NUJ Rate for the Job: Photography / regional

Updated: 2021-11-23

These rates have been reported by members of the National Union of Journalists and others, and printed in the Freelance, newsletter of London Freelance Branch. They are sorted by publisher/publication, then by date (most recent first). TIP: Use the "Find in page" command under your browser's "Edit" or "Search" menu to be sure of finding all occurrences of a publication/publisher. AND do note the year in which the rate was reported! See also the Freelance Fees Guide, which gives general recommendations. And read the disclaimer and the key to exactly what the entries mean.

Photography / regional Photography - whether paid by the day, the hour or per picture - whose primary use is in a regional newspaper. (Generic rates for publishing groups appear at the end.) See also national papers.
Tell us what you've been paid for Photography / regional		Freelance Fees Guide
Publication / Programme - details & terms	Group	Year		Total paid	GR	XXXX
Barnsley Chronicle per pic	__misc	2005		4.00	GR	X^9!
Belfast Telegraph single news photograph for print edition only	_INM	2019		25.00	GR
Belfast Telegraph single news photograph used online	_INM	2019		15.00	GR
Belfast Telegraph Picture desk Monday to Friday rate, plus parking, mileage 58p per	_INM	2017		84.00		XX
Belfast Telegraph Picture desk Sunday rate, plus parking, mileage 58p per	_INM	2017		108.00		X
Belfast Telegraph Picture desk Saturday rate	_INM	2017		100.00		X
Belfast Telegraph Image used anywhere in the paper Used on all titles	_INM	2017		25.00	GR	X
Belfast Telegraph image use per photo online	_INM	2015		15.00	GR	XX
Belfast Telegraph photo day	_INM	2013		74.00	GR	XXX
Belfast Telegraph per pic	_INM	2013		25.00	GR	XX
Blackmore Vale Community Magazine photos per pic	_TMG	2006		15.00		XXXX
Blackpool Gazette day shift - mileage @ 25p per mile	_Johnsto	2018		120.00	GR
Bolton Evening News, also Bury Times, Radliffe Per first picture on an assignment want any further use - including web or anything they fancy as often as they want!	_NQ	2003		18.00	GR	XXX
Bolton Evening News, also Bury Times, Radliffe day shift all rights demanded	_NQ	2003		75.00	GR	XX
Bolton Evening News, also Bury Times, Radliffe additional pic used on same assignment want any further use - including web or anything they fancy as often as they want!	_NQ	2003		5.00	GR	XXX
Bournemouth Daily Echo per pic FBS	_NQ	2006		10.00		XXXX
Bristol Evening Post picture on spec 1st use - reuse fee lower depending on size; no expenses	_Assoc	2007		40.00
Bristol Evening Post single job unlimited reuse within Bristol papers; expenses 46p per mile, 50p per pic wired on location; no tax deductions	_Assoc	2007		40.00		XXX
Bristol Evening Post day shift unlimited reuse within Bristol papers; expenses 46p per mile, 50p per pic wired on location; no tax deductions	_Assoc	2007		95.00		XX
Bristol Post photoshoot and copy pics for spread FBS + web use	_Assoc	2013		85.00
Bristol Post and Bristol Live day (before they hired staff photographers and let the freelances go)	_Assoc	2021		120.00
Bury Free Press per day photographing all rights; mileage paid at 40ppm	_Johnsto	2005		70.00		X
Cambrian News Photos, per pic single use print and online	_Tindle	2015		13.00
Cambrian News per pic	_Tindle	2005		10.00		XXX
Cambridge Evening News day including expenses		2008		100.00		XXXX
Camden New Journal per pic		2014		40.00		X
Carlisle News + Star photo day 40p per mile	_Cumbria	2013		80.00	GR
Carlisle News + Star per pic	_Cumbria	2008		10.00		XXXX
Cheltenham Echo photography day shift	_Assoc	2006		140.00
Chronicle and Echo per pic: yes, zero for spot news per pic + web use and repeat use	_Johnsto	2009		0.00	GR	XX^9
Derry Journal one pic - used 8" x 6.5"	_TMG	2005		12.50		XXX
Docklands Recorder per photo - no exes	_ECN	2006		35.00		XXX
Down Recorder call-out fee of £15 then pays per image used - expenses include ferry fees, mileage at 40p per mile, images are non-exclusive for for use online and in print and photographer maintains copyright		2020		5.00	GR	XXXX
Down Recorder photo for print and digital use, copyright maintained by photographer, expenses and mileage paid		2020		15.00	GR	XXXX
Down Recorder image for print		2020		0.00	GR	XXXX
Dundee Courier per pic	_DCT	2008		10.50		XXX
Ealing Gazette one pic	_TMG	2006		25.00		XXXX
East Anglia Daily Times day	_ECN	2008		100.00		XXXX
East Anglian Daily Times photos per pic free reuse in any Archant publication	_ECN	2003		25.00	GR	XX
East Anglian Daily Times 1 pic Single use	_ECN	2001		50.00	GR
East Anglian Daily Times per pic	_ECN	1997		40.00
East Durham Life Half-day, mileage paid		2018		60.00	GR
East London Advertiser 2 stock pics they desperately wanted (saw off attempt to drop rates to £35 for 1st and £15 for others)	_ECN	2008		100.00	GR
East London Advertiser per print published	_ECN	2008		35.00		XX
East London Advertiser shoot - 1 photo used	_ECN	2008		35.00		XXXX
East London Advertiser shoot - half day	_ECN	2008		150.00	GR	XX
Eastern Daily Press, Evening News (Norwich) and any repro up to 1/4 page; they claim not to be able to pay freelancers at all, offering just a byline, but if you push... FBS - single use, single edition, not across titles	_ECN	2005		80.00
Evening Gazette day	_TMG	2005		90.00	GR
Evening Leader (Wrexham) per pic	_NWN	2005		10.00		XXX
Evening News Edinburgh 8 hour shift all rights	_BarcB	2001		120.00
Evening Telegraph single photo reproduction from submission of 10, prod/exes nil , terms Single Repro, No Re-Sale, No Re-use	_DCT	2008		10.50	GR	XXXX
Express+Star (West Midlands) 'short' feature and a colour pic		1994		50.00		XX
Glasgow Evening Times Two photos, one 7"x9" and one 2"x3" FBS supplied with CCS form	_SMG	2003		85.00
Hackney Gazette one job	_ECN	2009		35.00
Hackney Gazette sport pic 5 miles away for use as often as they wish in various Archant papers and internet	_ECN	2005		25.00		XXX
Hackney Gazette covering cricket game 2h + transmission of 10 pics/no extras free re-use in any Archant publication	_ECN	2005		25.00		XXX
Ham + High one job	_ECN	2009		30.00
Ham and High per job	_ECN	2008		30.00		XX
Ham and High per job - work unused	_ECN	2008		150.00		O
Ham and High per print published	_ECN	2008		35.00
Hamilton Advertiser photography, per picture, no exes	_TMG	2013		20.00	GR	XX
Hammersmith + Fulham News (Hammersmith & Fulham Council) shift: new editor 'changed from paying PR rates to regional newspaper rates for the same work'	_HMG	2008		125.00		?
Hartlepool Life Half-day, mileage paid		2018		60.00	GR
Hartlepool Mail job 4 hours - no expenses paid, not taxed at source, prod/exes £30		2020		70.00
Highbury + Islington Express selection of 10 pics covering a football match free re-use in any Archant publication	_ECN	2005		25.00		XXX
Hornsey Journal per pic	_ECN	2006		20.00		XXX
Inverness Courier commission (from 1 event/story) - £20 for 1st + 2nd pic, £15 for 3rd pic, £10 each for any others. mileage - 38p per mile (but not for the first 6 miles!)	_SPP	2007		20.00
Ipswich Evening Star Photograph and ISDN 6 Pictures from American Football Final, Sheffield	_ECN	2000		85.00
Jersey Evening Post photos for match report		2020		100.00
Kentish Times day plus expenses	_ECN	2007		75.00		XX
Kentish Times day rate travel expenses paid	_ECN	2006		75.00
Lancashire Post day shift - plus mileage @ 25p per mile	_Johnsto	2018		120.00	GR
Lancashire Telegraph day shift - mileage not paid	_NQ	2018		110.00	GR	XXX
Leinster Express per pic repeat use and web use, exes 0.62 per mile	_Johnsto	2008		12.50		XXX
Leinster Express per pic single use no web use	_Johnsto	2007		10.00		XXXX
Liverpool Daily Post + Echo picture FBS	_TMG	2005		50.00		XX
Liverpool Post day	_TMG	2021		125.00
londonlite day	_Assoc	2008		240.00
Luton on Sunday (Local World) photo one use		2015		30.00		X
Manchester Evening News shift (8 hours) all in rate - no expenses full unlimited use across Trinity Mirror titles. 50/50 split on any syndication sales	_TMG	2014		120.00		XXX
Manchester Evening News shift (8 hours) all in rate - no expenses full unlimited use across Trinity Mirror titles. 50/50 split on any syndication sales	_TMG	2014		120.00		XXX
Manchester Evening News 8-hour day	_TMG	2013		120.00	GR
Manchester Evening News 8 hour shift, 1 or 2 jobs, no exes licensed for all uses but syndication by firm split 50/50	_TMG	2013		120.00
Manchester Evening News in-house use only	_GMG	2009		35.00		X
Manchester Evening News picture 7 day online licence	_GMG	2007		425.00	GR
Manchester Evening News picture 1 day online licence	_GMG	2007		85.00	GR
Manchester Evening News 8hr shift: rate was £110+ exes(average £30-40) - now offering all-in	_GMG	2006		120.00	GR	XXX
Manchester Evening News submitted pic, colour, up to 130sq cm licence includes further uses at half this rate	_GMG	2004		36.55	GR	X
Manchester Evening News submitted pic, B+W, up to 65sq cm licence includes further uses at half this rate	_GMG	2004		24.56	GR	X
Manchester Evening News day	_GMG	2004		94.25	GR
Manchester Evening News ordered job	_GMG	2004		35.00	GR	X
Manchester Evening News submitted pic, B+W, up to 130sq cm licence includes further uses at half this rate	_GMG	2004		27.00	GR	X
Middlesex Chronicle day shift	_TMG	2007		90.00	GR	XX
Newbury Weekly News per half shift, regardless of how many jobs, +40p per mile unlimited use		2006		40.00	GR	XXX
Newcastle Evening Chronicle front page, half page pic (tabloid) single use 1st exclusive	_TMG	2006		50.00
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Evening Chronicle submitted pics single use	_TMG	2006		40.00	GR	XX
Newham News job+exes		1996		50.00
Newtownabbey Times per day, no expenses, expected to work up to 12 hours, prod/exes none, seem to do what they want with photos without consultation	_Johnsto	2009		50.00	GR	XXXX
North Wales Pioneer per pic	_NWN	2005		10.00		XXX
Northern Echo day	_Gannett	2005		85.00	GR	X
Northern Echo single pic sports	_NQ	2002		50.00
Northwest Enquirer half page photo		2006		40.00		X
Nottingham Evening Post job	_Assoc	2005		50.00		XXX
Oban Times front page lead photo	__misc	2006		50.00
Offaly Express per pic repeat use and web use, exes 0.62 per mile	_Johnsto	2008		12.50		XXX
Offaly Express per pic single use no web use	_Johnsto	2007		10.00		XXXX
Redditch Standard Photography per day, no exes		2015		100.00	GR	XXX
Rotherham Advertiser two phtotos, print use only		2019		50.00
Rotherham Advertiser two phtotos, print plus web		2019		50.00
Schriften etwas (Illegible Swiss paper) 50 per cent share of fee paid to agency		2020		70.15
Sheffield Star shift FBS	_Johnsto	2006		65.00	GR	X
Sheffield Star Shift	_RIM	2000		60.00		X
Shrewsbury Chronicle day	_MNA	2008		80.00		X
Shrewsbury Chronicle per picture	_MNA	2008		7.00		XXXX
Slough and Windsor Express day shift no expenses, same shift rate for 4 years	_TMG	2006		90.00	GR
Slough and Windsor Express day shift no expenses	_TMG	2006		90.00	GR	XX
Slough and Windsor Observer day shift no expenses	_CF	2006		90.00	GR	XXX
South London Press photography day shift	_TMG	2006		100.00		X
South London Press day	_TMG	2004		100.00
South London Press day shift	_TMG	2004		100.00
South Shropshire Journal per photo printed FBS		2007		5.00		XXXX
Stratford Guardian 2 frontpage pics single UK print use	_NQ	2006		60.00		X
Stroud News + Journal photographs of local performers, events Not paid at all. Photographs are often used without accreditation or worse still with the paper's reference no. next to the photograph!!	_NQ	2006		0.00		X!%X
Sunday Life Iimage used anywhere in the paper	_INM	2017		25.00		X
Sunday Life Picture desk Monday to Friday rate, plus parking, mileage 58p per	_INM	2017		84.00		XX
Sunday Life Picture desk - Saturday rate, plus parking, mileage 58p	_INM	2017		100.00		X
Sunday Life Picture desk Sunday rate, plus parking, mileage 58p per	_INM	2017		108.00		X
Sunday Life photography day	_INM	2013		84.00	GR	XXX
Sunday Life per pic	_INM	2013		25.00	GR	X
Sunday Post single photo reproduction from submission of 10 , prod/exes £25.00 , terms single repro, no re-sale, no re-use	_DCT	2008		50.00	GR	X
Sunday Post 1 pic used at 2 col + £25 wire fee; single use (as per iptc file)	_DCT	2005		50.00	GR
Surrey Mirror offers students per day		1999		0.00		XX
Swansea Evening Post front page pic	_TMG	2003		15.00		XXX
Swindon Advertiser £20 per job. Minimum £80 , mileage @ 37p pm + wire fee 50p per image FBS	_NQ	2013		20.00		XX
The Bolton News per image , terms single use, no web	_NQ	2008		12.00		XXX
The Courier single photo reproduction from submission of 10 , terms Single Repro, No Re-Sale, No Re-use	_DCT	2008		28.00	GR	XXX
The Courier, Dundee photo for other title in group, not licenced for this paper editor said would pay three times normal!	_DCT	2006		50.00		XXXX
The Derry Journal news photo	_Johnsto	2008		12.50		XXX
The Forester / The Citizen (Gloucestershire) unlimited photos per assignment no payment for archive reproducton	_Assoc	2006		45.00	GR	XXXX
The Wharf day	_TMG	2006		100.00	GR	XX
Weekly News 50mm square		2002		40.00
Welwyn and Hatfield Times day rate - but will fit as many as 12 jobs into the day and allow no download time. free re-use in any Archant publication	_ECN	2004		85.00	GR	XX
Western Daily Press picture on spec 1st use - reuse fee lower depending on size; no expenses	_Assoc	2007		40.00		X
Western Daily Press single job unlimited reuse within Bristol papers; expenses 46p per mile, 50p per pic wired on location; no tax deductions	_Assoc	2007		40.00		XXX
Western Daily Press day shift unlimited reuse within Bristol papers; expenses 46p per mile, 50p per pic wired on location; no tax deductions	_Assoc	2007		95.00		XX
Western Daily Press per day FBS+mileage+wire fee	_Assoc	2004		85.00	GR
Western Gazette pic any page no expenses or mileage or anything else	_Assoc	2004		13.00		XXXX
Western Mail day	_TMG	2018		150.00
Western Mail booking minimum	_TMG	2018		75.00
Western Mail job took 30 mins to do all in FBS	_TMG	2013		75.00	GR
Wiltshire Gazette and Herald per day, plus mileage at 40p unlimited use	_NQ	2006		70.00	GR	XXXX
Worcester News day rate + mileage	_Gannett	2006		100.00		X
Yorkshire Post use of two pictures for front page story	_INM	2003		75.00		XX
Archant (local paper) 3 for print, 1 online	_ECN	2011		190.00
Archant newspaper 3 photos for print, 1 online	_ECN	2010		190.00
Capital Group newspapers 2 quarter page sports pix		1993		45.00
Dimbleby Newspaper Group day		1998		23.00		XXX
Dimbleby Newspaper Group photo+report		1996		65.00		X
Dix newspapers (?) photos of protest, each (via agency?)		2020		8.27		XXX
Herald News group pic		1995		60.00
ITV 1 archive photo for daytime TV -	_ITV	2018		200.00
Johnston Press local papers in Nort-East England weekend day	_Johnsto	2021		100.00		XXX
Johnston Press local papers in Nort-East England 'half-day' shift	_Johnsto	2021		50.00		XXX
Johnston Press papers in NE England so-called half day - mileage not paid	_Johnsto	2018		50.00		XXX
Johnston Press papers in NE England so-called half day	_Johnsto	2018		50.00		XXX
Johnston Press papers in NE England day (though shifts are few and far between)	_Johnsto	2018		100.00		XX
Local newspaper event photographing, second pic		2014		2.50		XXXX
Local newspaper event photographing, first pic		2014		8.00		XXXX
Local newspaper publisher out-of-court settlement for unauthorised use of photo(s)		2020		624.00
Local paper (Archant) 1 photo, terms 1 use print and online	_ECN	2019		50.00
Morton newspapers half day (no expenses paid)	_Johnsto	2014		35.00	GR	XXX
Morton newspapers day (no expenses paid)	_Johnsto	2014		70.00	GR	X
Morton newspapers half day (no expenses paid)	_Johnsto	2014		35.00	GR	XXX
Morton newspapers single job (no expenses paid)	_Johnsto	2014		12.00	GR	XXXX
Morton newspapers single job (no expenses paid)	_Johnsto	2014		12.00	GR	XXXX
Morton newspapers day (no expenses paid)	_Johnsto	2014		70.00	GR	X
Newsflare (for London TV) 30 seconds video -		2018		50.00		XXX
NewsQuest local paper day	_NQ	2007		120.00
Regional newspapers per pic		1998		30.00
Regional paper, midlands of England photo day (4+ jobs, 1-3 pics per job)	_Johnsto	2013		80.00		XXX
S E London Mercury group each		1994		15.00
Scotland Today (regional news) 6-second use of still image on-air and embedded in web movie: subsequent unauthorised 12-second use on-air, in embedded web video and web still. Billed and settled in full with no deductions. SMG claimed initial payment was normally considered "buy-out",	_SMG	2007		225.00
Sheffield Newspapers 8-hour day (sometimes 1 maybe 2 jobs, other times 4 or 5 jobs) mileage paid at 45p per mile	_Johnsto	2013		90.00	GR	X
Sheffield Newspapers photo day, 45p per mile use across group	_Johnsto	2013		85.00	GR	XX
Small (fledgling) regional weekly Supporting article		2004		2.00		XXXX
Tindle newspapers photography day, 34p per mile, no other expenses	_Tindle	2013		50.00	GR	XXX
Trinity Mirror paper day	_TMG	2006		100.00		X
Weekly Local Newspaper (various editions in Hants/Surrey) day, prod/exes 0.34p per mile for petrol (plus they sell pics to public and no commission to photographer!)	_Tindle	2015		50.00	GR	XXX
Key to the rates, by column:
1 Publication / Programme, any details of work and licence
2 Owner at the time the rate was reported, where known	Group
3 The year in which the rate was reported		Year
4 Currency: either or or (US)
5 Amount paid (total of basic licence and extra licences for web use, database resale...)				Amount
7 "Going Rate" according to experienced NUJ members - do try to better it:					GR
or Minimum rate set out in NUJ House Agreement:					HA
8 Underpaid, in the fallible opinion of the Freelance editor:				50.00		X
or Just sometimes we're pleasantly surprised:				1500.00		O

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