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NUJ Rate for the Job:
Broadcasting / other
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.
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Any kind of work for TV or radio programmes other than news. Includes, for the moment, podcasting - whether of newspaper, magazine or broadcast content. Includes punditry: for non-broadcast punditry see here. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Freelance Fees Guide
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year |  |
Total paid | GR |
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| Listening Post (Al Jazeera) 30 seconds footage re-licence worldwide 5-year licence | 2017 |  |
500.00 | GR | ||
| Tailrope magazine and British Balloon Museum and Library oral history audio interviews, training, per day - exclusive licence they paid half the rate recommended by the Heritage Lottery Fund | 2024 | |
200.00 | XX | ||
| A non-profit organisation podcast | 2021 | |
300.00 | O | ||
| Advertising agency Voiceover work - per hour - (if you have an agent, they pay their fee on top!) | 2018 | |
150.00 | |||
| ARTE TV Expert/pundit interview for arts feature | 2017 | |
500.00 | O | ||
| Audio production podcast episode producer day (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| BBC Production and film programming day | _BBC | 2021 | |
120.00 | XX | |
| BBC Assistant producing / researching on a TV programme for BBC Arabic, taxed at source (PAYE freelance), some expenses paid (if travelling specifically for work) | _BBC | 2020 | |
20.00 | ||
| BBC / Love Productions assistant producer day (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _BBC | 2020 | |
160.00 | ||
| BBC Arabic researching, programming, co-producing a TV show, per day - | _BBC | 2022 | |
120.00 | XXX | |
| BBC Arabic researching, programming, co-producing a TV show, per day | _BBC | 2022 | |
120.00 | XXX | |
| BBC Click Live at Victoria and Albert museum, Dundee a runner 9am to 9pm) declined because offer barely above minimum wage | _BBC | 2019 | |
100.00 | XXXX | |
| BBC From Our Own Correspondent Radio 4 feature | _BBC | 2016 | |
142.00 | X | |
| BBC non-English output analysis of a specific current event - appearance from home | _BBC | 2023 | |
50.00 | GR | XX |
| BBC Radio 3 and 4 Assistant Producer - per day | 2024 | |
166.00 | |||
| BBC Radio 3 and 4 Producer - per day | _BBC | 2024 | |
178.00 | X | |
| BBC Radio 4 day shift as fixer, 10 hours | _BBC | 2016 | |
150.00 | X | |
| Channel 5 website digital producer day (giving editorial approval of content for Big Brother website and social media sites) | _Viacom | 2019 | |
185.00 | ||
| Charity video editor day (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Chiltern Open Air Museum location recording, interviews/vox pops, audio editing and online production; rate per day (5 days work in total). - rights to publish clips on own Soundcloud with interviewee consent. , expenses 50-100 | 2025 | |
200.00 | GR | ||
| Chiltern Open Air Museum location recording, reporting (vox-pops), guest intervies, audio editing/post-prod - about 3 days work - keep right to publish content on my Soundcloud | 2024 | |
1000.00 | O | ||
| Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) radio interview (location recording) and editing , terms - I was permitted Creative Commons publication on my own online outlet. | 2023 | |
100.00 | |||
| Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) oral history interviewing and online audio production/per day | 2022 | |
600.00 | O | ||
| Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) podcast | 2022 | |
500.00 | |||
| Corporate film senior producer day (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
300.00 | |||
| Corporate training video production day | 2014 | |
300.00 | X | ||
| corporate video daily rate (hours range from 9-14 a day), producing and directing corporate and education films no holiday pay, no agreement on rights in work created, expenses paid separately | _HMG | 2015 | |
300.00 | ||
| CTVC fact-checking a documentary (how long? how many facts?) | 2019 | |
150.00 | ? | ||
| Curio - audio-article startup podcast - reportedly a little room for more depending on experience | 2021 | |
300.00 | |||
| Film and video production producer day (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
350.00 | |||
| Film/design director day 850 Canadian dollars = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
490.00 | |||
| Forum-style chaired crowd debate programme "Expert" pundit on debate prog, fares paid | _ITN | 2015 | |
75.00 | X | |
| German TV company punditry about a rock star for 90 mins - conversation: "normally we don't pay" - "what are you offering though?" | 2017 | |
500.00 | O | ||
| Imperial War Museum oral history interview recording, 8 hours | 2022 | |
200.00 | X | ||
| Imperial War Museum documents and sound archive oral history audio interviews plus written content summary 800 words, per 2-hour session. , prod/exes 50-100 | 2025 | |
100.00 | GR | XX | |
| Imperial War Museum documents and sound archive, London oral history audio interviews, per interview session, but includes research and content summary writing, 200 words per 30 minutes recorded - an improvement on previous rates | 2024 | |
100.00 | GR | ||
| Imperial War Museum Sound Archive oral history audio interviews, including content summary writing, per 2-hour session , terms - all rights to the museum , expenses paid £50 to £100 | 2024 | |
100.00 | GR | X | |
| Imperial War Museum Sound Archive oral history interview recording, three half days - also charged 2 full days for research at £180 / day... and they paid! - total plus expenses £300.00 | 2023 | |
635.00 | X | ||
| Imperial War Museum Sound Archive oral history interviewing, per hour recorded | 2023 | |
25.00 | XX | ||
| IndependentTV production companies reuse of audio from magazine interviews , terms £500 per minute, £250 minimum | 2017 | |
500.00 | O | ||
| Indie record label or artist (general) EPK - filmed interview with artist for album PR - | 2018 | |
250.00 | |||
| King's Health Partners (NHS) 15 minute video podcast on health inequalities - Buy-out, no expenses (but none incurred, other than overheads) | 2021 | |
6200.00 | O | ||
| Major record label (general) EPK - filmed interview with successful artist for album PR - | 2018 | |
1000.00 | |||
| Major record label (general) EPK - filmed interview with successful artist for album PR - | 2018 | |
750.00 | |||
| Major record label (general) EPK - filmed interview with successful artist for album PR - | 2018 | |
600.00 | |||
| MTV Video scripts,,500-800 words (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
75.00 | XXXX | ||
| P&O Heritage Archive oral history interviewing and online audio production per day | 2022 | |
180.00 | GR | O | |
| P&O heritage archive oral history interview (15 hours duration), audio editing and written description 6000 words , terms - rights to publish clips on own Soundcloud with interviewee consent. , prod/exes 200.00 | 2025 | |
800.00 | GR | ||
| Podcast - rumour has it... Podcast - advertising revenue per edition claimed | 2023 | |
5000.00 | |||
| Podcast for shop chain chairing 2-hour discussion | 2021 | |
200.00 | |||
| Podcast hosted on Cast, Spotify etc Podcast - about 100,000 streams over a year, split between 2 hosts and 1 producer | 2023 | |
1000.00 | |||
| Podcasting podcast day rate (according to UK Audio Network) | 2019 | |
150.00 | GR | ||
| Podcasts - various titles per podcast | 2019 | |
240.00 | GR | ||
| Post production editor day (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
345.00 | |||
| Radio 4 discussion programme punditry: recording for 45 minutes, rail and taxi paid | _BBC | 2017 | |
75.00 | GR | |
| Radio 4 Great Lives programme appearance as expert/pundit | _BBC | 2015 | |
300.00 | ||
| Radio show Series producer (day?) | 2020 | |
190.00 | |||
| Radio show podcast | 2019 | |
135.00 | |||
| Record company (anon) interviewing US rock star in UK for EPK | 2014 | |
800.00 | O | ||
| Rugby School Archives & Special Collections audio editing and production per day | 2022 | |
180.00 | GR | O | |
| Sky Arts Expert/pundit interview for arts feature, plus £150 facility fee for use of journalist home All rights | 2017 | |
200.00 | X | ||
| Video production videographer day (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
450.00 | |||
| World Service investigative research, production of documentary (Agreed rate for a reporting day is £142.50) | _BBC | 2020 | |
125.00 | XXXX | |
| 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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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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