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NUJ Rate for the Job:
recent rates for Words, per 1000 / 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.
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In August 2012 we moved rates for online editions of newspapers and magazines into the 'news' or 'mags' listings, as newspapers and magazines integrate print and online. These should be rates for purely-digital publications. 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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| Cyclist website features , terms - Online use only | 2025 |  |
200.00 | GR | ||
| Daily Mail travel article | _Assoc | 2023 | |
1550.00 | O | |
| Hyphen Online reported feature | 2022 | |
500.00 | O | ||
| ICON feature (do not know what uses licensed) | 2022 | |
300.00 | GR | ||
| New Scientist 600 word comment piece @ £250 = | _Assoc | 2025 | |
417.00 | ||
| SLATE magazine 1700 words @ £500 = | 2025 |  |
294.00 | |||
| A sports federation (medium-status) commissioned 800-word feature including a couple of interviews @ £240 = | 2024 | |
400.00 | |||
| BBC Online feature | _BBC | 2024 | |
355.00 | ||
| datacenterdynamics.com writeup of recorded interview - web and republishing in PDF magazine | 2023 | |
375.00 | HA | O | |
| Google Copywriting Google training content | _Google | 2020 | |
400.00 | ||
| Hyundai Artlab on three artists | 2023 | |
2000.00 | O | ||
| Professional association (high-status) 900-word reported feature including 3-4 interviews @ £225 = | 2024 | |
250.00 | |||
| Specialist online wine magazine features | 2025 | |
400.00 | GR | ||
| 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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