NUJ Rate for the Job: recent rates for Shifts / online

Updated: 2025-07-09

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.

Shifts / online Writing and editing work primarily for online-only use, paid by the day or the hour. In August 2012 we moved rates for online editions of newspapers and magazines into the 'news' or 'mags' listings. If you are interested, the archived rates are here.
Tell us what you've been paid for Shifts / online		Freelance Fees Guide
Publication / Programme - details & terms	Group	Year		Total paid	GR	XXXX
220 Triathlon online production and writing shift, seven hours	_Kelsey	2025		140.00	GR
Times online reporting day	_NI	2024		300.00
AFP video production news desk shift, news agency, 7 or 8 hrs including 30-minute break , - not taxed at source	_AFP	2025		200.00
Charity copywriting for website, per day		2023		350.00	GR
Charity per day		2022		250.00
Civil Service per day		2022		350.00		O
NGO per day		2022		300.00	GR
University editing website (online using content management system) per day		2023		400.00	GR	O
University department per day		2022		320.00
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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