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NUJ Rate for the Job:
recent rates for Words, other / mags
Updated: 2025-11-18
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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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year |  |
Total paid | GR |
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| Art Basel roundup of arts events in UAE - reported on Twitter - 800 Swiss Francs = | 2023 |  |
717.00 | |||
| Artforum review of art exhibition in Dubai - reported on Twitter | 2023 |  |
200.00 | |||
| Artforum roundup of arts events in Saudi Arabia - reported on Twitter | 2023 | |
250.00 | |||
| Artforum review of art exhibition in Saudi - reported on Twitter | 2023 | |
200.00 | |||
| Artsy short profile of an artist - reported on Twitter | 2023 | |
400.00 | |||
| Betches online magazine (reported to journoresources.org.uk) candid essays and humour pieces, up to | 2025 | |
400.00 | |||
| Business Insider (reported to journoresources.org.uk) per story? | 2025 | |
249.00 | |||
| Bustle Twitter call for personal essays and reported features about living with recurring MS - stated minimum | 2024 | |
500.00 | |||
| Canvas piece on performance art in UAE - reported on Twitter | 2023 | |
700.00 | |||
| Canvas On jinn - reported on Twitter | 2023 | |
700.00 | |||
| CNET (reported to journoresources.org.uk) review antivirus software and monitors, from | 2025 | |
250.00 | |||
| CNET (reported to journoresources.org.uk) review antivirus software and monitors, up to | 2025 | |
2000.00 | |||
| Forum New York £20 offered to Virginia Woolf, for controversial articles only, in 1938 = in 2024 money | 2024 | |
1130.00 | |||
| Frieze review - reported on Twitter | 2023 | |
300.00 | |||
| Frieze on Istanbul biennale - reported on Twitter | 2023 | |
227.00 | |||
| In These Times short dispatches and op-eds | 2024 | |
375.00 | |||
| Modern Farmer* flat rate (2015) | 2023 | |
250.00 | |||
| Mojo re-use of old articles (the mag claims the right to use new ones for free) | 2025 | |
50.00 | |||
| Mousse magazine essay on an artist - reported on Twitter | 2023 |  |
500.00 | |||
| New Internationalist feature plus photo (2022) | 2024 | |
225.00 | |||
| Private Eye 400-word article @ £150 = | 2025 | |
375.00 | |||
| Protean magazine soliciting criticism, news analysis, reviews, and essays at a per-piece rate of | 2023 | |
300.00 | |||
| Rail news page lead | _Bauer | 2025 | |
150.00 | GR | |
| Readers Digest profile piece - FBS | _Vivat | 2024 | |
400.00 | ||
| Teen Vogue article, length unspecified | _CondN | 2025 | |
350.00 | ||
| The Break Down (reported to journoresources.org.uk) per piece | 2025 | |
900.00 | |||
| The Cut website feature (via Freelancer Solidarity Project) | 2023 | |
1500.00 | |||
| Tricycle (Buddhist magazine) pitched 1200w Q&A with questions agreed in advance, supplied with photo | 2024 | |
224.00 | GR | ||
| Local magazine article for a local monthly magazine 1200 words with images | 2023 | |
80.00 | |||
| military.com (reported to journoresources.org.uk) movie column from | 2025 | |
400.00 | |||
| Scholastic 4-page classroom magazine feature (via Freelancer Solidarity Project) | 2023 | |
1200.00 | |||
| Travel magazine feature on whether (and when) an airline branded-credit card is worth it - offered on Twitter | 2023 | |
600.00 | |||
| Travel magazine feature on ways to keep track of your rewards credit cards and benefits - offered on Twitter | 2023 | |
500.00 | |||
| 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 recent 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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