ffg@londonfreelance.org please. You may find the glossary helpful.

The National Union of Journalists must not, can not and would not wish to dictate rates or terms of engagement to members or to editors. The information presented here is for guidance and as an aid to equitable negotiation only.

Suggestions apply to contracts governed by UK law only. In any event, nothing here should be construed as legal advice.