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NUJ Rate for the Job:
Recently reported rates
Updated: 2026-04-07
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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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 / news |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year |  |
Total paid | GR |
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| Middle East Eye documentary video, shot and edited - unclear on length | 2025 |  |
300.00 | XXX | ||
| Middle East Eye day shooting and editing documentary video, | 2025 | |
350.00 | X | ||
| Al Jazeera foreign news shifts 10 hours , - not taxed at source, international payment fees not covered so actual rate lower | 2025 |  |
180.00 | XX | ||
| Al Jazeera foreign news shifts 10 hours , - 40-hour weeks expected | 2025 | |
250.00 | XX | ||
| BBC newsdesk 10-hour shift | _BBC | 2026 | |
204.00 | ||
| BBC Breakfast 12-hour producer day | _BBC | 2025 | |
220.11 | GR | |
| BBC Breakfast 12-hour producer night (9pm-9am) | _BBC | 2025 | |
311.71 | GR | O |
| BBC News at One 8-hour shift | _BBC | 2025 | |
160.08 | GR | O |
| BBC Radio 5 Live live interview | _BBC | 2026 | |
55.00 | X | |
| BBC Scotland live interview | _BBC | 2026 | |
67.00 | ||
| BBC World Service live interview | _BBC | 2026 | |
73.00 | ||
| BBC World Service (£65 expenses paid) report and produce 9-minute spot - | _BBC | 2025 | |
1000.00 | ||
| BBC World Service (reported to journoresources.org.uk) news producer day (10 hours) | _BBC | 2025 | |
233.00 | ||
| GB News news debate (this journalist is not bothering any more and says being bullied on air was "barely worth it when it was £100") | 2025 | |
40.00 | GR | XXX | |
| Sky news filming per day (5-day gig) | 2026 | |
250.00 | |||
| TalkTV reporting day, 8 hrs including 30 min lunch break , - taxed at source, automatically accrues holiday pay | _NI | 2025 | |
140.00 | ||
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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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Tell us what you've been paid for Broadcasting / other |
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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. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Broadcasting / regional |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| BBC North West Tonight 10-hour Item producer / Assistant Producer day | _BBC | 2025 | |
200.00 | GR | O |
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Tell us what you've been paid for Cartoons / all |
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If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Crosswords / all |
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If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Illustrations / all |
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Photography, whether paid by the day, the hour or per picture, whose primary purpose is to put pix in a book. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Photography / books |
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Photography - whether paid by the day, the hour or per picture - whose primary use is in a magazine. (Generic rates for publishing groups appear at the end.) If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Photography / mags |
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Photography - whether paid by the day, the hour or per picture - whose primary use is in a national newspaper. (Generic rates for publishing groups appear at the end.) See also regional newspapers. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Photography / news |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| Mail online photo | _Assoc | 2025 | |
50.00 | XX | |
| Mirror online photo | _TMG | 2025 | |
100.00 | ||
| Sun online photo | _NI | 2025 | |
100.00 | X | |
| avalon.red image agency 1 photo | 2025 | |
88.00 | X | ||
| BBC probably a day | _BBC | 2025 | |
250.00 | X | |
| Press Association video shift, 10 hours, plus mileage, parking and other reasonable expenses | 2025 | |
200.00 | X | ||
| Viory video package (extent unspecified) | 2025 | |
300.00 | |||
| Yahoo! news photoshoot , terms - all rights to Yahoo, in an astounding contract | _Yahoo | 2025 | |
250.00 | ||
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Photography, whether paid by the day, the hour or per picture, whose primary purpose is for online publication. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Photography / online |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| The Londoner photo essays for reported stories, published online, often 5-10 pictures per story | 2025 | |
160.00 | XXX | ||
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Photography, whether paid by the day, the hour or per picture, that's not for newspapers, magazines, books, PR or online publications. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Photography / other |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| Private Eye social media one post - licensed for social media, one use | 2025 | |
60.00 | GR | ||
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Public Relations work should attract much higher rates than reporting work, even for the same client. So ask what the pictures are for! (Also try Photography / other.) If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Photography / pr |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| Corporate client event photoshoot day | 2026 | |
730.00 | |||
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Photography - whether paid by the day, the hour or per picture - whose primary use is in a regional newspaper. (Generic rates for publishing groups appear at the end.) See also national papers. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Photography / regional |
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Being interviewed as an expert and punditry in general. Except, for historical reasons, the majority of this work, which is done for broadcasters - see Broadcasting / news, Broadcasting / regional and Broadcasting / other. There, going rates apply - see the Fees Guide link. Here, negotiations are wide open. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Punditry / not broadcast |
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If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Retainers / all |
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Tell us what you've been paid for Shifts / books |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| Amnesty International per day, substantive editing of human rights research reports, books and briefings | 2026 | |
300.00 | HA | O | |
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Writing and editing work for magazines, paid by the day or the hour. Mostly sub-editing: checking and proofreading copy and making it fit the house style and design. (Actual publication/programme names appear before publishers and generic rates. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Shifts / mags |
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Writing and editing work for national newspapers, paid by the day or the hour. Mostly sub-editing: checking and proofreading copy and making it fit the house style and design. (Actual publication/programme names appear before publishers and generic rates. See also regional newspapers. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Shifts / news |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| Independent news desk shift, 8 hrs plus 1 hr unpaid lunch , terms - taxed at source | _Lebedev | 2025 | |
120.00 | XXX | |
| Independent reporting day | 2025 | |
120.00 | GR | XXXX | |
| Observer subbing shift 8 hours weekday | 2025 | |
221.00 | |||
| Observer subbing shift 8 hours weekend | 2025 | |
247.00 | |||
| Scottish Sun sports sub-editor day | _NI | 2025 | |
107.91 | GR | XX |
| Sun video editor day | _NI | 2026 | |
150.00 | ||
| Sun video shoot | _NI | 2026 | |
200.00 | ||
| Sun newsdesk 8-hour shift | _NI | 2026 | |
120.00 | XXX | |
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Writing and editing work primarily for online-only use, paid by the day or the hour. 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. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Shifts / online |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| AFP video production news desk shift, news agency, 7 or 8 hrs including 30-minute break , - not taxed at source | _AFP | 2025 | |
200.00 | ||
| An online music and culture publication day writing articles for online publication, 8 hrs, expectation to turn around average 6 articles or 3000 words. | 2025 | |
100.00 | XX | ||
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Work paid by the day or the hour that's not for newspapers, magazines, books, PR or online publications. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Shifts / other |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| BBC World Service online 10-hour shift senior journalist level | _BBC | 2026 | |
212.00 | GR | |
| IPSO (reported to journoresources.org.uk) panel member day | 2025 | |
400.00 | |||
| Private individual copy-editing academic writing, 15,000 words, around 24 hours work | 2025 | |
600.00 | |||
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See also Shifts / other... If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Shifts / pr |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| change.org (reported to journoresources.org.uk) social media specialist per hour | 2025 | |
31.80 | |||
| International economic thinktank writing day, minimum rate - worldwide online licence | 2025 | |
280.00 | |||
| London office of an international restaurant company devising and executing publicity ideas, mainly social media, per day , - plus all you can eat | 2026 | |
300.00 | |||
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Writing and editing work for regional newspapers, paid by the day or the hour. Mostly sub-editing: checking and proofreading copy and making it fit the house style and design. (Actual publication/programme names appear before publishers and generic rates) See also national papers. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Shifts / regional |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| The Mill subbing or editing day | 2025 | |
160.00 | |||
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If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Teaching / all |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| Birkbeck College (reported to journoresources.org.uk) associate lecturer in digital journalism per hour | 2025 | |
68.13 | |||
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If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Tip-offs / news |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
XXXX |
| Daiy Mail lead item in Eden Confidential diary | 2025 | |
300.00 | O | ||
| Sun tip-off for page lead in print and online | _NI | 2025 | |
350.00 | O | |
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Tell us what you've been paid for Translation / all |
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Words whose primary purpose is to appear in a book. We'll worry about how to tabulate royalty deals when you send some. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Words, other / books |
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Work for which we have no rate-per-thousand-words, whose primary use is in a magazine. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Words, other / mags |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Fortean Times re-use of 3500 words in an anthology | _Dennis | 2026 | |
100.00 | ||
| Ireland's Eye feature story interviewing three people , - no expenses (further work declined) | 2025 |  |
15.00 | GR | XXXX | |
| Mojo re-use of old articles (the mag claims the right to use new ones for free) | 2025 | |
50.00 | |||
| New Statesman reported feature over 1000 words | 2026 | |
250.00 | X | ||
| Private Eye 400-word article @ £150 = | 2025 | |
375.00 | |||
| Rail news page lead | _Bauer | 2025 | |
150.00 | GR | |
| Rail secondary news story (generally 200-350 words) | _Bauer | 2025 | |
75.00 | X | |
| Shindig! per music piece, of any length - be sure to agree in advance that they will pay at all | 2025 | |
150.00 | X | ||
| Shindig feature, flat rate no matter what length (could be thousands of words) | 2025 | |
150.00 | GR | XXX | |
| The Break Down (reported to journoresources.org.uk) per piece | 2025 | |
900.00 | |||
| military.com (reported to journoresources.org.uk) movie column from | 2025 | |
400.00 | |||
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Work for which we have no rate-per-thousand-words, whose primary use is in a national newspaper. See also regional papers. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Words, other / news |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
XXXX |
| Express offered in compensation for feature lifted from the Telegraph and rewritten with AI | 2025 | |
100.00 | XXXX | ||
| Guardian news piece, length unspecified | _GMG | 2026 | |
350.00 | ||
| BBC online 900 words plus photos (£65 expenses paid) | _BBC | 2025 | |
345.00 | ||
| BBC Turkish reporting per piece | _BBC | 2025 | |
200.00 | ||
| Daily business website 150-word exclusive bylined story that also provided headline - end product , prod/exes | 2025 | |
25.00 | XXXX | ||
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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. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Words, other / online |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| British Medical Journal Careers & Learning career profiles | 2025 | |
50.00 | XXXX | ||
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Work paid by the piece, for example, that's not for newspapers, magazines, books, PR or online publications. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Words, other / other |
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Writing for Public Relations should attract much higher rates than reporting. There's the 'selling your soul' aspect... But, practically, there's the time it takes. PR clients love meetings. Lots of them. Long ones. Meetings are what they do. (Also try Words, other / other.) If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Words, other / pr |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| hosting onstage interview events promotional artist interviews live in front of an audience (often recorded for other media) - EUR1000 fee doubled for film usage | 2025 | |
1500.00 | O | ||
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Work for which we have no rate-per-thousand-words, whose primary use is in a regional newspaper. See also national papers. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Words, other / regional |
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Work paid by the thousand words, whose primary use is in a book. Only do this if the rate is good and you expect sales to be minimal. Otherwise, go for royalties. Percent of gross, my child, always remember percent of gross sales. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Words, per 1000 / books |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| Book (biography) license for use of quotes from old interview transcript , terms - use in the book only | 2025 | |
230.00 | O | ||
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Work paid by the thousand words, whose primary use is in a magazine. (Generic rates for publishing groups appear at the end.) If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Words, per 1000 / mags |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| African Business interview with businessperson , terms - 1800 words @ £360 = | 2025 | |
200.00 | |||
| Apollo feature, 1800 words @ £500 = | 2025 | |
278.00 | |||
| Business of Fashion 800 words, a feature on beauty business, 800 words @ $800 = | 2025 | |
1000.00 | GR | O | |
| Companion (is this the Gail's Bakery mag?) (reported to journoresources.org.uk) reported pieces | 2025 | |
1300.00 | O | ||
| Cosmopolitan UK (reported to journoresources.org.uk) 1500 words @ £250 = | 2025 | |
167.00 | X | ||
| DJ magazine | 2025 | |
200.00 | |||
| Freight Carbon Zero feature | 2026 | |
250.00 | GR | X | |
| Guitarist features - - ask for the non-all rights contract - not the one that takes 6 months exclusivity and free re-use | _Future | 2025 | |
150.00 | XX | |
| MIT Technology Review (reported to journoresources.org.uk) up to | 2025 | |
2000.00 | O | ||
| New Scientist minimum rate for UK authors, stated in Twitter call for news pitches | _Assoc | 2025 | |
510.00 | ||
| New Statesman reported feature | 2026 | |
250.00 | |||
| New Statesman 1150 words @ £250 = | 2026 | |
217.00 | |||
| Padel magazine | 2025 | |
300.00 | |||
| Poetry Wales (reported to journoresources.org.uk) 1500 word reviews @ £350 = | 2025 | |
233.00 | |||
| Prism (reported to journoresources.org.uk) | 2025 | |
500.00 | |||
| Private Eye HP Sauce section page lead, had to deliver on spec with no guarantee of publication or payment | 2025 | |
528.00 | O | ||
| Prog features - - ask for the non-all rights contract - not the one that takes 6 months exclusivity and free re-use | _Future | 2025 | |
150.00 | XX | |
| Rail feature, 2000 words @ £500 | _Bauer | 2025 | |
250.00 | GR | |
| Rooted in Rights (reported to journoresources.org.uk) 599-word blog @ $400 = | 2025 | |
800.00 | |||
| runher (reported to journoresources.org.uk) up to | 2025 | |
2000.00 | |||
| The Grocer | _WReed | 2026 | |
280.00 | GR | X |
| Trails magazine (reported to journoresources.org.uk) up to | 2025 | |
2000.00 | |||
| Transport Intelligence qualitative research and report writing | 2026 | |
400.00 | |||
| Uncut features , - all rights | 2025 | |
120.00 | GR | XX | |
| Vive Le Rock 4000-word feature @ £150 = , | 2025 | |
37.50 | XXX | ||
| Vogue Business feature on beauty business, 800 words @ £400 = | _CondN | 2025 | |
500.00 | ||
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Work paid by the thousand words, whose primary use is in a national newspaper. See also regional newspapers. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Words, per 1000 / news |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| I paper feature | 2025 | |
330.00 | |||
| i paper feature | _Assoc | 2025 | |
250.00 | X | |
| Big Issue 1500 word feature @ £200 = | 2026 | |
133.00 | GR | X | |
| Guardian (£150 expenses paid) 1300 words @ £500 = | _GMG | 2025 | |
385.00 | ||
| Independent travel piece , (plus £60 exes) | 2026 | |
200.00 | GR | X | |
| Independent feature | _Lebedev | 2025 | |
330.00 | ||
| Nikkei Asia reported feature 800 words @ $400 = | 2026 | |
500.00 | |||
| Observer feature | 2025 | |
400.00 | |||
| Observer (reported to journoresources.org.uk) 215 words on music @ £85 = | 2025 | |
393.00 | |||
| Sun | _NI | 2025 | |
75.00 | XXXX | |
| Sunday Times feature | _NI | 2025 | |
500.00 | ||
| Sunday Times feature | _NI | 2025 | |
400.00 | ||
| Telegraph feature | 2025 | |
580.00 | O | ||
| Telegraph Health feature, ghost-writing a case study piece for online 1200 words @ £480 = , terms - all rights, no additional payment if it made it into print | 2025 | |
400.00 | X | ||
| Times feature | _NI | 2025 | |
300.00 | X | |
| National newspaper three small (215 words) columns in a month @ £307 - not taxed at source, retain copyright | 2025 | |
476.00 | HA | ||
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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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Tell us what you've been paid for Words, per 1000 / online |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| Big Issue feature | 2025 | |
250.00 | XX | ||
| Al Jazeera 9000-word Long Read feature; 9000 words @ $1000 - licensed for first publication (global) | 2025 | |
111.00 | XXX | ||
| Specialist online wine magazine features | 2025 | |
400.00 | GR | ||
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Work paid by the thousand words that's not for newspapers, magazines, books, PR or purely-online publications. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Words, per 1000 / other |
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| No recently reported rates were found here. Please try the links below. | ||||||
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Writing for Public Relations should attract much higher rates than reporting. There's the 'selling your soul' aspect... But, practically, there's the time it takes. PR clients love meetings. Lots of them. Long ones. Meetings are what they do. (Also try Words, per 1000 / other.) If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Words, per 1000 / pr |
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | |
Total paid | GR |
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| Media corporation copywriting and editing | 2026 | |
750.00 | |||
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Work paid by the thousand words, whose primary use is in a regional newspaper. See also national papers. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Tell us what you've been paid for Words, per 1000 / regional |
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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:
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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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