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¶March 2023 - online only

* 'Getting pregnant was the best career move' meeting report
* Solidarity with BBC strikers! and watch for more
* Is 'artificial intelligence' always wrong? It's confabu-tastic!
* Back from the brink a very full report of our nuclear Salon
* Plugged into Hollywood Brit tech hack in tinseltown - meeting report
* Google repeats 'cut off your country' lobbying move in Canada, now
* Making tax digital; but not yet good news! You're likely let off until 2027 or later
* The Trireme Award Bustle magazine
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¶February 2023 / PDF: ALL 4 pages

* Repair robot rights! UK government pauses free mining for robots - and more US lawsuits
* Photographers claim 'free money' now DACS Payback 2023 Part 1 open until 24/02/23
* Having trouble with that phrase? Try this...
* Exiled journalist? Branch mentors can help you
* MPs finally wake up to National Security Bill
* The Branch regrets the meeting chaos
* LETTER: Members in the West Midlands or North West get in touch

¶January 2023 - online only

* Protect the Right to Strike events 01/02/23
* The Branch regrets the meeting chaos
* His motto is 'always ask for more!' appreciating Phil Sutcliffe
* Back from the brink an online salon event about nuclear risks and their relevance in today's world 15/02/23
* Brexit High Court rules for Settled Status applicants
* LFB's seasonal festive party report
* SLAPPs - UK pledges 'early dismissal process'
* Don't let your membership go you need pay no more than 1 per cent
* NUJ holds exhibition in memory of Dom Phillips and discussion 19/01/23
* Robo-photos are still making waves
* LETTER: Robo-photos don't work like that
* LETTER: Volunteer editor sought
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¶December 2022 / PDF: ALL 6 pages

* Work in bad times report of our special session
* Crisis cash what help is still available?
* More countries want Google and Facebook to pay for news
* Robots to be sued for copyright breach
* Get in touch if you do work for Reach plc
* Save the date seasonal branch event 12/12/22
* Branch business beckoned motions meeting
* Journalists shouldn't sue each other Paddy French update
* Blackface zwarte piet disappearing but not fast enough
* The Orwell Society/NUJ Young Journalists' Award apply by 30/03/23
* Nuclear Salon event 15/02/23
* New members meet 23/02/23

¶November 2022 - online only

* Journalists arrested covering protest protect media freedom!
* Freelances versus the economic crisis - event 24/11/22
* Branch mentoring scheme opens for LFB members whose first language isn't English
* Negotiating successes how the Rate for the Job helps
* Vacancies on NUJ Industrial Councils and Committees seek Branch nomination at the meeting on 14/11/22
* Brexit: case against 'unlawful' Pre-Settled Status provisions
* So what is it about Google? pros and cons of the internet giant
* Tax warning! File your self-assessment tax return for tax year 2021-2022 online by 31/01/23
* The march of the robo-photo is stock photography dying?
* Submit article details for 'free money' via ALCS - by 30/11/22
* International solidarity with Julian Assange NUJ members join human chain around Palace of Westminster
* NUJ negotiations with Reach to include freelance rates following settlement of strike
* Stand by for possible strike dates at Al Jazeera International
* LETTER: What a powerful service - late payment arrives
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¶October 2022 / PDF: ALL 4 pages

* Windrush, kings and queens and a Black emperor meeting report
* Iran, and the future of the media two events, next 27/10/22
* NUJ strike at Reach plc ends watch for National World and Al Jazeera and more
* Email from Freelance Office made client cough up
* Freelance tax seminar free to members 13/10/22
* Meeting for members new to London Freelance Branch 27/10/22
* Support Julian Assange! Demonstration 08/10/22
* Workplace equality in time of crisis NUJ Health and Safety Council conference 26/11/22 online
* Men sentenced for possession of gun used to kill journalist Lyra McKee
* News publishers prepare €25 billion lawsuit against Google
* Seek help in cost-of-living crisis
* Russian court orders journalists' union to close down and new complaint against Russia Today ban
* New Secretary of State for 'media' is Michelle Donelan

¶September 2022 - online only

* Strikes at Reach plc agreement reached
* Correcting the record editor of Full Fact speaks - meeting report
* Courses and publications for journalists our new guide
* Toward banning nuclear weapons
* What Google wants - UK copyright skirmish looms and more in the USA
* Training: free data literacy for journalists course
* Julian Assange's legal team submits grounds for appeal against extradition
* Brexit: Airlines reminded EU nationals need to show only passports

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

Briefings and roundups

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