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recent rates for Words, per 1000 / mags
Updated: 2022-07-19
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Work paid by the thousand words, whose primary use is in a magazine. (Generic rates for publishing groups appear at the end.) If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year |  |
Total paid | GR |
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| 5280 digital story - 600 words @ $150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 |  |
250.00 | |||
| 5280 print fob story 600 words @ $375 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
625.00 | |||
| Aesthetica print feature 1750 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 |  |
57.00 | |||
| Africa Report 1500-word feature @ €400 - all rights | 2021 |  |
267.00 | GR | ||
| Amateur Photographer Op-ed - £75 for 400 words - as reported to journoresources.org.uk | 2020 | |
188.00 | |||
| Amateur Photographer 400-word op-ed piece @ £75 = | 2019 | |
187.50 | |||
| Another Man Listicle (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
100.00 | |||
| Apolitical feature up to (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
375.00 | |||
| Apple book review - up to (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
222.00 | |||
| Architectural Digest digital feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Art in America review 900 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
278.00 | |||
| Art uk 1000 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
100.00 | |||
| ArtReview feature 1200 words @ £420 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
350.00 | |||
| ArtReview Asia cover feature including interview, 1200 words @ £420 (no expenses) = | 2022 | |
350.00 | GR | ||
| ArtReview long book review 1200 words @ £420 = | 2022 | |
350.00 | O | ||
| ArtReview exhibition review (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
350.00 | |||
| ArtReview exhibition review (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
350.00 | |||
| Atlantic feature - 4000 words @ £6000 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
1500.00 | |||
| Atlas by Etihad (online) Travel round up 500 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
300.00 | |||
| Atlas Obscura feature 1200 words @ £600 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Atlas Obscura feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
375.00 | |||
| Atlas Obscura feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
400.00 | |||
| Atlas Obscura feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Backstage magazine feature 1200 words @ $250 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
208.00 | |||
| Bandcamp Daily music writing - according to whopayswriters.com | 2020 | |
530.00 | |||
| Bandcamp interview 700 words @ £325 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
464.00 | |||
| Bandcamp interview 1200 words @ $350 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
292.00 | |||
| BBC Future in-depth digital feature 1500 words @ £600 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
400.00 | |||
| BBC History Magazine Feature, 2500 words @ £375 (all rights) = | _Immed | 2021 | |
150.00 | ||
| BBC Science Focus print article 800 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| BBC Worklife news feature assigned at 1000, with edits ~1400 words @ £450 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
321.00 | |||
| Beatportal feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
150.00 | |||
| Billboard reporting news story 200 words @ £400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
2000.00 | |||
| Billboard features (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Bloomberg Businessweek feature - 3750 words @ US$11,250 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Bloomb | 2020 | |
3000.00 | ||
| Bloomberg Businessweek feature , terms - 1st NA serial, I retain copyright | _Bloomb | 2021 | |
2500.00 | O | |
| Bloomberg Businessweek feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Bloomb | 2020 | |
2000.00 | ||
| Bloomberg article , terms - 1st North America serial rights - author retains copyright | _Bloomb | 2021 | |
1250.00 | O | |
| Bloomberg feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Bloomb | 2020 | |
300.00 | ||
| Bon Appetit (web) personal essay (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
1000.00 | |||
| Bon Appetit personal essay 400 words @ $250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
625.00 | |||
| Brightest Young Things essay - 1200 words @ $75 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
62.00 | |||
| Business Insider personal narative 800 words @ $400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Business Insider personal narrative 1000 words @ $300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
300.00 | |||
| Business Insider op-ed for the commentary section 800 words @ $450 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
563.00 | |||
| Bustle UK feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
133.00 | |||
| Bustle personal essay 800 words @ £400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Camadian Geographic feature - according to whopayswriters.com | _NatGeo | 2020 | |
1000.00 | ||
| ChannelPro B2B trade press - feature article (2 interviews and a research report or similar minimum) 800 words @ £200 = - all rights | _Dennis | 2021 | |
250.00 | ||
| ChannelPro feature (specialist b2b) 800 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Chat first person copy with victim of domestic violence plus case study 1400 words @ £2500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
1786.00 | |||
| Church Times feature, multiple sources and lots of research words @ £ = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
150.00 | |||
| CityMetric feature up to (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
437.00 | |||
| Closer Feature - 1800 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
167.00 | |||
| CoBo Social online arts magazine based in Hong Kong original reviews of 1000 +/- 100 words - (do not know what uses licensed) | 2022 | |
200.00 | GR | ||
| Complex reported piece 1600 words @ $400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Condé Nast Traveler online feature 2200 words @ £350 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
159.00 | ||
| Condé Nast Traveler short feature 1000 words @ $400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
400.00 | ||
| Consequence of Sound Op-ed/essay (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
100.00 | |||
| Cosmopolitan UK feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | |
1000.00 | ||
| Cosmopolitan UK print feature 2000 words @ £600 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | |
300.00 | ||
| Cosmopolitan US feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Hearst | 2020 | |
250.00 | ||
| Cosmopolitan SEO up to 800 words @ $175 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | |
219.00 | ||
| Cosmopolitan service essay 1000 words @ $250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | |
250.00 | ||
| Cosmopolitan feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | |
100.00 | ||
| Cosmopolitan first person feature 400 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | |
500.00 | ||
| Cosmopolitan reported feature 1200 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | |
125.00 | ||
| Cosmopolitan reported feature 900 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | |
222.00 | ||
| Crack feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
127.00 | |||
| Curbed feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
600.00 | |||
| Curbed feature 2500 words @ $1350 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
540.00 | |||
| Dazed / Huck feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
150.00 | |||
| Dazed beauty interview with youtuber 1200 words @ £175 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
146.00 | |||
| Dazed opinion up to 600 words @ £120 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Dazed feature 1500 words @ £180 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
120.00 | |||
| Dazed feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
120.00 | |||
| Dazed digital op-ed (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
180.00 | |||
| Devex feature story 1136 words @ $528 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
465.00 | |||
| Dicebreaker list guide 1500 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
167.00 | |||
| Direct Relief story essay (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Discover Magazine news 350 words @ $350 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
1000.00 | |||
| DIY feature - 1500 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
667.00 | |||
| Dork feature 500 words @ £20 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
40.00 | |||
| Downbeat Q&A interview 800 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
125.00 | |||
| Eater reported feature 2000 words @ £500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Eater news story 1500 words @ $300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Eater Boston short feature 800 words @ $150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
188.00 | |||
| Eater London feature - 800 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
187.00 | |||
| Economist 1843 feature - 5000 words @ £3500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | __misc | 2020 | |
700.00 | ||
| Economist 400 words @ £500 - all rights | 2021 | |
1250.00 | O | ||
| Economist culture blog post (via #FreelancerPayGap) | __misc | 2020 | |
162.00 | ||
| Economist online arts blog 600 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
333.00 | |||
| Electric + Hybrid Rail Technology 1500 words @ £480 FBS = | 2022 | |
320.00 | GR | ||
| Elle UK feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Hach | 2020 | |
200.00 | ||
| Empire writer retained copyright | _Bauer | 2021 | |
350.00 | ||
| Empire feature - 2400 words @ £720 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Bauer | 2020 | |
300.00 | ||
| Ensia feature - 1200 words @ $900 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
750.00 | |||
| Ensia online feature 800 words @ £600 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
750.00 | |||
| Entertainment Weekly feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _AOLTW | 2020 | |
500.00 | ||
| Equal Times (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Equal Times news story 1200 words @ €300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Esquire UK long read on anniversary of big TV show (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | |
300.00 | ||
| Esquire.com (online only) fashion feature (plus provided images) (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | |
300.00 | ||
| Esquire online feature 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | |
200.00 | ||
| Esquire feature - according to whopayswriters.com | _Hearst | 2020 | |
1330.00 | ||
| EUobserver feature - 700 words @ €150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
214.00 | |||
| Euromoney magazine Feature or news writing | _Assoc | 2021 | |
500.00 | GR | O |
| Expert Reviews review (group test) 1000 words @ £120 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
120.00 | |||
| Fabulous reported Long Read 2400 words @ £950 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
396.00 | |||
| Fashionista US feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
150.00 | |||
| Feel Good You health story, case-study led, 800 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
313.00 | |||
| Ferment feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
220.00 | |||
| Food and Wine feature 800 words @ $400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Foreign Policy feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
357.00 | |||
| Foreign Policy feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Forge (Medium) feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
1000.00 | |||
| Fortean Times Forum article (2019), 2000 words @ £100 = | _Dennis | 2021 | |
50.00 | ||
| Fortune news analysis 1500 words @ $1000 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
667.00 | |||
| Gastro Obscura feature - 1100 words @ $550 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Gizmodo UK review 1000 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
100.00 | |||
| Glamour true life story 1800 words @ £550 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
306.00 | |||
| Grazia online Various 1000 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
150.00 | |||
| Grazia print feature on people breaking lockdown to have sex 600 words @ £50p per word = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | GR | ||
| Grazia personal essay piece 900 words @ £450 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Greatist essays to reported pieces up to (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
312.00 | |||
| Greatist reported narrative 800 words @ £400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| GuitarWorld.com interview (US-based, but pays UK freelancers in sterling) 1500 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
100.00 | |||
| Happiful Magazine feature 800 words @ £140 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
175.00 | |||
| Harper's Bazaar short story by Virginia Woolf - 1500 words @ £200 in 1937, adjusted for inflation = | _Hearst | 2021 | |
9300.00 | ||
| Harper's Bazaar feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Hearst | 2020 | |
500.00 | ||
| Hello Giggles essay - 500 words @ $150 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
300.00 | |||
| HelloGiggles reported feature 1000 words @ $150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
150.00 | |||
| Huck interview feature 900 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
111.00 | |||
| Huck Interview / profile (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
100.00 | |||
| Huffington Post UK personal essay 800 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
125.00 | |||
| Huffington Post personal essay 1100 words @ $125 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
114.00 | GR | ||
| Huffington Post op-ed 800 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
125.00 | |||
| Huffington Post op-ed - 800 words commissioned, filed more (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
140.00 | |||
| Huffington Post op-ed 800 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
125.00 | |||
| Huffington Post op-ed 750 words @ $140 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
187.00 | |||
| Huffington Post reported feature 1200 words @ £396 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
330.00 | |||
| Huffington Post op-ed 800 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
125.00 | |||
| Huffington Post personal story 800 words @ $140 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
175.00 | |||
| Huffington Post opinion piece 800 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
125.00 | |||
| HuffPost feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _AOLTW | 2020 | |
567.00 | ||
| HuffPost feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _AOLTW | 2020 | |
333.00 | ||
| Hyperallergic news story 600 words @ $200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
333.00 | |||
| Hyperallergic interview feature 1200 words @ $150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
125.00 | |||
| i-D (offered on Twitter by an editor) | 2021 | |
200.00 | GR | ||
| i-D op-ed 900 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
222.00 | |||
| i-D feature 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| i-D feature / culture piece - multiple interviews 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| i-D feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Increment feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
1000.00 | |||
| Inside Lacrosse feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Insider first-person essay 1200 words @ $185 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
154.00 | |||
| Insider product round-up 700 words @ £90 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
129.00 | |||
| Insider (lifestyle) photo essay and feature 1000 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
150.00 | |||
| InStyle essay - 800 words @ $350 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
437.00 | |||
| InStyle 600 words @ US$350 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
583.00 | |||
| IPE Real Assets feature article with interviews - | 2021 | |
400.00 | |||
| ITPro feature 1000 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Jacobin op-ed (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
50.00 | |||
| Kinfolk interview feature 1200 words @ $600 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Kinfolk short feature 200 words @ $100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Kinfolk (US print magazine) feature | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Kveller personal essay (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
100.00 | |||
| LatinNews feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
92.00 | |||
| Le Figaro feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
260.00 | |||
| Literary Hub feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
167.00 | |||
| Little White Lies review 500 words @ £45 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
90.00 | |||
| Live Science short news 500 words @ $200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
400.00 | |||
| London in Stereo feature / how-to 1000-2000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Lonely Planet online travel feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Mabuhay Magazine feature, 1400 words @ 700 Singapore dollars (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Ink | 2020 | |
391.00 | ||
| Maddyness feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
136.00 | |||
| Marie Claire feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _AOLTW | 2020 | |
325.00 | ||
| Marker feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
800.00 | |||
| MarketWatch feature - 1200 words @ $500 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
417.00 | |||
| Mechanical Engineering Feature - 1800 words @ $1500 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
833.00 | |||
| medium onezero feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
1000.00 | |||
| Meininger's Wine Business International Feature - 1500 words @ €600 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
400.00 | |||
| MEL Magazine reported feature 1000 words @ £400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
400.00 | |||
| Military Technology crisis rate - previously €200 - FBS | 2021 | |
150.00 | GR | ||
| Military Technology reports for website from in-person industry events - web use - crisis rate - previously €200 | 2021 | |
150.00 | GR | ||
| Mojo and Q Re-use of features in Collectors Series | _Bauer | 2021 | |
90.00 | GR | |
| Mojo and Q Re-use of features in Collectors Series - rate negotiated in 2010 | _Bauer | 2021 | |
130.00 | ||
| Moneywise feature - 1200 words @ £525 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Moneyw | 2020 | |
437.00 | ||
| Monocle 200 words @ £140 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
700.00 | |||
| Monocle feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
700.00 | |||
| Monocle 450 words @ £300 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
667.00 | |||
| Montel News market-specific news story/market commentary 400 words @ £120 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
300.00 | |||
| Morning Calm (Korean Air inflight) travel cover feature 3000 words @ $2000 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
667.00 | |||
| Mr Porter UK feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
700.00 | |||
| N by Norwegian (inflight mag) 1500 word feature story with two days reporting abroad @ £500 = terms - not discussed | _Ink | 2019 | |
333.00 | ||
| National Geographic online news story 7-day assignment 3500 words @ $4375 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatGeo | 2020 | |
1250.00 | ||
| National Geographic Traveller UK feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatGeo | 2020 | |
220.00 | ||
| National Geographic features 1000 words @ £220 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatGeo | 2020 | |
220.00 | ||
| Nature feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Holtzb | 2020 | |
1250.00 | ||
| Nature feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Holtzb | 2020 | |
1000.00 | ||
| Nature Feature 2400 words @ £1800 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Holtzb | 2020 | |
750.00 | ||
| New Scientist feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Assoc | 2020 | |
500.00 | ||
| New Scientist feature 2400 words @ £1200 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Assoc | 2020 | |
500.00 | ||
| New Scientist feature 2700 words @ £1350 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Assoc | 2020 | |
500.00 | ||
| New Scientist news 300 words @ £135 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
450.00 | |||
| New Scientist news story 600 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| New Scientist features (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
510.00 | |||
| New Statesman feature 1750 words @ £600 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
343.00 | |||
| New Statesman column (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
400.00 | |||
| New Statesman print feature 2500 words @ £500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| New Statesman interview 600 words @ £166 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
277.00 | |||
| New Statesman news story 800 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| New York Magazine profile 750 words @ $500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
667.00 | |||
| New Yorker feature 5000 words @ $9500 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
1900.00 | ||
| New Yorker shouts and murmurs 400 words @ $2000 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
5000.00 | O | |
| New Yorker TheNewYorker.com feature , terms - 1st NA serial, I retain copyright | _Advance | 2021 | |
1550.00 | GR | O |
| NME review 400 words @ £60 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
150.00 | |||
| NME cover story - 2400 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
125.00 | |||
| NME TV review 500 words @ £70 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
140.00 | |||
| NME interview 900 words @ £90 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
100.00 | |||
| Noble Rot feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| North and South long features | 2021 | |
390.00 | O | ||
| Ocala StyleMagazine reporter and photographer 500 words @ $155 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
310.00 | |||
| October feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
350.00 | |||
| Oh! (Oh! Comely) personal feature 500 words @ £75 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
150.00 | |||
| OneZero - Medium feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
909.00 | |||
| Outside feature 5000 words @ $12500 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
2500.00 | |||
| Outside news story (1000-2000 words) (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Paper feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Petroleum Economist feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
300.00 | |||
| Positive News news story 450 words @ £25p per word = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Positive News web news story 500 words @ £0.25p per word = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Positive News news feature 800 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Positive News SponCon 800 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Positive News print feature 1200 words @ £400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
333.00 | |||
| Post | 2019 | |
300.00 | |||
| Private Eye news 200 words @ £80 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
400.00 | |||
| Professional Engineer | 2019 | |
300.00 | |||
| Prog interview (Q&A) 1000 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
100.00 | |||
| Project magazine (B2B) cover feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
375.00 | |||
| Prospect online op-ed 900 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
111.00 | |||
| Prospect reported feature 3000 words @ £840 (28p per word) = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
280.00 | |||
| Prospect feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
140.00 | |||
| Prospect (Web) reported feature 900 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
167.00 | |||
| ProTravel London travel guide (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
350.00 | |||
| PushSquare review 1000 words @ £50 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
50.00 | |||
| Raconteur feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
400.00 | |||
| Raconteur feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
350.00 | |||
| Raconteur feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
350.00 | |||
| Raconteur feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
350.00 | |||
| Raconteur feature 900 words @ £320 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
356.00 | |||
| Raconteur feature for supplement including 4 interviewees 1000 words @ £40p per word = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
400.00 | |||
| Raconteur feature 1150 words @ £35p par word = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
350.00 | |||
| Raconteur for the Times feature 900 words @ £40p per word = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
400.00 | |||
| Radio Times interview feature 900 words @ £500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
556.00 | |||
| Radio Times Interview (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
400.00 | |||
| Reader's Digest feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
333.00 | |||
| Reader's Digest 1200 words @ £400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
333.00 | |||
| Refinery29 feature 800 words @ $400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Refinery29 feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
687.00 | |||
| Refinery29 personal essay 900 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
222.00 | |||
| Refinery29 feature 1500 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Refinery29 feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
125.00 | |||
| Refinery29 feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Refinery29 reported feature 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Refinery29 op-ed 1200 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
208.00 | |||
| Refinery29 reported feature 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Refinery29 feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Refinery29 UK feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
167.00 | |||
| Resident Advisor album review - 500 words @ £100 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Resnews 750 words @ £75 = | 2019 | |
100.00 | |||
| Restless opinion 800 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
188.00 | |||
| Restless reported essay 1000 words @ $150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
150.00 | |||
| Restless op-ed 850 words @ £85 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
100.00 | |||
| Reverb list feature 700 words @ $200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
286.00 | |||
| Rewire News feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
437.00 | |||
| Rock Paper Shotgun reported feature 1500 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
133.00 | |||
| Rocking On License to reuse edit of feature first published 1988 - one use | 2021 | |
100.00 | |||
| Rolling Stone culture feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Wenner | 2020 | |
300.00 | ||
| Romper personal essay 600 words @ $75 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
125.00 | |||
| Saga feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Self feature - 1200 words @ $500 = | _CondN | 2021 | |
417.00 | O | |
| Self Q&A 1500 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| SELF feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
330.00 | |||
| Shadowproof investigative feature 1000 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
300.00 | |||
| Shondaland interview/reported feature 1300 words @ $700 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
538.00 | |||
| Skyword blog post - up to (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
750.00 | |||
| Slate feature 1200 words @ $400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
333.00 | |||
| Sleek magazine (online) personal essay 750 words @ €120 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
160.00 | |||
| Smithsonian feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
400.00 | |||
| Smithsonian feature 1200 words @ $350 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
292.00 | |||
| Spectator review 800 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Spectator interview feature 1000-1200 words - print use only | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Spectator live music review 800 words @ £200 for print use only = | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Sports Illustrated feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _AOLTW | 2020 | |
250.00 | ||
| Strategy & Business book review (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
1000.00 | |||
| Stylist.co.uk feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
206.00 | |||
| Stylist opinion piece 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Stylist op-ed 700 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
214.00 | |||
| Stylist reported feature 1400 words @ £490 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
350.00 | |||
| Supermaker reported feature 1000 words @ $325 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
325.00 | |||
| SyFy Long-form listicle ranking nearly 40 entries in 1500-2000 words (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Technology Review feature 2500 words @ £3800 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
1520.00 | |||
| Teen Vogue reported feature 1200 words @ $300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
250.00 | ||
| Teen Vogue op-ed 1200 words @ $250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
208.00 | ||
| Teen Vogue op-ed 1800 words @ $200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
111.00 | ||
| Teen Vogue news blog 300 words @ £40 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
133.00 | ||
| Teen Vogue news story (300-500 words) (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
40.00 | ||
| Teen Vogue profile or interview - via whopayswriters.com | _CondN | 2020 | |
310.00 | ||
| Television interview feature 1200 words @ £360 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
300.00 | |||
| The Appeal news 1200 words @ $1000 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
833.00 | |||
| The Art Newspaper 250-word news feature @ £100 = | 2020 | |
400.00 | |||
| The Atlantic reported story with multiple interviews 1200 words @ $400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
333.00 | |||
| The Atlantic opinion or essay - according to whopayswriters.com | 2020 | |
560.00 | |||
| The AV Club (Film) long read on the making of a terrible film 2000 words @ $300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
150.00 | |||
| The Counter op-ed 500 words @ $500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
1000.00 | |||
| The Criterion Offered by T.S. Eliot to Virginia Woolf for 'Character in Fiction' in 1924 - £20 for 5000 words - Second British Serial Rights - and her Hogarth Press went on publish it a third time | 2020 | |
245.00 | |||
| The Culture Trip feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
150.00 | |||
| The Culture Trip detailed listicle (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
180.00 | |||
| The Culture Trip travel listicle with photo research 1000 words @ £115 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
115.00 | |||
| The Cut feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| The Daily Beast feature/news 1200 words @ $300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| The Daily Dot Feature 1600 words @ $250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
156.00 | |||
| The Face feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| The Face feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Bauer | 2020 | |
167.00 | ||
| The Face interview feature with up-and-coming pop star 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| The Face feature with well-known musician 1125 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
133.00 | |||
| The Face online feature 1600 words @ £320 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| The Femedic feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
187.00 | |||
| The Financial Diet essay (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
50.00 | |||
| The Grocer feature (print & online) 3250 words @ £1137.05 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
350.00 | |||
| The Journalist story spiked, in spite of which editor reminded me to invoice - | _TU | 2020 | |
314.00 | ||
| The Journalist 750 words @ £250 = | _TU | 2019 | |
333.00 | ||
| The Ktchn personal essay 300 words @ $150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| The Lily (by Washington Post) feature 1200 words @ $400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
333.00 | |||
| The Oldie rant 350 words @ £125 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
357.00 | |||
| The Oldie a newsy feature - 600 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
333.00 | |||
| The Org feature 1200 words @ €600 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| The Register feature - | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| The Register feature | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| The Skinny feature 1200 words @ £45 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
38.00 | |||
| The Week Junior typically 700 words @ £175 = | 2022 | |
250.00 | GR | ||
| The Week Junior basic news story, 400 words @ £140 = | 2022 | |
350.00 | |||
| Think Inclusive list (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
100.00 | |||
| Times Literary Supplement review 500 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _TSL | 2020 | |
200.00 | ||
| Times Literary Supplement in brief' review 300 words @ £50 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _TSL | 2020 | |
167.00 | ||
| Times Literary Supplement book review/essay (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
100.00 | |||
| Times Travel (Sat sup) travel feature 1000 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NI | 2020 | |
300.00 | ||
| Timetastic case study (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Tortoise heavily-reported long read 4000 words @ £2000 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Total Guitar interview (narrative) 2500 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
100.00 | |||
| Town and Country article, terms - 1st North America serial rights | _Hearst | 2021 | |
3000.00 | O | |
| Trade/b2b publications features 2000 words @ £450 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
225.00 | |||
| Travel + Leisure travel feature 300 words @ $375 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
1250.00 | |||
| Tribune Magazine feature 800 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
188.00 | |||
| TripSavvy travel listicle 1000 words @ $200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Undark magazine feature 1800 words @ $1800 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
1000.00 | |||
| UnderPinned feature 800 words @ £120 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
150.00 | |||
| UnHerd op-ed (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Vice feature 1000 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Vice UK feature 1800 words @ £180 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
100.00 | |||
| Vice UK feature 1000 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Vice UK feature 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Vice UK feature 2500 words @ £750 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
300.00 | |||
| Vice UK feature 1200 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Vice UK profile 1200 words @ £400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
333.00 | |||
| Vice UK feature 1600 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
188.00 | |||
| Vice UK reported feature 2000 words @ £450 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
225.00 | |||
| Vice UK feature - cold pitch - multiple sources (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Vice UK feature 1500 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Vice UK op-ed 750 words @ £75 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
100.00 | |||
| Vice students content 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Vice feature 2000 words @ £550 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
275.00 | |||
| Vice news story, quick turnaround 1200 words @ $500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
417.00 | |||
| Vice op-ed 800 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Vice feature 1000 words @ £450 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
450.00 | |||
| Vice feature 1200 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Vice reported feature 1300 words @ £325 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Vice 1000 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Vice feature 1000 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
300.00 | |||
| Vice feature 1000 words @ £20p par word = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Vice feature 1200 words @ £20p / word = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Vice reported feature on making of tv show 2000 words @ £500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Vice short reported feature 900 words @ £225 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Vice listicle 1200 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Vice feature-length report 950 words @ £750 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
789.00 | |||
| Vice 2500 words @ £2000 no exes = | 2020 | |
800.00 | |||
| Vice Germany 800 words @ €400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| VinePair feature 1700 words @ $300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
176.00 | |||
| Vogue Business 800 words @ $250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
313.00 | |||
| Vogue Global Network feature 1000 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
300.00 | |||
| Vogue Global Network feature 1000 words @ £350 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
350.00 | |||
| Vogue UK interview 800 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
313.00 | ||
| Vogue (vogue.co.uk) interview 800 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
188.00 | ||
| Vox feature 1500 words @ £570 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
380.00 | |||
| Vox feature 1500 words @ £380 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
253.00 | |||
| Vox reported feature 1600 words @ $500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
313.00 | |||
| Wallpaper* (online) news stories, features, etc. (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
350.00 | |||
| Wallpaper* (print) profile 1200 words @ €600 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
500.00 | |||
| Wallpaper* (print) profile 600 words @ €400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
667.00 | |||
| Wanderlust feature 800 words @ £176 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
220.00 | |||
| WhoWhatWhy news story 750 words @ $50 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
67.00 | |||
| Wired sponsored content feature 1500 words @ £400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
267.00 | ||
| Wired feature 1200 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
208.00 | ||
| Wired feature 1500 words @ £400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
267.00 | ||
| Wired long-form feature 4000 words @ £1400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
350.00 | ||
| Wired online feature 1200 words @ £450 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
375.00 | ||
| Wired UK Translation rights (Japanese edition) | _CondN | 2021 | |
65.00 | ||
| Wired UK Feature 1200 words @ £400, negotiated up from £350 (to the surprise of the writer they paid another $78 for Japanese translation rights) | _CondN | 2021 | |
333.00 | ||
| Wired UK feature (online) 2000 words @ £350 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
175.00 | ||
| Wired UK interview 900 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
333.00 | ||
| Wired UK feature 3000 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
100.00 | ||
| Wired UK feature 800 words @ £280 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
350.00 | ||
| Wired UK long-read feature 4000 words @ £1400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
350.00 | ||
| Wired UK (online) feature 1200 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
208.00 | ||
| Wired UK (print) feature 4000 words @ £1400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | |
350.00 | ||
| Woman Alive feature 700 words @ £85 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
121.00 | |||
| Women in Trade feature 700 words @ £75 but £30 deducted for 'heavy editing' = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
64.00 | |||
| Women in Trade ghost-writing a feature article - Q&A provided (£25 was deducted for minor edits) (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
75.00 | |||
| Women's Health UK (print) feature 2000 words @ £450 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
225.00 | |||
| Wonderland long-form interview 2000 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
50.00 | |||
| World Politics Review 1100 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
227.00 | |||
| Xtra magazine personal essay, 1200-1500 words for 325 Canadian Dollars 1200-1500 words @ £CAD 325 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
187.00 | |||
| Yes! Magazine feature 1400 words @ £425 USD = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
311.00 | |||
| Your Cat (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
140.00 | |||
| Zagat Stories feature 1500 words @ £500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
333.00 | |||
| A music magazine Re-use of article published in 1986 - 7000 words @ £800 | _Bauer | 2020 | |
114.00 | ||
| AZo Networks feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
37.50 | |||
| B2B retail sector researching, interviewing and writing article - 1800 words @ £200 = | _DCT | 2022 | |
111.00 | ||
| BBC Culture feature 1250 words @ £400 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _BBC | 2020 | |
320.00 | ||
| BBC Future feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _BBC | 2020 | |
400.00 | ||
| BBC Travel feature - 1200 words @ $600 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _BBC | 2020 | |
500.00 | ||
| BBC Worklife feature up to (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _BBC | 2020 | |
1000.00 | ||
| Canvas8 Library report 2000 words @ £400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| gal-dem.com profile feature 1200 words @ £70 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
58.00 | |||
| Immediate Media interview feature 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Immed | 2020 | |
200.00 | ||
| Immediate Media feature 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Immed | 2020 | |
200.00 | ||
| Justine Grosset branded blog article (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| Local free magazine interview-based feature 500 words @ £60 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
120.00 | |||
| Motion Picture Editors Guild (USA) 1250-word feature @ $1250 | 2021 | |
1000.00 | |||
| MTV essay (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
350.00 | |||
| MusicRadar.com interview (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
100.00 | |||
| Novara media feature 1200 words @ £70 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
58.00 | |||
| NUJ 400 words @ £124 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _TU | 2020 | |
310.00 | ||
| Oxford University 1000 words @ £2000 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
2000.00 | |||
| Parents.com how-to 1000 words @ $150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
150.00 | |||
| Penguin Random House web article 500 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
300.00 | |||
| Trade mag 2000-word in-depth feature, with multiple interviews @ £500, all rights yielded | 2019 | |
250.00 | |||
| Trade union magazine 1500-word body with 2 x 200 word boxouts @ £480 = | _TU | 2021 | |
253.00 | O | |
| Various statistical report 5000 words @ $6000 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
1200.00 | |||
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| 5 Amount paid (total of basic licence and extra licences for web use, database resale...) | Amount |
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| 7 "Going Rate" according to experienced NUJ members - do try to better it: | GR |
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| or Minimum rate set out in NUJ House Agreement: | HA |
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| 8 Underpaid, in the fallible opinion of the Freelance editor: | | 50.00 | X |
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| or Just sometimes we're pleasantly surprised: | | 1500.00 | O |
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| Words, per 1000 | News | Local | Mag | online | Book | PR | Other |
| Words, other | News | Local | Mag | online | Book | PR | Other |
| Photography | News | Local | Mag | online | Book | PR | Other |
| Broadcasting | News | Local | Other including podcasting | ||||
| Shifts | News | Local | Mag | online | Book | PR | Other |
| Other: | Cartoons | Crosswords | Illustration | Punditry | Retainer | Teaching | Tip-off | Translation | ||||||
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