NUJ Rate for the Job:
Photography / news

Archived: 12 June 2008

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" 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 / news

Photography whose primary use was in a newspaper.
These are archived rates - see current rates.

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Freelance Fees Guide

Publication/Programme - details & terms

Group

Year

¤

Basic fee

Extras

Daily Telegraph day

1993

GBP

120

-

Daily Telegraph day

1993

GBP

110

-

Daily Telegraph pic

1993

GBP

110

-

Daily Telegraph half-day

1992

GBP

50

-

Evening Standard head'n'shoulders

1994

GBP

50

-

Guardian day shift plus travel and film

2000

GBP

130

Guardian one pic, paid nine months later

2000

GBP

120

-

Guardian 1/8p colour pic, £15 wiring fee

1997

GBP

100

-

Guardian sport (foreign)

1995

GBP

88

-

X

Guardian Weekend, double-page

1993

GBP

150

-

Guardian day (taxed at source, negotiated with effort)

1993

GBP

110

-

Guardian quarter front page

1993

GBP

130

-

Guardian 2p spread

1992

GBP

300

-

Independent on Saturday 3 photos for interview

1998

GBP

150

-

X

Independent on Sunday day

1998

GBP

125

-

Independent 2 pix

1998

GBP

90

-

X

Independent Saturday mag

1998

GBP

150

-

X

Independent half-day

1997

GBP

75

-

Independent day

1997

GBP

125

-

Independent sports, up to 10 hours

1996

GBP

150

-

Independent sports, up to 8 hours

1996

GBP

125

-

Independent sports, up to 12 hours

1996

GBP

175

-

Independent pic

1995

GBP

50

-

Independent pic

1994

GBP

70

-

Independent day

1993

GBP

105

-

Mail on Sunday day

1994

GBP

100

-

X

Observer/Guardian 'so-called half-day'

1996

GBP

150

-

Observer day

1995

GBP

125

-

Observer 3 columns

1995

GBP

95

-

Observer 90sqr

1993

GBP

110

-

Times / Sunday Times each

1992

GBP

50

-

X

Times / Sunday Times each

1992

GBP

250

-

Times Supplement half-day

1994

GBP

120

-

Times Supplement day

1994

GBP

200

-

Today feature page

1994

GBP

200

-

Weekly Journal page of 4 pix+text

1993

GBP

465

-

The above are the rates for Photography / news ARCHIVED on 12 June 2008.

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

3 The year in which the rate was reported

Year

4 Currency: either GBP

GBP

or

EUR

¤

5 Amount paid for basic licence - e.g. first use in print:

Basic fee

6 Paid for extra licences - web use, database resale... (no data pre Jun 2000)

...

Extras

7 "Going Rate" according to experienced NUJ members - do try to better it:

...

...

GR

or Minimum rate set out in NUJ House Agreement (more will be made soon):

...

...

HA

8 Underpaid, in the fallible opinion of the Freelance editor:

GBP

50

0

X

or Just sometimes we're pleasantly surprised:

EUR

1500

300

O

Other rates:	Click below...							For...
Words, per 1000	News	Local	Mag	online	Book	PR	Other	writing, paid per 1000 words
Words, other	News	Local	Mag	online	Book	PR	Other	writing, paid per page, per item, etc
Photography	News	Local	Mag	online	Book	PR	Other	pix whether paid by the piece or the day
Broadcasting	News	Local	Other including podcasting					all sorts of radio & TV work
Shifts	News	Local	Mag	online	Book	PR	Other	work paid by the day; e.g. sub-editing
Other:	Cartoon \| Crossword \| Illustration \| Punditry \| Retainer \| Teaching \| Tip-off \| Translation
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