NUJ Rate for the Job: recent rates for Words, other / online

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.

Words, other / online 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 Words, other / online		Freelance Fees Guide
Publication / Programme - details & terms	Group	Year		Total paid	GR	XXXX
Audio Culture New Zealand music encyclopaedia, one price per piece, whether brief or epic		2021		125.00
Bandcamp feature		2021		400.00	GR
Habtic Standard article, length unspecified		2021		625.00		O
Please Kill Me (US punk culture webmag) features 1500 to 2500 words, fixed fee , demands outright ownership of articles		2021		500.00	GR
Semafor news article		2023		450.00
Shfl review	__misc	2021		25.00	GR
BBC Online feature, 800 words with photos	_BBC	2024		245.00
BBC Worklife 1000 to 1400 words with minimum three interviews and unspecified revisions	_BBC	2022		450.00	GR
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) 1200-1500 word feature		2023		1500.00
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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