NUJ Rate for the Job: recent rates for Broadcasting / regional

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.

Broadcasting / regional Any kind of work for broadcast (TV or radio) regional news. See also national news. Includes punditry: for non-broadcast punditry see here. If you are interested, the archived rates are here.
Tell us what you've been paid for Broadcasting / regional		Freelance Fees Guide
Publication / Programme - details & terms	Group	Year		Total paid	GR	XXXX
BBC North West Tonight 10-hour Item producer / Assistant Producer day	_BBC	2025		200.00	GR	O
ITV News Central for a Yorkshire TV broadcast and online spot news - lucky to be there, shooting video from a motorway bridge - non-exclusive licence, one use on evening regional TV broadcast, one use online - negotiated up from £150	_ITN	2023		200.00
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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