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Please note that the suggested rates below are minima; that rates for copyright works are for limited licences; and that VAT is not included. See notes on negotiating rates and *find a freelance

Reporting covers a multitude of different kinds of work - from writing up council meetings for local papers that still bother, to translating scientific papers into something like English for Nature, to hanging around outside clubs to garner celebrity trivia for a bite-size TV spot...

This is an experimental list of all suggested rates for reporting, as a database "cross-section" across all publishing and broadcasting sectors. So the editors may be as surprised as you at some of what appears below.

For advice, tips on negotiating, etc, follow the link to the relevant sector from its rates header. There you will also find, for example, much better information on reporting work paid for by the word (or 1000 words) by print media.

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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.