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¶June 2023

* Justice for Dom? marking one year without Dom and Bruno
* Accent on the news: TV journalist Barbara Serra meeting report
* Egypt's crackdown on journalists escalates
* One year without Dom and Bruno memorial event 05/06/23
* Please consider standing for NUJ Councils

¶May 2023 - online only

* Crowning sorry videographer arrested again, government gets tricksy
* Take care when travelling visa woes
* Crisis cash update: what help is now available?
* Micropayment rears its confused head again the machine stutters
* Can freelances make money from podcasting? meeting report
* A crunch point for journalism, culture and democracy with so-called 'AI'
* A call to arms for world press freedom day 3 May - guest comment
* What can you do when you're offered a kill fee?
* Solidarity with striking BBC journalists today 07/06/23
* Rory Peck Trust opens Crisis Fund for freelances
* LETTER: Photographers must have the right to stop AI... and clarification
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¶April 2023 / PDF: ALL 6 pages

* 'Getting pregnant was the best career move' meeting report
* Copyrights and wrongs when fake claims suppress the news - and a victory for books
* Back from the brink report of our nuclear Salon
* Who gets sued when a chatbot defames somebody?
* Don't use public USB rechargers (says FBI)
* Solidarity with striking journalists BBC and...
* They got £7700 from ALCS! How you can get some...
* The NUJ has a house agreement with The Ferret
* Last orders for public order will journalism be protected?
* It's the costs, not the damages libel roundup
* Dave Rotchelle's legacy helps those in need through the union's charity NUJ extra
* NUJ's Freelance Fact Pack resource for members
* What's DM? your quick guide to Delegate Meeting 2023
* Join our Committee! Help run London Freelance Branch
* Get your free entry in the Freelance Directory!
* The Gong Awards Imperial War Museum
* What can you do when you’re offered a kill fee? coming soon

¶March 2023 - online only

* 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
* 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
* New members meet 23/02/23
* Nuclear Salon event 15/02/23

¶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
* NUJ strike at Reach plc ends watch for National World and Al Jazeera and more
* Iran, and the future of the media two events, next 27/10/22
* 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
* The Trireme Award Belfast Telegraph

¶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 that EU nationals need to show only passports
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¶August 2022 / PDF: ALL 6 pages

* Strikes at Reach plc - London picket postponed - - and in Scotland
* Sub-editor wanted - African Business
* Dom Phillips, 1964-2022 Branch member murdered in the Amazon
* Bang to rights: publisher pays up for breach
* LETTER: remembering 'holidays'
* TV companies face cartel probe over freelance rates
* Are you at risk of a loan charge from the tax office? get in touch
* Demo in solidarity with Assange 08/10/22
* Ukraine: Censorship and self-censorship in time of war Serhiy Guz spoke
* Brexit: EU nationals need only passports to enter the UK
* MA Journalism course scholarships for refugees at London College of Communication
* Remembering Shireen Abu Akleh shorter report of memorial
* Open all hours how to earn six figures as an independent freelance journalist - short meeting report
* 'The hardest-working freelance in Brazil' Dom Phillips, 1964-2022 - full meeting report
* How I earned 'enough to live reasonably comfortably' writing for b2b titles - full report
* A new Freelance Fact Pack how members can get it
* Join our Branch Committee!
* New members' meeting 27/10/22 likely in person
* The Trireme Award BBC local radio

¶July 2022 - online only

* Defeat the National Security Bill! defend photography
* Remembering Shireen Abu Akleh service at St Bride's
* That's grand! Quick payout for photo the Mail pinched
* Brexit: Judicial Review on Settled Status policy
* Release journalists from prison in Egypt!
* Bearing witness to Yemeni journalist Saber Al-Haidari
* Ukraine: self-determination, social justice and Russia's war 18/07/22
* Who's coming to an in-person Branch meeting?
* New members gather still online for now 28/07/22
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¶June 2022 / PDF: ALL 6 pages

* Covid cash: what's left? less and less...
* A memorial service for journalist Shireen Abu Akleh 28/06/22
* Arron Banks loses libel case against Carole Cadwalladr and gets leave to appeal - update 26/06/22
* George Viner Memorial Fund has bursaries for BAME journalism students deadline extended to 22/07/22
* Dutch union wins freelance rate deal with major newspaper group
* Perugia Declaration for Ukraine pledges solidarity with field producers worldwide
* Assange to appeal extradition ruling
* Press Card simplified
* In support of refugee journalists meeting report
* Support Paddy French as he faces libel action on 07/11/22
* What the media need from police promises at riot training centre
* Solidarity with Ukranian colleagues on Journalists' Day 06/06/22
* Brexit update: Some EU nationals lose their rights in transtion to 'digital document'
* US Small Claims process opens its doors
* Empire State freelances gain new protection contracts and collection
* Journalists' union brings case over Russia Today ban
* High Court slaps down another SLAPP
* The Amazing Life of Olaudah Equiano BBC Radio 4 - now online
* Check in if you want the Freelance in print
* New members meet Thursday 28/07/22
* The Gong Awards Chatelaine

¶May 2022 - online only

* Shireen's voice will not be silenced remembering another journalist killed by Israeli forces
* Fear of nuclear annihilation returns what we can do about it and why it matters to the NUJ - meeting report
* Assange extradition decision imminent protest 17/05/22
* World Press Freedom Day NUJ.org.uk
* EFJ calls on European governments to protect journalism europeanjournalists.org
* IFJ calls for global solutions to combat journalists surveillance IFJ.org
* Fight Channel 4 privatisation! NUJ campaign - write to your MP, sign the petition
* Who's coming to an in-person Branch meeting? a poll
* That freelance negotiatory dance again a polka of pounds
* There's a new code of practice for programme proposals
* European Union acts to rein in internet giants Britain lags, weirdly
* Ukraine update IFJ Safety Fund thanks LFB; situation still 'dire' for Russian journalists too
* French unions at AFP get Google cash for journalists
* Feeling burned out and broken? practical tools & training on promoting our mental health
* Tax planning! do your taxes early and make sure you can log in
* Black, Asian and minority photographers submit your work by 01/06/22
* Branch seeks new officers Training, Negotiations, Student Reps...
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¶April 2022 / PDF: ALL 6 pages

* Does Universal Credit want you out of journalism? get in touch now
* Covid cash: what's left?
* Journalists must be paid for tech giants' use of their work World Copyright Day statement
* Pay the Creator and challenge benefit rules - meeting report
* Making the internet giants pay for news
* Remembering Lyra McKee three years on
* Chris Mullin protects his sources
* Solidarity with journalists in Ukraine update
* Marking International Workers' Memorial Day 28/04/22 - updated
* Can you help an exiled journalist with English? Do you need such help?
* SLAPP attack: tackling Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
* London Freelance Slack workspace lives!
* The Gong Awards Byline Times
* Dublin Freelance Forum 11/04/22
* Brexit update health insurance not needed; Pre-Settled Status woes
* Meeting: a quandary when and how to resume face-to-face events?
* Local elections drill voters register by 14/04/22, including EU nationals
* New NUJ guidance on working with security officers

¶March 2022 - online only

* Freelance tax seminar free to members 13/10/22
* LFB Chair returns to role after 34-year absence vacancies remain
* Chris Mullin wins Old Bailey fight to protect Birmingham pub bombings sources Press Gazette
* The challenges facing exiled journalists meeting report
* Is it possible to report from Moscow? an on-the-spot report
* Dozens of journalists stuck in Mariupol blockade EFJ
* Solidarity with journalists in Ukraine from Greece, Russia, UK...
* Pay the creator Creators' Rights campaign launch
* Training carbon literacy 24/03/22 and more
* Court rejects Assange's application to appeal extradition
* New safety survey what threats have you faced?
* Lyra McKee bursary scheme deadline 10/04/22
* Ukraine - donations to IFJ's fund, please and don't go unsupported
* How can we help refugee and exiled journalists?
* Demand better from corporations on International Women's Day 08/03/22
* Fresh calls for international inquiry into journalist's murder irishtimes.com
* Pub-bomb probe could jail NUJ journalist nuj.org.uk
* Clients can do health and safety right some good practice
* Eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year is this a record delay?
* Britain needs a pay rise! TUC march and rally in Blackpool 19/03/22
* Brexit update residence rights backlog and bat-back
* Challenges and priorities for freelances and ALCS authors' earnings please complete these surveys
* Photographers: sign up to DACS to get money for secondary uses of your work - or finish details by 15/04/22
* 'Free money' should reach writers soon but only if you joined ALCS
* Vacancies at NUJ Training Cymru Wales apply by 09/03/22
* In the EU? You can pay the NUJ in euro
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¶February 2022 / PDF: ALL 6 pages

* Ukraine: Journalists' security and ethical reporting must be guaranteed IFJ.org
* Chris Mullin protects his sources' confidentiality in court
* Covid cash - a tale of woe
* How much can you make with a newsletter? meeting report
* The Orwell Society / NUJ Young Journalists' Award apply by 08/04/22
* Freelance to defend sources in court
* Credit is essential was Twitter right to ban a purported news source?
* Books are safe from 'exhaustion' for now
* Tell us your training needs! introducing our Training Officer
* Submit details of your books or scripts to ALCS by 11/02/22
* Brexit update members on the Continent of Europe can pay subs in €
* Freelances with NUJ Wales secure increase in covid payments
* Freedom of Information new Information Commissioner in post
* New members meet Thursday 28/04/22
* Vacancies on NUJ Councils and Committees nominations on 14/03/22
* Do you want the Freelance in print? NUJ members act now!
* Apple News Fellowships for entry-level journalists deadline 31/01/22
* Julian Assange wins leave to seek appeal
* Discussing the Human Rights Act NUJ webinar 27/01/22
* The Trireme Award Rex/Shutterstock
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¶January 2022 / PDF: ALL 4 pages

* Do your taxes you now have until 28/02/22
* Photographers claim now DACS Payback 2022 open until 25/02/22
* Branch training survey please tell us what you need and want
* Larry Herman - an obituary
* The Freelance act now if you want it in print
* Brexit update Family Permits, empty shelves, copyright...
* Together, stronger a collective approach to mental health 07/05/22
* The Trireme Award the Independent
* Politics for few What's at stake when Twitter suspends a feed?
* Blink and you missed the Mail's mumbled Meghan message
* 'Not without a cheque' payment advice from Virginia Woolf
* Gig economy strike by couriers in Sheffield enters third week
* NUJ StorySmart free self-training on safety and security for journalists
* New members meet Thursday 27/01/22
* Report climage change better big discount, start 18/01/22 or 19/01/22
* A seasonal virtual cultural quiz our December gathering
* Filmography and reading list from the LFB 2021 festive quiz
* In Belarus, 32 journalists will spend New Year's Eve in prison
* Don't let your membership go pay no more than 1 per cent - best apply by 31/03/22
* Assange's team seeks to appeal extradition
* Assange again faces extradition High Court rules

¶December 2021 - online only

* Covid cash, cut roundup of remaining assistance
* Assange again faces extradition High Court rules
* Public Lending and the plague where did the money go?
* Copyright justice for musicians member's Bill produces promise
* Meghan Markle wins another round: Mail makes hay
* Is the blackface zwarte piet 'tradition' in decline?
* LFB seasonal festive gathering 13/12/21 is now a Zoom meeting
* What, no self-employed? Let us know about freelance-unfriendly forms
* Do your taxes by 28/02/22 - and beware online access woes
* Consider completing the NUJ's all-member survey
* The Trireme Award History Today

¶November 2021 - online only

* NUJ photographer gets damages and apology from Kent Police
* Restrictions on reporting meeting report
* Kosovan court rules for photographer
* NUJ Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture 2021 by Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff 02/12/21
* Trust in media: photojournalism in the digital age European seminar reports
* That was the COP that was climate summit & protest
* Black Retrospective at the Rio, Dalston - 20/11/21
* Your rights as a worker and insisting on holiday pay - updated
* NUJ advises journalists covering COP26 climate change summit
* Careless reporting costs lives a guide to reporting on poverty
* But are they taking on freelances too? local papers hiring
* UK courts tighten definition of 'worker'
* What time is shove? notorious artists object to re-use
* LFB's student reps feature in the Journalist article
* Call for tenders - public order training film respond by 07/01/22
* Do your taxes by 31 January!
* Submit article details for 'free money' via ALCS by 30/11/21
* Guardian signs House Agreement small rate rise for writers
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¶October 2021 / PDF: ALL 6 pages

* Too many of us have paid too high a price to give up Zubeida Jaffer speaks from South Africa
* How is Google's plan to pay for news shaping up? Publishers 'not bought off'
* Female photographer wanted on the NUJ Photographers' Council
* Lyra McKee - a life in film - showing in Belfast 07/11/21
* Covid cash, cut in search of mystery misery money
* Reporting climate change special event report
* We remember Martin O'Hagan vigil report
* Little Mermaid in copyright row sculptor's heirs claim copying
* Saving our books international copyright after Brexit
* Julian Assange must challenge extradition again
* NUJ members in London: watch out for ballot papers
* Trust in media: photojournalism in the digital age European seminar 25/10/21 and 26/10/21
* Writers' collecting society seeks board members distributes more cash
* NUJ members in London: watch out for ballot papers
* Brexit update old passports; Family Permits; border checks; copyright
* Tax warning! time to think about your 2020-2021 tax return, well before 28/02/22
* The ethics of reporting the Afghan crisis, asylum and refugees event
* New members meet Thursday 28/10/21
* Have you considered standing for the Branch Committee?
* The Trireme Award Independent

¶September 2021 - online only

* LFB proudly presents an evening on climate change reporting 23/09/21 - now free to NUJ members
* As the world heats, get carbon-literate for just £30
* In solidarity with journalists under threat please sign the petition for Hisham Fouad
* The Branch donates £1000 to IFJ Safety Fund for Afghanistan
* Help! I need somebody, not just anybody meeting with our Organisers
* Remembering Martin O'Hagan on 28/09/21
* Four men arrested over killing of Lyra McKee Guardian 15/09/21
* Freedom of Information - request your data from government this is what happened when we did
* Brexit update EU Settled Status applicants' problems with work, housing and passports
* Covid cash, continued our latest regular update
* On turning down pitches from an editor's mouth
* More and better advice for freelances Fees Guide update
* Waltham Forest campaigners unite to demand action on climate change
* Elections for London seats on NUJ National Executive Council deadline 25/10/21
* Check your ALCS details to get your share of £12 million by 09/09/21
* British Library's reading rooms are fully re-opened no need to book

¶August 2021 - online only

* Rescue required for Afghan journalists alarming 'bounty' demand reported updated
* Tell Parliament about Freedom of Information obstruction by 30/09/21
* Climate Emergency in Waltham Forest event 09/09/21
* LFB proudly presents an evening on climate change reporting 23/09/21
* Training alert Carbon Literacy courses
* The Pegasus Project journalists are targets of spyware on their phones used by repressive regimes worldwide
* Travel chaos some journalists are more quarantinable than others
* Save our books! from a gnarly Brexit side-effect
* Labour Party promises work rights to all workers in employment
* Please ask your MP to sign an Early Day Motion on Channel Four
* Thompsons Solicitors now has a page for NUJ members

¶July 2021 - online only

* Resist these dangerous 'security' plans! tell the Home Secretary by 22/07/21
* Dangerous plans could jail whistle-blowers and journalists
Duncan Campbell and Duncan Campbell explain
* Covid cash, continued our latest regular update
* Safety advice during public disorder from Belfast
* All the voices of the NUJ launch meeting report
* How to pitch from an editor's mouth
* Training alert Carbon Literacy courses - next 24/08/21
* You now need a British Library account for Public Lending Right
* More and better rates for PR work - Fees Guide update
* International networked copyright WIPO discussions online
* Homage or heist? When can artists use photos?
* Brexit update deadline for Settled Status passes, EU visas...
* Investigate Cabinet Office unit that obstructs FOIA requests!
* Gig economy Deliveroo riders have no right to seek union recognition
* Vacancies on LFB Committee, NUJ Councils and Committees
* New members meet Thursday 29/07/21
* 'The Man' blinks, sometimes so try to negotiate on rights
* The Gong Awards Huffington Post
* The Trireme Award Johnston Press local papers
* How agendas for LFB meetings are put together

¶June 2021 - online only

* On not taking 'no' for an answer meeting report
* Tell government how bad Official Secrets law could be by 22/07/21
* Culture requires easier travel a call for visa relaxation
* Tax seminar is free for NUJ members on 16/06/21
* Sign up to ALCS a member got £5000 in 'free money', except they earned it!
* Non au kettling French court: journalists must be free to report
* Brexit update EU Settled Status deadline was 30/06/21
* The UK government asks for journalists' safety concerns
* Training alert 'An Introduction to WordPress' was 24/06/21
* Delegate Meeting 2021 an extensive report
* No subs rise for high earners for now DM detail
* European citizens need stronger measures online EFJ
* More for book authors from some second-hand sales
* Delegate Meeting 2021 finishes six minutes early report

¶May 2021 - online only

* Fred Dellar 1931-2021
* Some happy freelance stories negotiating successes
* Mainstreaming Freelance issues How We Keep Our Concerns in the Public Eye - conference CANCELLED
* Covid cash, continued regular updates
* Have you had Long Covid? Share your experience...
* We have to address all forms of racism special meeting report
* Do freelance rates discriminate? We have data on ethnicity and gender
* End crimes against journalists and civilians! UN Security Council must act, says International Federation
* Democracy in motion we mandate delegates, here - meeting report
* Please do this safety survey European Federation seeks evidence
* So farewell then, Pamela Morton David Ayrton and Andy Smith now Freelance Organisers
* A turning point with the internet giants World IP Day statement
* Sign up to ALCS free money, except you earned it!
* Court quashes a charge against Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin'ono
* Training alert
* BBC Academy's 'Production Unlocked' free webinars start 06/05/21
* MPs and journalists say Freedom of Information not working pressgazette.co.uk
* Casual vacancies on NUJ Councils seek nomination before 07/06/21
* How to get the Delegate Meeting 2021 agenda
* Racism in the media meeting hosted by the Branch - with Haroon Siddique (Guardian), Nosheen Iqbal (Observer), TV freelance Saima Mohsin and freelance reporter Michelle Edwards - Monday 26/04/21

¶April 2021 - online only

* Racism in the media meeting hosted by the Branch - with Haroon Siddique (Guardian), Nosheen Iqbal (Observer), TV freelance Saima Mohsin and freelance reporter Michelle Edwards - Monday 26/04/21
* Beware scam emails and text messages! do not click on links
* I do not have 'special needs', I have rights meeting report
* Remembering Lyra McKee 18/04/21 second anniversary of her murder
* Philip Wolmuth 1950-2021 a community photographer remembered
* NUJ condemns attack on Belfast photographer
* Remember the dead and fight for the living! Workers' Memorial Day 28/04/21
* Assault and threats by police concern & new guidance
* Travel advisory update on EU work permits & visas for freelances
* Covid cash, continued running summary
* NUJ Extra extends covid support
* Brexit update Home Office 'harsh' to EU nationals stuck abroad
* Training alert Our digital life in 2021
* Be kind to yourself working safely webinar report
* In solidarity with journalists in Belarus Europe-wide protest
* What's a book worth? Publisher tries it on...
* The Freelance Directory works for journalists check your entry now
* New members meet Thursday 29/04/21
* British Library reading rooms re-open on 20 April

¶March 2021 - online only

* NUJ LGBTQ+ virtual get-together to discuss NUJ survey 31/03/21
* Police, Crime, Sentencing, Courts and journalists what's the Bill mean?
* National action plan aims to protect journalists
* Getting tested back at the office your clients need to apply by 31/03/21
* 40 years of resistance NUJ's UN Anti-Racism Day event 20/03/21
* Working well from home - or not meeting report
* French journalists protest police crackdown
* 100 Luftballonen for Belarus
* Lessons we can learn from the Meghan Markle race debate NUJ Black Members' Council statement
* Arrested then fined for doing his job NUJ gets both dropped
* Time to end the gender pay gap in journalism IFJ survey
* Could your name be on a list to block Freedom of Infomation requests? NUJ FOIA campaign
* Work safely at home during a pandemic a free webinar hosted by LFB 22/03/21
* Solidarity with journalists under attack worldwide
* Brexit update who can't ask you about Settled Status; Press Card woes
* Authors in Health Crisis survey from Society of Authors by 03/03/21
* Branch member's libel case must go to trial
* Delegate Meeting details it's online from 17/05/21
* NUJ General Secretary election
* Training alert last chance for free FEU courses, and more
* Bursary alert Lyra McKee Investigative Journalism Training Bursary Scheme - deadline 04/04/21
* ALCS distribution writers sign up by 04/03/21 for 'free money'
* One in three LGBT+ members bullied or discriminated against at work
* Awards alert Statistical excellence in Journalism, deadline 22/03/21
* Awards alert Paul Foot Award - deadline 01/04/21
* Some cheaper parking for journalists in the City of Westminster
* Attention! Tomasz Drybala Ltd

¶February 2021 - online only

* Covid cash, continued running summary
* Pressing for pandemic payment remembering the #ForgottenFreelances
* Travel advisory EU work permits & visas for freelances updated here
* Facebook fights furiously to fend off fees bans itself in Australia in the process
* Gig economy Uber drivers are 'workers' what's it mean for you?
* From geeks to rock stars in one grim leap data journalism (meeting report)
* Daily Mail breached Meghan Markle's copyright and privacy
* Submit your tax return by 28/02/21 to avoid a fine
* Freelance photographer arrested on suspicion of criminal damage
* French photojournalists bring court action over obstruction by police
* Julian Assange remains in prison US lawyers prepare appeal denial of extradition
* Journalists lose our exemption from coronavirus quarantine
* Training alert podcasting training 25/02/21, Work Safely Through the Pandemic webinar 11/02/21
* Democracy in action - virtually report from Branch Annual General Meeting
* Google to pay papers in France - but balks in Australia updated 15/02/21
* Photographers claim now DACS Payback 2021 open until 26/02/21
* Show us your best contracts to help improve the law
* This is not spam make sure you get Branch invitations
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¶January 2021 / PDF: ALL 6 pages

* Remembering Katharine Whitehorn
* Edited 'with extreme prejudice' Steve Bell on his censored cartoons (meeting report)
* Working under lockdown travel rules as they move - updated 11/01/21
* Travel advisory a first look at the EU-UK agreement - updated 11/01/21
* Work safely at home during covid webinar with LFB 11/02/21
* Brexit bewilderment health cover, Settled and Pre-Settled status...
* US Senate passes Small Claims process registration required
* Julian Assange extradition judgement extradition denied, US to appeal
* Checking the EU-UK agreement for copyright shenanigans
* Data protection no change from the EU-UK agreement - updated 19/02/21
* Invitation to the London Freelance Gallery in memory of Dave Rotchelle
* Training alert LFB and FEU Training courses available - some FREE! Podcasting, work safely through the pandemic and others
* Festive quiz as set at the December 2020 meeting: answers & winners
* New members meet Thursday 28/01/21
* The Freelance Directory get in!
* Don't let your membership go pay no more than 1 per cent

¶December 2020 - online only

* Covid cash, continued new running summary, updated as the government decides what it all means - archived - see here
* NUJ charity is ready to help members can turn to NUJ Extra
* Europe takes on the internet giants Digital Services Act announced
* NUJ gets newsgatherers exempt from quarantine updated again
* When copyright theft is criminal fraud, too
* Integrity is important Polish photographer's win
* Paris Branch protests 'Global Security' law it'd ban police pix
* Brexit update transition period ends 31/12/20!
* Tax warning! Submit your 2019-2020 tax return online by 28/02/21 - but see update
* A charter for freelance rights and some support already
* Another internet giant half-bows to the inevitable paying for news
* NUJ members settle for £875k for wrongful arrrests and searches
* Awaiting the next step in the Julian Assange case 04/01/21
* zwarte piet Watch NUJ monitors reporting of seasonal racist stereotype sidekick
* Working Safely Through the Pandemic webinar, next 11/02/21
* How covid has affected creative workers Scottish TUC video
* New Branch blood sought! how you can help
* Training alert save Union Learn!
* Claim ‘free money’ for visual contributions by 31/12/20

¶November 2020 - online only

* Surviving and thriving in a time of covid meeting report
* International remote copyright WIPO discussions online
* NUJ receives assurances from police chiefs on reminding officers of the need for journalists to work without obstruction
* Undercover police spied on journalists Inquiry reveals
* Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin'ono arrested again
* Brexcovid storm approaches
* Support Assange, defend journalism NUJ event report
* Calls for support for creative workers
* So farewell then, Chairman Dave in pictures
* Obituary Dave Rotchelle
* Claudia Jones memorial lecture watch online now
* Writers - update your new works with ALCS by 30/11/20 to get 'free money'
* Congratulations to Anne Rooney elected to Society of Authors board
* Congratulations to Julio Etchart on his book
* Congratulations to Lynsey Ford on her Fellowship
* LETTER What to do when clients 'ghost' me?

¶October 2020 - online only

* NUJ statement on Sunak's latest deal for freelances
* Black Lives Matter: challenges to journalism meeting report
* How can we enforce copyright better? respond by 09/11/20
* Praise be! Mayor of Manchester remembers freelances
* 'Assange's persecution imperils journalism' event 29/10/20
* Save the Union Learning Fund there's a petition
* Journalists should not sue each other but: an appeal
* Safety survey: tell us what threats you have faced
* We win a little more help a running summary of covid aid (superseded)
* Google ups the ante keep pouring that cash...
* Tax seminar is free for NUJ members on 22/10/20
* Brexit update transition period ending, no deal looms...
* Tax reminder submit your tax return for April 2019-April 2020 by 31/01/21 or face an automatic fine
* Guidelines for reporting road collisions comment by 09/11/20
* Training update LFB's podcasting course on 19/11/20
* Freelance interviewees sought for PhD research into opportunities and difficulties we face in our work

¶September 2020 - online only

* BBC has given rises to 700 female staff since start of pay scandal Guardian
* What equality issues matter to you? Tell your Branch!
* Court reporting in crisis meeting report
* Payment for self-isolation for the poorest
* Global unions launch campaign to ensure journalism's future
* Photographers call on News UK to ditch exploitative contract nuj.org.uk
* Join us in supporting media freedom in Belarus unhappy birthday for the union there 16/09/20
* Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin'ono is on bail with covid-19?
* Copyright gets entangled more EU action
* Delegate Meeting 2020 - or 2021 - in some form watch this space
* Are you an NUJ member who lives or works in an EU member state?
* Google comes clean on photos internet giants fight payment
* Julian Assange hearings a case study in court reporting
* Update your works with ALCS, get 'free money' by 10/09/20
* Getting paid on PayPal is more complicated than it looks
* LETTER Thank you for supporting freelance training

¶August 2020 - online only

* We win some help a running summary of what's available
* Wave of support in Europe for Belarusian journalists
* Solidarity with staff at Bullivant Media
* Devil's Sidewalk leads to court Neil Young sues Trump
* The BBC does the right thing by PAYE freelances
* NUJ seeks your help for legal challenge to lockdown support
* Brexit update problems for UK freelances in the EU
* Training alert virtual courses actually free to members
* Travel insurance for journalists discounts for journalists
* Sweetheart management deal seen off at Iran International
* A tough lockdown for photographers
* London Freelance Branch gives to union charity
* Free Hopewell Chin'ono! Zimbabwean journalist arrested updated 23/08/20
* Tell us how hard it is to claim cash for copyright breaches
* Please take a moment to write to your MP on return of journalistic material, and more
* In praise of More or Less
* New members meet 29/10/20
* The Gong Awards special - First Row Films, probably, and possibly others

¶July 2020 - online only

* How to make money from newsletters meeting report
* Member Paddy French faces libel action calls for support
Two classic pieces updated to go with the revised Freelance Fees Guide advice section:
* Copyright glossary terms that should alert freelances to problems with a contract
* Show me the money Copyright is a food-on-table thing
* Is Google going to pay up? copyright update, now with South African shenanigans
* Fees and rights in non-fiction publishing what to do?
* New record ALCS payout sign up too!
* Unexpected NUJ News Recovery plan support here's who...
* Have there been mass lay-offs of freelances in the wake of the furlough scheme winding down? Let us know
* They must put it in writing your employment or worker status
* Online meeting etiquette we shall know you by a real name
* Training alert courses delivered virtually via Zoom
* LETTER Staying in touch
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* We win some help a running summary of what's available
* Work with the Creators' Rights Alliance deadline 02/07/20
* Treasury Committee highlights gaps in coronavirus help
* Inquiry into impact of covid-19 on BAME communities deadline 03/07/20
* It's hard for government to ignore unions now 'town hall' meeting
* Subsidised training - courses on 17/07/20 and 31/07/20 are £25 for LFB members
* What future for the BBC? meeting report
* Instagram crosses over renounces photo embedding
* If you don't ask, you don't get payment for Twitter pic
* US publishers sue Internet Archive & music industry wins $1 billion
* Why Wikipedia isn't a source part 97
* A meeting for photographers and videographers 10/06/20
* Advice for NUJ members reporting on protests nuj.org.uk
* For freelances union work paying off
* Zoom into cyberspace security tips
* How best to read the Freelance? Your views please
* Send us one email and stay in touch with your union!
* Photographers face strife but police chiefs back us
* The NUJ surveys the effects of the crisis
* Don't forget Brexit yet another update
* More sources of support John Crowley looks at some resources for freelances
* Is it safe to return to work?
* A tax update in taxing times
* How to contact NUJ Extra for help
* LFB live call with your questions 30/06/20
* Our reduced subs reminder no need to lapse
* Training alert good value in online courses
* New members meet online - 30/07/20
* The Trireme Award the Sun

¶May 2020 - online only

* Universal Credit claims the TUC needs your help and other news
* ball.htmlnew NUJ survey - impact of quarantine on journalists
* Support for freelances must go on write to your MP
* In the eye of the storm our online meeting
* The crisis facing journalism in the face of Covid-19 IFJ survey for World Press Freedom Day
* Authors in the health crisis Society of Authors impact survey
* Tax update in taxing times IR35 & more
* Julian Assange extradition hearing booked for September
* LFB live call with your questions
* Remembering #ForgottenFreelances lobbying pays off in part
* Getting tested for covid-19 you may be a 'key worker'
* Brexit update no EU Settled Status deadline extension, some EU nationals denied Universal Credit
* No, Meghan Markle hasn't lost copyright back in focus
* Please read the NUJ's News Recovery Plan From Health Crisis to Good News
* Rumour patrol squashing viral urban legends
* NUJ covid-19 survey please fill it in
* Training alert Winning & negotiating freelance work 15/05/20

¶April 2020 online extra

* Branch virtual meetings arrangements
* Global Platform for Quality Journalism launched by IFJ
* Don't abandon your photos online US copyright caution
* World Intellectual Property Day 2020 26/04/20 Celebrating the EU copyright reform for a fairer digital world
* #ForgottenFreelances: NUJ letter to Chancellor nuj.org.uk
* NUJ Extra update on covid-19 response nuj.org.uk
* NUJ launches News Recovery Plan nuj.org.uk
* Remembering Lyra McKee killed 16/04/19
* Vigorously denounce covid opportunism! copyright update
* Work notes jottings on what's out there now
* Gently enforcing your re-use rights pays off
* First Steps in Freelancing course 01/05/20 on Zoom
* LETTER Missing out on covid support
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* We win some help covid-19 cash for freelances
* Getting financial help journalists' charities
* Ireland and Continental coronavirus drill
* Journalists - including photographers - are key workers: cops
* Our union lobbying for freelances and the NUJ has delivered
* Control-shift! (meeting report)
* Reduced subs despite delays have patience please
* IR35 tax rule change delayed proprietors' panic premature
* The NUJ working from home how we do it
* Writer earns £4k of 'free money' you can sign up too!
* Don't forget Julian Assange extradition via Zoom
* Freelance Salon postponed, of course
* Training alert look out for virtual courses...
* Working well from home
* No Delegate Meeting in 2020
* Freelance Directory a good time to update
* The Trireme Award Mail Online and The Times
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* UK freelances face destitution as they have been 'forgotten' in the government's rescue package for businesses NUJ
* Hands off our BBC! Consultation closes 01/04/20
* How some freelances are handling isolation
* Coronavirus - advice for freelances
* Can delaying publication be an infringement of moral rights?
* New members meeting in March CANCELLED
* Freelances in a time of quarantine petition for sick pay
* Some things you should know about copyright updated
* Some things you should know about quoting updated
* Loving local news how does hyper-local news work, then? Meeting report
* How can media work for a functioning democracy? Leeds conference
* Charter on harassment and bullying at work from UN International Labour Organization
* Welcome to the Freelance and our handy copyright guide
* Reporting poverty round-table in London 07/03/20
* Brexit happened a bit, so don't panic yet
* Two right royal rows over copyright shorter update
* NUJ gets freelances access to Pride in London
* Sign up for several sources of 'free money' ALCS deadline 05/03/20
* Reduced subs? no need to let your membership go
* Training alert online training survey results
* Student member sought for Branch committee
* The Trireme Award Mail Online

¶February 2020

* Brexit business as usual until 31/12/20 - stand by for updates
* New year, new LFB Committee thank you, to ddeparting Committee members, welcome to new ones
* Democracy in action members determine how delegation votes at the NUJ Delegate Meeting
* Pride in London NUJ ensuring access for visual journalists
* Just over 8p for each library loan of your book sign up!
* Freelance Salon on reporting climate change special - watch for date
* LFB Committee seeks Student Member
* The Life and Death of a Journalist opens in London 25/02/20

¶January 2020

* Two right royal rows over copyright loom
* Photographers claim now DACS Payback 2020 by 24/02/20
* London Freelance annual reports Chair & more to come
* How will California's gig economy law pan out?
* What training do you want?
* Brexit update EU nationals' rights in self-employment 'disapplied' as UK exit nears
* Easy claiming of debts from Europe for now
* A higher minimum wage for freelances how would that work?
* LFB's festive seasonal end-of-year party a success
* LFB in solidarity with University of London lecturers on strike

More Freelance features....

* 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