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Shifts / news
Rates archived as at 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.
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Writing and editing work for newspapers, that was paid by the day or the hour. Mostly sub-editing: checking and proofreading copy and making it fit the house style and design. (Actual publication/programme names appear before publishers and generic rates.)
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year |  |
Total paid | GR |
XXXX |
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| Asahi Shimbun research half day | 2012 |  |
100.00 | |||
| Asahi Shimbun research day | 2012 | |
200.00 | |||
| Azzaman (Azzaman Arabic Newspapers) research/writing day | 2002 | |
100.00 | |||
| Daily Express subbing day | _UM | 1997 | |
100.00 | X | |
| Daily Mail editorial assistant day | _Assoc | 2010 | |
100.00 | ||
| Daily Mail online subbing/writing day | _Assoc | 2009 | |
100.00 | GR | XXX |
| Daily Mail online subbing/writing day | _Assoc | 2009 | |
100.00 | GR | XXX |
| Daily Mail subbing day | _Assoc | 2006 | |
100.00 | XX | |
| Daily Mail research (specialised financial) per day | _Assoc | 2004 | |
700.00 | O | |
| Daily Mail foreign reporting half day | _Assoc | 2003 | |
150.00 | ||
| Daily Mail foreign reporting day | _Assoc | 2003 | |
250.00 | ||
| Daily Mail sports desk shift | _Assoc | 2002 | |
100.00 | X | |
| Daily Mail subbing day | _Assoc | 2002 | |
100.00 | XX | |
| Daily Mail reporting day | _Assoc | 1996 | |
250.00 | ||
| Daily Mail subbing day | _Assoc | 1995 | |
93.00 | ||
| Daily Mail subbing day | _Assoc | 1993 | |
95.00 | ||
| Daily Mail subbing day | _Assoc | 1993 | |
93.00 | ||
| Daily Mail subbing 6h | _Assoc | 1992 | |
96.00 | ||
| Daily Mail subbing 8h shift | _Assoc | 1992 | |
120.00 | ||
| Daily Mirror subbing day | _TMG | 2002 | |
80.00 | XXX | |
| Daily Telegraph subbing day | _Holl | 2002 | |
125.00 | ||
| Daily Telegraph City pages | _Holl | 1997 | |
85.00 | X | |
| Electronic Telegraph training shift | _Holl | 2003 | |
25.00 | XXXX | |
| Electronic Telegraph features subbing shift | _Holl | 2003 | |
100.00 | XX | |
| Evening Herald (Ireland) subbing, 7:30am to 2:30pm taxed at source | _INM | 2006 |  |
236.00 | HA | O |
| Evening Standard Features subbing 8 hrs | _Assoc | 2002 | |
130.00 | ||
| Evening Standard subbing day | _Assoc | 1997 | |
100.00 | X | |
| Evening Standard news reporting | _Assoc | 1995 | |
85.00 | X | |
| Evening Standard subbing day | _Assoc | 1995 | |
90.00 | ||
| Evening Standard subbing day (trying it on) | _Assoc | 1995 | |
80.00 | XX | |
| Evening Standard subbing 7am-4pm | _Assoc | 1994 | |
110.00 | ||
| Evening Standard Hot Tickets subbing day | _Assoc | 1998 | |
110.00 | ||
| Evening Standard Life + Style uploader day | _Lebedev | 2014 | |
80.00 | XX | |
| Evening Standard Life + Style uploader day | _Lebedev | 2014 | |
80.00 | XX | |
| Express on Sunday reporting Saturday night | _UM | 1998 | |
140.00 | ||
| Express subbing day | _NS | 2009 | |
138.00 | X | |
| Express News subbing 6 hrs | _NS | 2002 | |
118.00 | ||
| Express Saturday mag subbing day | _NS | 2002 | |
130.00 | ||
| Express subbing 6am-7pm | _UM | 1997 | |
230.00 | ||
| Express Group Newspaper unspecified day | _NS | 2011 | |
135.00 | ||
| Express newspapers subbing day (six at Broughton) | _NS | 2013 | |
128.00 | X | |
| Financial News Subbing day | _LFNP | 2001 | |
120.00 | ||
| Financial Times Weekend subbing day | _Pearson | 2002 | |
150.00 | ||
| Financial Times feature writing FBS | 2001 | |
200.00 | |||
| Financial Times feature writing per day no all rights demands - and paid rapidly! | _Pearson | 2000 | |
200.00 | ||
| Financial Times subbing day | _Pearson | 1995 | |
100.00 | ||
| FT.com subbing day | _Pearson | 2001 | |
130.00 | ||
| Guardian subbing day, 7 hours | _GMG | 2013 | |
180.00 | HA | |
| Guardian IPad uploader 6-hour day | _GMG | 2013 | |
72.13 | ||
| Guardian subbing day (house agreement: 11.7% paid time off, on top) | _GMG | 2012 | |
180.24 | HA | |
| Guardian web subbing day | _GMG | 2011 | |
130.92 | X | |
| Guardian subbing Saturday | _GMG | 2010 | |
170.00 | O | |
| Guardian subbing day | _GMG | 2009 | |
174.99 | GR | |
| Guardian print/online 'pod' 7-hour subbing shift (ecluding hour for lunch) inludes uploading material to website plus holiday pay | _GMG | 2009 | |
174.99 | ||
| Guardian 8hr Saturday reporting shift | _GMG | 2008 | |
160.40 | ||
| Guardian subbing day | _GMG | 2007 | |
160.40 | GR | |
| Guardian subbing day, "OK, but under threat" | _GMG | 2007 | |
160.40 | ||
| Guardian Guide subbing day | _GMG | 2006 | |
137.50 | X | |
| Guardian subbing day - 2006 agreement rate | _GMG | 2006 | |
155.00 | HA | |
| Guardian subbing day | _GMG | 2006 | |
152.00 | ||
| Guardian reporting day | _GMG | 2006 | |
155.73 | GR | |
| Guardian edit special, day | _GMG | 2005 | |
250.00 | ||
| Guardian day rate minimum | _GMG | 2001 | |
138.85 | HA | |
| Guardian per day interviewing film stars | _GMG | 2000 | |
100.00 | X | |
| Guardian editorial | _GMG | 1999 | |
125.00 | ||
| Guardian 4.5 hours per week, per year | _GMG | 1999 | |
4475.00 | ||
| Guardian reporting day | _GMG | 1998 | |
150.00 | ||
| Guardian | _GMG | 1998 | |
117.00 | ||
| Guardian (reporting?) | _GMG | 1997 | |
300.00 | ||
| Guardian subbing day | _GMG | 1995 | |
139.00 | ||
| Guardian Education Supplement, subbing day | _GMG | 1994 | |
112.00 | ||
| Guardian subbing day | _GMG | 1994 | |
110.00 | ||
| Guardian subbing day | _GMG | 1994 | |
118.00 | ||
| Guardian subbing day | _GMG | 1993 | |
120.00 | ||
| Guardian subbing day (from April 1) | _GMG | 1993 | |
106.43 | ||
| Guardian online Online batch tagging day - 7 hours | _GMG | 2014 | |
100.00 | XXX | |
| Guardian online video editing day | _GMG | 2013 | |
225.00 | X | |
| Herald (Glasgow) subbing day | _NQ | 2013 | |
115.00 | ||
| Hurriyet (Turkish daily) gathering news and photos per week (OK rate for Turkey) | 2007 | |
200.00 | |||
| Independent on Sunday Review subbing, writing and commissioning day PAYE, all rights taken | _INM | 2006 | |
135.00 | GR | X |
| Independent on Sunday reporter day/night reporter | _Lebedev | 2010 | |
145.00 | GR | |
| Independent on Sunday Review mag subbing day | _INM | 2006 | |
133.25 | ||
| Independent on Sunday Reporting shift on Millennium News Years Eve evening - having been promised 'we'll take care of you' | _INM | 2000 | |
120.00 | XXXX | |
| Independent on Sunday subbing the Review mag | _INM | 1994 | |
150.00 | ||
| Independent on Sunday research day | _INM | 1994 | |
125.00 | ||
| Independent subbing day | _INM | 2008 | |
130.00 | ||
| Independent subbing day | _INM | 2008 | |
120.00 | XX | |
| Independent 8 hour reporting shift day/night taxed at source, taxi fare home after night shift | _INM | 2008 | |
138.00 | ||
| Independent day subbing advertorial taxed at source | _INM | 2006 | |
120.00 | XX | |
| Independent subbing day | _INM | 2006 | |
110.00 | XX | |
| Independent day subbing website | _INM | 2006 | |
120.00 | X | |
| Independent sports/features subbing day - agreed minimum | _INM | 2003 | |
102.50 | HA | |
| Independent news subbing day - late shifts | _INM | 2003 | |
112.75 | ||
| Independent subbing day | _INM | 2003 | |
102.50 | HA | X |
| Independent 8 hours' news subbing incl hour for lunch | _INM | 2002 | |
110.00 | X | |
| Independent 6.5 hours sports subbing | _INM | 2002 | |
100.00 | X | |
| Independent sports desk shift | _INM | 2002 | |
100.00 | O | |
| Independent subbing home and foreign news, 8hrs | _INM | 2002 | |
110.00 | X | |
| Independent subbing 6.5 hours | _INM | 2002 | |
105.00 | X | |
| Independent reporting day | _INM | 1999 | |
100.00 | X | |
| Independent Subbing day | _INM | 1998 | |
93.24 | X | |
| Independent subbing day | _INM | 1996 | |
125.00 | ||
| Independent news day | _INM | 1995 | |
94.25 | ||
| Independent subbing day | _INM | 1994 | |
93.62 | ||
| Independent magazines layout per page?! | _INM | 1998 | |
35.00 | ? | |
| Irish Daily Mail subbing day | _Assoc | 2013 | |
180.00 | ||
| Irish Daily Mail reporting day | _Assoc | 2013 | |
160.00 | ||
| Irish Daily Mail half day court reporting First Irish Serial rights + web | _Assoc | 2013 | |
80.00 | GR | |
| Irish Examiner Full day shift | _Crosbie | 2007 | |
114.28 | HA | X |
| Irish Times day news shift | _ITtrust | 2007 | |
280.00 | ||
| Lloyd's List subbing day | _Informa | 2002 | |
120.00 | X | |
| Mail on Sunday editorial day | _Assoc | 2014 | |
100.00 | XX^7 | |
| Mail on Sunday Scottish edition, saturday reporting shift | _Assoc | 2004 | |
100.00 | XX | |
| Mail on Sunday reporting day | _Assoc | 2003 | |
200.00 | ||
| Mail on Sunday | _Assoc | 2000 | |
120.00 | ||
| Mail on Sunday | _Assoc | 1999 | |
120.00 | ||
| Mail on Sunday subbing day | _Assoc | 1999 | |
120.00 | X | |
| Mail on Sunday reporting Saturday night | _Assoc | 1998 | |
140.00 | ||
| Mail on Sunday 8 hours | _Assoc | 1998 | |
118.00 | ||
| Mail on Sunday Double Saturday shift | _Assoc | 1998 | |
300.00 | ||
| Mail on Sunday 8hrs subbing | _Assoc | 1998 | |
141.00 | ||
| Mail on Sunday subbing day | _Assoc | 1996 | |
140.00 | ||
| Mail on Sunday subbing 6h | _Assoc | 1992 | |
135.00 | ||
| Metro reporting day | _Assoc | 2011 | |
120.00 | GR | XX |
| Metro reporting day | _Assoc | 2011 | |
120.00 | GR | XX |
| Metro Dublin office reporting shift | _Assoc | 2005 | |
160.00 | ||
| Metro 8 hour day shift - feature writing, reviewing, sourcing and captioning photographs taxed at source, all reproduction rights across metro editions and online use | _Assoc | 2004 | |
60.00 | GR | XXXX |
| Mirror news reporting day - Sunday | _TMG | 2012 | |
150.00 | ||
| Mirror news subbing day | _TMG | 2006 | |
132.00 | ||
| Mirror Belfast Centre newsdesk Shift 4pm-midnight | _TMG | 2005 | |
80.00 | X | |
| Mirror reporting day | _TMG | 2004 | |
100.00 | X | |
| Mirror subbing day | _TMG | 1997 | |
175.00 | ||
| Morning Star subbing day | 2010 | |
45.00 | GR | X | |
| News Letter N Ireland reporting day | _Johnsto | 2013 | |
74.00 | XX | |
| News Letter (Belfast) subbing day | 1992 | |
45.00 | |||
| News Letter, Belfast subbing, reporting shift | _TMG | 2001 | |
55.00 | GR | X |
| News of the World subbing double shift Saturday (10am-8.30pm) hot/buffet lunch provided gratis | _NI | 2006 | |
329.80 | O | |
| News of the World subbing double shift Friday (10.30am-9pm) one and a half hours for lunch | _NI | 2006 | |
271.70 | ||
| News of the World subbing single shifts (Tuesday-Thursday) | _NI | 2006 | |
145.85 | ||
| News of the World Sunday magazine - 4 days a week writing | _NI | 2002 | |
115.00 | XX | |
| News of the World subbing day | _NI | 2002 | |
125.00 | X | |
| News of The World weekend subbing 12 hours (taxed at source) | _NI | 2002 | |
245.00 | O | |
| News of the World news subbing double-shift (12 hours inclusive of lunch and one-hour evening meal break) | _NI | 2001 | |
290.00 | ||
| News of the World reporting Saturday Manchester | _NI | 1998 | |
110.00 | ||
| News of the World reporting Saturday double shift | _NI | 1998 | |
278.00 | ||
| News of the World 5-days unwritten 'contract' | _NI | 1998 | |
500.00 | ||
| News of the World reporting Saturday (taxed at source, emergency rate) | _NI | 1998 | |
139.00 | ||
| News of the World reporting week day | _NI | 1998 | |
123.00 | ||
| News of the World subbing 6am-7pm | _NI | 1997 | |
225.00 | X | |
| News of the World subbing 8hr shift | _NI | 1994 | |
130.00 | ||
| Observer subbing day, 8 hours | _GMG | 2013 | |
229.00 | ||
| Observer subbing day, 7 hours | _GMG | 2013 | |
205.00 | ||
| Observer subbing day | _GMG | 2009 | |
175.00 | ||
| Observer Magazine subbing shift taxed at source | _GMG | 2004 | |
155.00 | O | |
| Observer subbing gross amount, taxed at source | _GMG | 2004 | |
157.00 | ||
| Observer sport subbing 'trainee' 5.5hrs | _GMG | 1999 | |
65.00 | ||
| Observer subbing news (6h) | _GMG | 1995 | |
120.00 | ||
| Presseurop subbing day | 2013 | |
133.00 | |||
| Racing Post sports desk shift | _TMG | 2002 | |
100.00 | X | |
| Scotland on Sunday subbing 10am to 6pm with an hour's break | _Johnsto | 2008 | |
105.00 | GR | X |
| Scotsman subbing shift 4pm to midnight with one hour's break | _Johnsto | 2006 | |
95.00 | X | |
| Scotsman sports subbing shift 4.30pm to 11.30pm with 1/2hr break | _Johnsto | 2006 | |
95.00 | X | |
| Scotsman reporting shift, 11am-7pm | _BarcB | 2005 | |
80.00 | X | |
| Scottish Daily Mail drawing pages and retouching photos | _Assoc | 2008 | |
70.00 | XXX | |
| Sun Sun Online subbing day | _NI | 2008 | |
130.00 | GR | |
| Sun news reporting per day, taxed at source | _NI | 2006 | |
102.84 | XXX | |
| Sun days - since September | _NI | 2006 | |
100.00 | XXX | |
| Sun subbing day taxed at source | _NI | 2006 | |
162.40 | ||
| Sun features desk subbing day | _NI | 2002 | |
130.00 | ||
| Sun features, 6hr shift | _NI | 1994 | |
95.00 | ||
| Sun news, 8hr shift | _NI | 1994 | |
93.50 | ||
| Sunday Express night reporting shift | _NS | 2008 | |
160.00 | ||
| Sunday Express Saturday reporting day | _NS | 2008 | |
147.00 | ||
| Sunday Express graveyard subbing shift | _NS | 2008 | |
160.00 | ||
| Sunday Express subbing day | _UM | 1996 | |
100.00 | X | |
| Sunday Herald weekday subbing | _NQ | 2009 | |
93.00 | ||
| Sunday Herald news subbing Saturday | _NQ | 2009 | |
112.75 | GR | |
| Sunday Herald subbing (weekday), 10am-6pm, 1hr break | _NQ | 2009 | |
95.00 | GR | XXX |
| Sunday Herald subbing (Saturday), 11am-7pm/1.30pm-9.30pm/5pm-1am, 1hr break | _NQ | 2009 | |
95.00 | GR | XXX |
| Sunday Mirror reporting day | _TMG | 2011 | |
150.00 | ||
| Sunday Mirror 8hr Saturday reporting day | _TMG | 2008 | |
150.00 | ||
| Sunday Mirror subbing day | _TMG | 2002 | |
90.00 | XX | |
| Sunday Mirror subbing, 8-10 hrs | _TMG | 2002 | |
125.00 | X | |
| Sunday Mirror subbing Saturday | _TMG | 1999 | |
120.00 | ||
| Sunday Mirror (Sat) reporting | _TMG | 1992 | |
100.00 | ||
| Sunday People reporting day | _TMG | 2009 | |
150.00 | ||
| Sunday People one shift | _TMG | 2007 | |
100.00 | XX | |
| Sunday People reporting Saturday night | _TMG | 1998 | |
115.00 | X | |
| Sunday Telegraph reporting day | _BarcB | 2006 | |
130.00 | X | |
| Sunday Telegraph subbing | _Holl | 1997 | |
100.00 | X | |
| Sunday Telegraph subbing/news | _Holl | 1996 | |
120.00 | ||
| Sunday Telegraph subbing day | _Holl | 1996 | |
125.00 | ||
| Sunday Telegraph reporting half-day | _Holl | 1996 | |
100.00 | ||
| Sunday Times subbing day - rate unchanged for 6 years | _NI | 2013 | |
176.60 | ||
| Sunday Times subbing day for print or revise-editing for website, 8 hours | _NI | 2013 | |
174.60 | GR | |
| Sunday Times print subbing on regional or national desk; expenses up to £15 for taxis if working in small hours | _NI | 2012 | |
174.40 | ||
| Sunday Times overnight reporting ('day') | _NI | 2011 | |
200.00 | ||
| Sunday Times subbing shift, national desk, basic, per hour | _NI | 2007 | |
20.45 | GR | |
| Sunday Times two-week investigation | _NI | 2006 | |
2500.00 | O | |
| Sunday Times subbing day | _NI | 2006 | |
159.75 | GR | O |
| Sunday Times subbing day | _NI | 2006 | |
156.00 | ||
| Sunday Times subbing, per hour | _NI | 2002 | |
18.50 | ||
| Sunday Times regional news subbing shift | _NI | 2001 | |
148.00 | GR | |
| Sunday Times reporting day | _NI | 2001 | |
400.00 | O | |
| Sunday Times news day | _NI | 2000 | |
120.00 | ||
| Sunday Times (Saturday shift) 8h (taxed at source) | _NI | 1992 | |
138.24 | ||
| Sunday Times leisure supplements subbing day | _NI | 2013 | |
176.93 | X | |
| Sunday Times magazine subbing day | _NI | 2002 | |
140.00 | GR | O |
| Sunday Times supplements subbing day (plus holiday pay) | _NI | 2012 | |
144.00 | X | |
| Sunday subbing day | _NI | 2004 | |
122.20 | ||
| Sunday magazine reporting/subbing day | _NI | 2003 | |
120.00 | ||
| Telegraph sports desk subbing shift - Boxing Day and New Year's Day - no extra on normal rate! | _BarcB | 2008 | |
139.05 | GR | XX |
| Telegraph City desk subbing day paid time off on top, separate claim required | _BarcB | 2006 | |
127.31 | ||
| Telegraph foreign desk shift | _BarcB | 2004 | |
133.90 | ||
| Telegraph news/foreign desk shift | _Holl | 2003 | |
130.00 | ||
| Telegraph sports desk shift | _Holl | 2002 | |
110.00 | ||
| Telegraph subbing day | _Holl | 2002 | |
135.00 | ||
| The People 8hr Saturday reporting shift | _TMG | 2008 | |
100.00 | XXXX | |
| The Scotsman subbing (news) 5pm-1am, one hour break | _Johnsto | 2009 | |
95.00 | GR | XXX |
| Times subbing night-shift for print, web and tablets combined - 7 hours 45 mins 1 hour break finishing after midnight; includes £15 supplement over similar-length day shift | _NI | 2013 | |
170.00 | GR | |
| Times subbing day for print, web and tablets combined | _NI | 2013 | |
155.97 | ||
| Times Helmand (Afghanistan) embed with armed forces, 10 days, plus exes | _NI | 2012 | |
2000.00 | ||
| Times subbing for iPad/tablets, sxpenses up to £15 for taxis if working in small hours | _NI | 2012 | |
155.97 | ||
| Times sport subbing day - 6 hrs 15 mins with a break | _NI | 2009 | |
125.78 | GR | |
| Times cricket reporting day (+ measly 27p per mile) | _NI | 2008 | |
130.00 | ||
| Times features subbing day plus holiday pay when accrued | _NI | 2006 | |
140.82 | GR | |
| Times picture research day | _NI | 2005 | |
127.00 | ||
| Times cricket reporting day + exes | _NI | 2004 | |
120.00 | ||
| Times Magazine subbing shift taxed at source | _NI | 2004 | |
133.00 | ||
| Times Weekend section subbing day | _NI | 2002 | |
130.00 | ||
| Times sports desk shift | _NI | 2002 | |
130.00 | ||
| Times subbing day | _NI | 1993 | |
85.00 | ||
| Times (taxed at source) | _NI | 1992 | |
104.50 | ||
| Times magazine subbing day | _NI | 2002 | |
120.00 | GR | XX |
| Times Online reporting day | _NI | 2007 | |
130.00 | GR | X |
| Times Saturday Magazine subbing day - agreed by staff association, incremental annual rise due but 'long since run out' | _NI | 2013 | |
155.97 | ||
| Times Weekend Subbing day | _NI | 1998 | |
120.00 | ||
| Today features, 5hr shift | 1994 | |
80.00 | |||
| You (Mail on Sunday mag) Subbing day | _Assoc | 1998 | |
123.00 | ||
| Agence France-Presse subbing day | 1999 | |
80.00 | X | ||
| BBC web producer day | _BBC | 2008 | |
250.00 | ||
| BBC Ceefax TV Centre subbing shift, per hour, taxi for nights | _BBC | 2002 | |
14.00 | X | |
| BBC Ceefax BBC London subbing shift, per hour, taxi for nights | _BBC | 2002 | |
12.00 | X | |
| BBC Ceefax subbing per hour - no change since 1997 | _BBC | 2002 | |
14.00 | ||
| BBC Ceefax subbing per hour | _BBC | 2002 | |
14.00 | ||
| BBC Ceefax subbing @ TV centre, per hour | _BBC | 2002 | |
14.00 | X | |
| BBC Ceefax subbing @ BBC London, per hour | _BBC | 2002 | |
12.00 | X | |
| BBC News Online online and Ceefax reporting/editing shift | _BBC | 2006 | |
130.00 | ||
| BBC News Online 10 hour reporting shift | _BBC | 2003 | |
140.00 | HA | |
| BBC News Online writing and editing news web pages, 8-hour shift | _BBC | 2002 | |
125.00 | ||
| BBC online reporting shift (overnight) | _BBC | 2007 | |
205.00 | ||
| BBC online reporting shift | _BBC | 2007 | |
151.00 | ||
| BBC Panorama day video research web licence | _BBC | 2007 | |
75.10 | XXX | |
| BBC radio newsroom news writing day (10 hours) - says here £30 holiday pay - | _BBC | 2012 | |
180.00 | ||
| BBC Radio Newsroom - R2, R3, R4, 6Music news writing day | _BBC | 2013 | |
217.00 | GR | |
| BBC website subbing day | _BBC | 2007 | |
140.00 | ||
| Central News Covering court and other legal hearings in London, per day, typically 9.30am to about 5.30pm. No expenses | 2011 | |
60.00 | GR | XXXX | |
| Channel 4 News online news shift (8-9 hrs) | _C4 | 2007 | |
145.00 | ||
| Channel 4 News website subbing shift | _ITN | 2005 | |
140.00 | ||
| Channel 4 news online Writing/reporting shift | _C4 | 2006 | |
155.00 | ||
| CNN.com Writing day | 2013 | |
180.00 | GR | ||
| Fleetline news agency reporting day: 10am - 4pm at coroner's court | 2003 | |
55.00 | XXXX | ||
| Guardian Unlimited website subbing day - note newspaper pays £160.40 | _GMG | 2007 | |
145.00 | X | |
| IBtimes.co.uk (The International Business Times Inc) subbing day | 2013 | |
125.00 | X | ||
| INS news agency reporting day | 2004 | |
65.00 | GR | XXXX | |
| INS News Agency reporting day | 1998 | |
50.00 | XX | ||
| ISF agency reporting day | 2001 | |
90.00 | |||
| ITN News producer / director day | _ITN | 2010 | |
322.00 | ||
| Mediaguardian.co.uk day subbing Media Guardian website | _GMG | 2007 | |
138.18 | GR | |
| National News agency double shift! | 1992 | |
80.00 | XXX | ||
| National News agency reporting day | 1992 | |
40.00 | XXX | ||
| National newspaper 8-hour subbing day | 2009 | |
180.00 | |||
| News Ltd (Australia) subbing day | _NI | 1996 | |
100.00 | X | |
| PA Sport saturday subbing and layout shift 6 hours | _PA | 2008 | |
85.00 | XXXX | |
| Press Association subbing day | _PA | 2001 | |
95.00 | ||
| Press Association subbing day | _PA | 1995 | |
89.60 | ||
| Reuters reporting day | _Reuter | 2011 | |
217.00 | ||
| Reuters online editing shift | _Reuter | 2009 | |
220.00 | O | |
| Reuters web editing/writing day shift - same rate as 2007 | _Reuter | 2008 | |
145.00 | GR | |
| Reuters Alertnet writing day, and editing on content management system | _Reuter | 2007 | |
145.00 | X | |
| RTE News 8 hour reporting day | _RTE | 2013 | |
150.00 | GR | |
| RTE online/teletext shift | _RTE | 2006 | |
140.08 | GR | |
| Sky News 10-hour producer day | _BSkyB | 2013 | |
210.00 | GR | |
| Sky News Online writing, 10 hr day | _BSkyB | 2009 | |
150.00 | X | |
| supplements for German papers and magazines (Capital etc.) foreign language subbing (German), per day in-house, 7 hours | 2001 | |
140.00 | GR | ||
| Teletext 4 hours over Jubilee - day rate | _Assoc | 2002 | |
100.00 | ||
| Teletext subbing 8hrs | _Assoc | 2002 | |
110.00 | ||
| Times Supplement subbing day | _NI | 1993 | |
103.10 | ||
| UPI wires subbing day | 1993 | |
65.00 | XX | ||
| Key to the rates, by column: |
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| 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 |
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4 Currency: either or or (US)  | |
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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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These are archived rates. Other rates:
| Type of work: | In the "sector": (click or tap below!) | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
| Recently reported rates | all from the past few months |
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