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¶December 2019 / PDFs: p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 ALL

* Reporting religion responsibly meeting report
* What picture editors want FT photo editor Helen Healy (short meeting report)
* Transcribers revolt at rev.com after rate cut
* Brexit update uncertainty, but Settled Status app for iPhone
* Insurance deals for NUJ members
* Don't let your membership go reduced subs
* Support Turkish journalists!
* Trade unionists targeted by spies report
* Video consortium meets in London again
* New member sees off retrospective rights grab NUJ helps
* Elections General Election monitoring and NUJ Councils
* Your rights as a worker get help
* Claim 'free money' for visual contributions now
* Nine days fighting for equal pay for Samira Ahmed
* Reviving radicalism the Claudia Jones lecture
* Delegate Meeting drill guide to the NUJ's 2020 conference
* New members meet next 30/01/20
* Warning to the self-employed: do your taxes! by 31/01/20
* What training do you want?
* The Trireme Award Belfast Telegraph

¶November 2019

* Put freelance fees up by 50 per cent orders Amsterdam judge
* What do picture editors want? meeting report
* Should you be getting holiday pay? Launch of NUJ campaign
* Nominations needed for seats on the NUJ bodies
* What training do you want? Tell your Branch!
*IFJ launches new insurance for journalists across the world
* Undercover cops and trade unions conference 16/11/19
* Confidence-building workshop save the date: 11/11/19
* Register to vote do it now - deadline 26/11/19
*Apologies for this website's downtime
* A festival for freelances in the Netherlands
* Festival of Italian Literature Members' discount! 2-3/11/19
* US small claims procedure edges closer amid shady lobbying
* Branch party time and raffle request for 09/12/19
* Meeting for members new to freelancing 31/10/19
* Second Video Consortium event 19/11/19

¶October 2019 / PDFs: p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 ALL

* Copyright law gets exciting perhaps too much so
* Don't fall for urban legends about Facebook and copyright
* Freelances matter at Trades Union Congress
* The excitement of video our event with Video Consortium
* No-deal Brexit looms - again
* Opposing the normalisation of lies at Byline 2019
* Subs rise needed to secure our union's future feedback please
* A podcasting renaissance short meeting report
* Easier transcribing short meeting report
* Training alert we need your input, twice
* Election calls: Journalist editor & Society of Authors
* It's Public Lending Right time!
* Branch supports member banned from Labour Conference
* Your Branch needs you chances to get involved
* You're nicked photographer Guy's 9-hour cell hell
* Tax warning! Online returns by 31/01/20; on paper by 31/10/19
* The Trireme Award Scribol
* Disparity - aid policy film screening 22/10/2019

¶September 2019

* Shorthand and transcription for fun and profit full meeting report
* When is a contract not a contract? NUJ wins member £8360 back pay
* Afghanistan Media for Democracy conference report
* Brexit update it's not good! EU nationals could suddenly find themselves living illegally in the UK
* Byline festival full report
* Attention! PressTV

¶August 2019

* Photographers warned: don't sign unfair contracts for Ariana Grande gigs
* A podcasting renaissance meeting report
* NUJ gets photographers access to Pride
* No-deal Brexit looms
* Freelance Salon Wales book now for 12/10/19
* Dublin Freelance Forum book now for 21/10/19
* FREE tax seminar for freelance members 05/09/19
* US creators seek small claims procedure
* Free training course needs you to test your skills
* NUJ condemns misleading ads at TUC Disabled Workers' Conference

¶July 2019 / PDFs: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ALL

* NUJ women's photography event is a hit
* The resourcefulness of fixers meeting report
* Support the writers! All-Party Writers' Group inquiry into authors' earnings
* Together in Tunis International Federation impressions
* Transcription? Aaaaaargh... solving the the freelance writer's nightmare?
* Byline Festival reduction for NUJ members 23-26/08/19
* The Gong LADbible
* LETTER Travel check on Culture Trip
* LETTER Can we give this survillance story legs?
* New members meet next 25/07/19
* Video Consortium event 04/09/19

¶June 2019

* Universal Credit Woes confidential stories sought
* NUJ Women in Photography event 19/06/19
* NUJ freelance survey tell your union what you need
* Make a living being a specialist meeting report updated
* Reduced rate union subs pay no more than 1 per cent
* Local authority demanding Quality Management and Assurance Systems? Members contact the NUJ Freelance Office
* Improve Union democracy NUJ seeks your input on accessibility of its Delegate Meetings by 21/06/19
* Brighton Freelance Forum by the Sea 08/06/19
* Court defers judgement for Dutch journalists over low fees
* Brexit update visa-free travel for UK nationals in the EU post-Brexit, but make sure you've got six months on your passport

¶May 2019 / PDFs: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ALL

* LFB course: Deeper into data journalism book now for 28/06/19
* Remembering Lyra McKee journalist killed in Derry
* Covering complex chaos meeting report
* Photographers! Help! send your rates
* £6k payout for stolen work with the NUJ's help
* Better copyright through Brussels
* TUC Women's Conference 2019
* International Journalism Festival 2019
* Children need lie-detectors media literacy workshop
* Brexit? Brexisn't yet! thorough advice
* Register for the European elections by 07/05/19
* Fair Pay for Freelancers campaigner meets LFB
* Work for local papers 'as important as the nationals' Dutch court to be told
* RIP Lyra McKee vigil at St Bride's Church 24/04/19
* How members can get Apple discounts
* NUJ Informed news from NUJ National Executive
* New members meet next 25/07/19
* Advice on Settled Status in London
* Byline Festival offers discounts for NUJ members
* The Trireme Award Belfast Telegraph

¶April 2019 - Online only

* Freelances come together The Frontline Club meets London Freelance Branch 12/04/19
* Meet the union's Book Branch 11/04/19
* Back in Geneva stately proceedings of international ©
* Brexit update the day after Brexit was supposed to happen
* European Parliament elections EU nationals register to vote by 11/04/19
* Making Tax Digital is coming most freelances probably unaffected for now - free seminar 08/05/19
* New NUJ 'What does the NUJ do for freelances?' recruitment video feat. journalist paid £6500 for unauthorised used of their video
* LFB's student recruitment team visits University of Roehampton and University of East London

¶March 2019 / PDFs: p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 ALL

* Pay gap and harassment haven't gone away TUC Women's Conference 2019
* Copyright battle heats up in Brussels Directive passed
* European journalists launch manifesto for European elections
* Copyright: a tragedy in three acts why creators need paid
* Dr Brexit - our meeting with advice on Settled Status
* Sharing the secrets of their success meeting report
* EU Settled Status guidance from the NUJ
* Watch for news of strikes at Newsquest and INM
* No-deal Brexit scenario travel advisory
* Seek redress for Universal Credit woes call for evidence
* What fate for UK expats?
* Brief support from an unexpected quarter
* How are copyright changes going? - government consults
* Please petition against book theft
* Members' Apple discounts are back
* David Bailey takes up NUJ Life Membership at year-end do
* Charitable deeds aid members in need what does being a welfare officer involve?
* New members meet 25/04/19

¶February 2019 - Online only

* New copyright directive is a step in the right direction but could still be improved Update: EU Commission echo of Freelance analysis gets taken down
* Advice on settled status for NUJ members
* Have you been moved to Universal Credit and subjected to the Minimum Income Floor? Get in touch
* Join ALCS (or DACS) to get FREE MONEY - by 28/02/19
* NUJ members vote for strike action - at Belfast Telegraph
* Dutch photographers in day of action and strike over falling photo rates
* Support the Stansted 15! 'anti-terror' laws' implications for journalists
* Freelances - and their copyright - remembered in House Agreement at Trinity Mirror Merseyside
* The Gong - The Pool freezes freelance commissioning
* London Freelance Branch welcomes new and re-elected Committee members still some vacancies

¶January 2019 - Online only

* No-deal Brexit - emergency contingency planning update
* Witch Walks writer wins £19k from flagrant council website
* What to do if you are an EU national in the UK Brexit update
* What to do if you are a UK national in the EU Brexit update
* European journalists launch manifesto for European elections
* Possible further industrial action at Newsquest Cumbria watch for strike dates
* Chinese censorship forces rewrite printer can't put China in 'bad light'
* Gig economy update proposed changes law, Uber, Deliveroo and NG27 in court, Games Workers Unite UK union formed
* Work experience: exploiting the dream new NUJ guidelines on work experience
* A little collective negotiation sees off an all-rights grab
* Stand with the National Gallery 27!
* Possible further industrial action at Newsquest Cumbria watch for strike dates
* Branch party report

¶December 2018 p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 ALL

* Branch seeks new blood! elections at Branch AGM 14/01/19
* Can AI assist us? short meeting report
* Brexit mystery deepens watch for updates
* Salon sell-out success! we investigated investigative journalism
* 'Universal Credit' - bad for freelances
* Copyright opposition gets weirder updated
* Confirmed: you have a right to record Council meetings
* Beware the Purchase Order possible payment procrastination
* Afghanistan update LFB contacts with newly united journalist union
* Leveson 2 inquiry stays dead
* Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom (North) alive and well
* LFB supports the National Gallery 27
* The Freelance regrets the errors...
* The Gong a general exhortation
* New Members meet! 31/01/19
* New recruitment posters from the NUJ
* Trades Councils need you Hammersmith and Fulham - Kensington and Chelsea & others

¶November 2018 - Online only

* Rise of the machines Artificial Intelligence long November meeting report
* Have a Johnston Press pension? Get in touch!
* Submit details of your articles for free money! - by 30/11/18
* Brexit update - UK nationals in the EU
* Brexit update: evidence your residence! Applications for EU nationals in the UK open 30/03/19
* Training alert let's get better deals full; freedom of information
* Yet another way to rip off freelances watch for the X-factor
* Stern warning to do your taxes by 31/01/19
* Leveson 2 Judicial Review result due in December
* LFB recruits among students at City University
* The Chapel Bar to re-open

¶October 2018 p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 ALL

* Freelance Salon: Investigative journalism lives! FULL
* Internet not broken copyright on the mend
* What's happening with the Cairncross Review of the media?
* What do we want from the Cairncross Review?
* Congress and a lifetime of harassment TUC report
* Witch Walks writer wins £19k from flagrant council website
* Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture in Black History Month 11/10/18
* Introduction to data journalism book now for this Branch course on 19/10/18
* Dublin Freelance Forum 15/10/18
* Journos in peril and what the IFJ is doing
* We hear of the plight of journalists in Afghanistan
* EU nationals 'can stay' if no-deal Brexit
* Precarious prospect of Brits in EU
* Goodbye to media freedom campaign
* Festival of Italian Literature in London 27-28/10/18
* Class 2 NI contributions to stay for now
* Church backs NUJ no-nukes policy
* LFB recruits among journalism students 03/12/18
* Cuban exhibition until 30/10/18
* Branch committee vacancies would you be a welfare officer?
* The Gong a Trinity Mirror title
* Vacancies on NUJ Councils

¶September 2018 - Online only

* Support journos in peril in Afghanistan and worldwide - meeting report
* No guineas the mystery of an anti-copyright corporation
* Brexit update possible no-deal nightmare looms
* Campaigners can go to court to force press inquiry
* A copyright crunch point - the Directive passes the Parliament
* Of course it rained. It was a festival! LFB at Byline 2018
* New members meet 25/10/18

¶August 2018 / PDFs: p1 p2 p3 p4 ALL

* Tax seminar for you 24/09/18
* Court of Justice sees sense over copying phew!
* Weird Wings over Scotland row a win for Google
* Close the pay gap! LFB meeting report
* Women doing less badly our freelance rates gender survey
* First steps in freelancing course 05/10/18
* Moral rights and fake news we object to lies
* LFB's mission to Afghanistan committee member's trip
* Freelance Fees Guide update new suggestions for print rates
* London Freelance is at the Byline festival lineup for 26/08/18
* Jenny gets a Gold Medal Branch Treasurer honoured
* New members meet 25/10/18
* Training alert
* Brighton Branch social gathering 22/08/18
* The Trireme Award Rex Features / Shutterstock

¶July 2018 / PDFs: p1 p1 p3 p4 ALL

* Close the pay gap! longer LFB meeting report
* Crunch vote for copyright in Europe can you write to your Members of the European Parliament?
* Working with whistleblowers meeting report
* Brexit and freelances brief advice
* Brexit: a million different stories meeting report
* Solidarity with BuzzFeed News journalists
* Defending your copyright in Brussels and Geneva
* Tell Parliamentarians about earnings issues
* Precarious work - courts rule
* Cairncross Review into the sustainability of high-quality journalism in the UK - call for evidence - deadline 07/09/18
* Potter's unicorn jinxes magnate copyright storm on a coffee mug
* Crack troops: send your unfair contracts now!
* Payment promised for e-book lending
* Festivals for fun and profit send the rates you got!
* Byline Festival 24-27 August
* New members meet 26/07/18
* A new Organiser in the Freelance Office
* Palestinian journalists under attack NUJ public meeting in parliament 04/07/18
* Training alert one course postponed
* Contact the Freelance if you had work in Camerawork
* About a motion procedure explained
* The Trireme Award the Spectator

¶June 2018 - Online only

* Work with whistleblowers advice and meeting report
* Brexit and 'settled status' for freelances full meeting report
* Precarious work update IWGB crowdfunding Deliveroo case
* Training alert Data Journalism course & more
* Do you check proofs? member doing survey
* Trades Council needs you! Kensington, Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham

¶May 2018 / PDFs: p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 ALL

* Where are the women cartoonists? meeting report
* After 25 years, online violations pay out
* Resist a payment-on-publication nightmare
* In news we trust short meeting report
* NUJ member takes Brexit to task update
* #useitpayforit & revenge on those who don't
* Enforce moral rights to fight misinformation World Copyright Day statement
* La Stampa and the Trust Project
* A member-led union goes through the motions
* Copyright is a bit eventful
* Protect your Public Lending Right payments
* PRESIDENT'S PLATFORM Taking stock - the outgoing President's submission to the NUJ's annual report
* Equalities and other reports online
* Self-funded training off-tax: give your views
* Precarious work: give your views
* The Branch Committee
* New members meet 26/07/18
* Training alert
* The Trireme Award book publisher skirting illegality

¶April 2018 - Online only

* In news we trust - long meeting report
* Precarious work: give your views
* Where are the women cartoonists? long meeting report
* TUC Women's Conference 2018 - report
* Brexit update - the transition timetable and challenges
* PRESIDENT'S PLATFORM Say 'no' to handing NUJ funds to political parties
* PRESIDENT'S PLATFORM Collective action is key to better terms
* PRESIDENT'S PLATFORM Charging boosts photographers - the NUJ says amateurs should demand payment
* Do you have a new BBC contract? Get in touch!
* Tax seminar for you 22/05/18 and 24/09/18

¶February 2019 - Online only

¶March 2018 - / PDFs: p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 ALL

* National Insurance updated fill gaps for a better pension
* PRESIDENT'S PLATFORM Shoe-leather journos required for government press review
* Keeping up to data protection discussion
* A few clues for EU nationals post-Brexit
* Windfall payments add up we need contract review
* Crowdfund to stop the Murdoch bid for Sky
* A call for rights for casual workers
* Gig economy companies 'game the system'
* Crackdown on intern exploitation the taxman acts
* The Freelance Office vale John Toner
* Lords call for new press inquiry
* Branch annual reports are here
* Freelances at Nautilus magazine Tweet for pay
* Europe has a free press enforcer again
* Ministry of Late Payments
* Libel update coming in Scotland probably for the better
* #useitpayforit because images are worth it
* Express way to join the Mirror
* A year in DC? Fellowship deadline 03/03/18
* Training for freelances
* The Trireme Award UK Rock&Roll

¶February 2018 - Online only

* PRESIDENT'S PLATFORM On the source - surveillance threatens journalism
* Support Swindon Advertiser strikers! LFB collects for fund
* PRESIDENT'S PLATFORM Chain male - sizing up the NUJ's livery collar
* Do you do work for UKi Media & Events? contact the office
* Training alert! watch this space for more courses
* Stop the Murdochs' bid for Sky £20,000 appeal
* Scottish libel law reform on the way
* New Small Business Commissioner to tackle late payments
* Lords vote for 'Leveson 2' inquiry
* Welcome the new Committee farewell to outgoing members

¶January 2018 - Online only

* PRESIDENT'S PLATFORM Flushing out government lies
* Sky campaigners step up the pressure
* PRESIDENT'S PLATFORM He who made the Lamb: Murdoch as saviour - until 06/01/18
* False freelancing and genuine self-employment in Parliament
* PRESIDENT'S PLATFORM Europe's new free-press policeman
* Mouse roar sows Murdoch confusion whither Sky?
* Respond to licensing consultation by 02/02/2018 (updated)
* Strike at Swindon Advertiser 2 and 3 January
* Brexit update - whither EU national colleagues in the UK and vice versa? short version
* Stern reminder to do your taxes
* New Branch blood sought! stand for t'committee, lasses & lads
* The Freelance Office vale John Toner
* Support trade unionists in Zimbabwe!
* #paynautiluswriters open letter from freelances at Nautilus magazine

¶December 2017 / PDF: p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 all

* Prints not dead a renaissance of indy women's magazines
* Be more careful with Tweets now copyright & terms triggered - in brief
* Random magazines enthrall you meeting report
* Copyright debate trundles on in Geneva and Brussels
* New members meet 25/01/18
* Training alert copywriting course 02/02/18 and 12/02/18 full
* The Gong The Times
* Briefing on sexual harassment from the NUJ
* Public Lending Right changes new sign-up for book cash
* Branch meetings move - to Head Office
* 15 independent women's magazines a guide
* Attention! Arise TV Limited
* Attention! TravelPride

¶November 2017 - Online only

* Supporting freelances in crisis meeting report
* A normal, not unexpected reaction protect against trauma
* Be more careful with Tweets now copyright & terms triggered - full story
* Brexit - millions still in limbo update
* Copyright debate trundles on in Geneva
* Do your taxes submit online by 31/01/18
* Delegate Meeting nominations, motions, electing delegates
* How Brexit affects our UK national members in Belgium
* IFJ launches 21-day campaign against impunity for crimes against journalists
* Free workshops from FEU social media for work 08/12/17
* NUJ seeks testimony on working for the Murdochs
* Copyright - digging in for the detail
* PRESIDENT'S PLATFORM BBC Pensions case - why fighting was better than folding, despite the cost

More Freelance features....

* Current contents all this year's articles
* The Freelance archive previous years' articles
* Attention! - NUJ members call before working for these
* Trireme Awards - for legendary stinginess
* The Gong - wake-up calls for late payers

Diary dates...

* London Freelance Branch meetings
* NUJ central events listing

Getting paid...

* The Rate for the Job
* Freelance Fees Guide suggested rates
* Interest & compensation calculator for late payers

Contacts...

* NUJ Freelance Directory
* Link up with the NUJ - register for client-specific alerts

Briefings and roundups

* A few things you should know about copyright
* Creators' Rights for all campaign documents
* Right to report handy list of articles