NUJ Rate for the Job:
Words, other / mags

Updated: 20 December 2017

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" 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 / mags Work for which we have no rate-per-thousand-words, whose primary use is in a magazine. Completists may want to see the older rates for some publications listed here.
Tell us what you've been paid for Words, other / mags		Freelance Fees Guide
Publication / Programme - details & terms	Group	Year		Basic fee	Extras	GR	XXXX
Adventure Bike Rider feature package - 1000 words + photographs Fee was offered for FBS + web "taster" rights: work was declined		2010		150			XXXX
Aesthetica 2000 word article (art/photography/film/architecture feature including interview)	__misc	2016		95	0	GR	XXX
After Nyne 600 words, offered and refused!		2016		6
Antique Doll Collector feature - US$350 =		2007		175		GR
AOR album review (225 words)	_Future	2012		35			X
Artists & Illustrators 400-word interview	_Quarto	2006		100
BBC Countryfile Mag 500-word walking route, with six pics. No exes. all rights - appears online (without consultation)		2008		120			X
BBC Good Food top 10 list feature, 600-700 words all rights	_BBC	2014		150	0	GR
BBC Good Food top 10 list feature, 600-700 words all rights	_BBC	2014		150	0	GR
Belvedere 750 words paid for with subscription to magazine for 1 year		2011		0			X
Best of British 700 words + 4 photos		2008		50			XXX
Boston Globe Magazine feature article First rights US$1200=	_NYT	2006		631			X
Bridge Plus monthly column		1999		80	-
Canoe + Kayak ten 30-word blogs		2013		500
Canoe + Kayak weekly blog entries on Ukrainian Kayak expedition 5 blog entries at 300-500 words each	_Source	2013		500	0
Cat World 1000 word feature + 6 photos, prod/exes not paid for these do not pick up the phone and refused to tell me how much i was to be paid until after publication	_Ashdown	2008		65			XXXX
Catholic Herald 800 word feature one photo, no prod/exes FBS		2008		50			XXX
Classic and Sports Car 300 word article plus photographs FBS plus web	_Bauer	2011		200
Classic Bike Guide feature of 1500-2000 words + photographs licence not known	_TMG	2002		200			X
Classic Cars 800 word article and 6 photos one use only	_Bauer	2012		375
Community Care 250-word book review	_RBI	2009		30
Community Care attend and write up a conference	_RBI	2004		130			XXXX
Community Practitioner attend and write up a conference		2004		250
Computer Weekly (TechTarget Inc.) Top-performing bloggers - paid according to number of page views - per month	__misc	2014		300
Computer Weekly (TechTarget Inc.) Top-performing bloggers - paid according to number of page views - per month	__misc	2014		300
Computer Weekly (TechTarget Inc.) Top-performing bloggers - paid according to number of page views - per month	__misc	2014		300
Condé Nast Traveller 200-word review	_CondN	2016		100
Condé Nast Traveller 250 words	_CondN	2008		125
Construction News 900 words + 200-word box , FBS + web	_Economi	2009		247
Cook Vegetarian features		2011		200
Cosmopolitan opinion/comment piece of 1000 words plus photoshoot (whole evening in studio) , all rights	_NatMag	2008		400			XX
Country Homes and Interiors feature	_IPC	2005		500			O
Country Smallholding 2000 word article plus photos	_ECN	2008		150			X
Cycling Active 1500 words plus pics, map, info boxes no terms discussed	_IPC	2013		400
Cyprus Weekly 200 words		2009		50
Daily Telegraph 550-word interview for inside Magazine back page "Flashback"	_BarcB	2011		100			XXXX
Dalesman (Country Publications) three short features 2600 words plus four photographs FBS		2013		290		GR
Design Week 200 words	_Centaur	2012		60
DJ magazine album reviews of unspecified length member remarks "kinflints & didn't pay"		2016		20
Economist 650 words , all rights	_Pearson	2010		400			O
Economist 650 word story one off payment, no expenses, not taxed at source	_Pearson	2005		200
Economist online 4-500 word blog, range from £75 for thinkpiece to actual journalism at	_Pearson	2012		250
Elle Decoration 350 word feature, plus 200 wd box, plus v detailed captions , terms all rights	_Hach	2008		350
Elle Decoration interview plus brief bio - 300 words	_Hach	2008		200
Empire 70 word dvd review	_Bauer	2014		40
ENDS report (environmental news) collaborative writing, about 30,000 words	_HM	2012		3000			O
English Language Gazette 900 words + photo		2017		160
English Teaching Professional (Pavilion) 1400 @ £80 = FBS		2014		57	0		XXXX
English Teaching Professional (Pavilion) 1400 @ £80 = FBS		2014		57	0		XXXX
EYE (Early Years Educator) (MA Education)		2012		250		GR
Fair Planet 100 lines + interactive		2016		100
Family Circle 1800 word feature all rights including waiving of moral rights	_IPC	2005		550	0
Fest feature		2011		50
First Eleven feature with case studies FBS	_Chelsea	2012		208		GR	X
First Voice of Business feature, size unspecified, with picture research		2010		300
Fortean Times 1600 words + pics , prod/exes + pics fee yet to be negotiated rate is above new standard rates which have fallen even lower	_Dennis	2016		100			XX
Fortean Times 3000 word feature + pics + (limited) exes, pics still to be negotiated, talked up even worse per word rate offered	_Dennis	2014		225			XX
Fortean Times 3000 word feature + pics + (limited) exes, pics still to be negotiated, talked up even worse per word rate offered	_Dennis	2014		225			XX
Fortean Times 1600 words + 2 pix	_Dennis	2012		220			XXX
Fortean Times 7500 words + some pic research	_Dennis	2010		760			X
Fortean Times 800-word opinion piece	_Dennis	2008		90			X
Fortean Times 1000 words + 2 x 500-word side bars + lots of picture research FBS and web	_Dennis	2008		500
FourFourTwo feature global rights, no expenses	_HM	2011		700
France 1500-word feature plus photos FBS	_ECN	2013		300
Frank quarter page	_EMAP	1998		100	-
Front magazine (Flip Media) feature with a fair degree of involvement/research		2008		500		GR
Glamour feature says "Rights" - all?	_CondN	2014		700			O
Glamour feature says "Rights" - all?	_CondN	2014		700			O
Glamour feature says "Rights" - all?	_CondN	2014		700			O
Green Futures one 650-word page		1998		150	-
Green Parent article (no pics demanded)		2015		75
Harpers Wine + Spirit pieces, any length	_WReed	2013		50			XXX
History Today 400 word review		2011		75
History Today researching and writing 2200 words		2010		150			X
Holiday Cottages/Villas 1000 words + photos FBS		2009		150			XX
Horse and Hound weekly 250-word paragraph	_IPC	2013		70
Horse and Hound feature - anything between 1500 and 5000 words, up to	_IPC	2013		400
Horse and Hound news story, up to	_IPC	2013		100
Huck 650-word interview short feature		2010		155			X
in magazine 500-600 word features, wrote ten a month.		2010		35			XX
Information Age (Infoconomy) 1500 word feature all rights		2003		450		GR	O
Inside Housing two days to research feature	_TMG	1998		230	-
Insight piece		1999		550	-
Interweave Knits 1500 word feature including a few pics (sourced from interviewees) would have better if the USD exchange rate was better		2016		600
Journalist feature (how long?)	_TU	2006		100		HA	?
Kerrang! downpage 150-word album review	_EMAP	2008		20		GR	X
Kijk (Netherlands) one phone number: free subscription plus		1998		25	-		O
League paper / Non-League paper 10p per word if anything		2007		100			XXX
LinuxUser & Developer (Horsepower Media) four page feature (3000 words) all rights		2003		400			X
London Magazine (Premiere Publishing) feature (how long?)		1996		300	-
M-iD (Infoconomy) 1800 word feature all rights		2003		540		GR	O
MacWorld per page	_IDG	2008		100		GR	XX
Macworld online any piece worldwide rights, in perpetuity plus reprints abroad	_Ziff	2005		150
Marketing USA magazine 1600 words, pics, stats, research interviews		2016		500			O
mbr (Mountain Bike Rider) per piece? All rights	_IPC	2015		75	0
Media Transasia feature $200 - $400; say		1995		620	-
Melody Maker gig reviews	_IPC	1994		30	-		XX
Metropolitan Restaurant review	_Ink	2016		100
Micro Mart any piece (circa 600 words) no licence specified	_TMG	2005		30		GR	XXXX
Military Modelling article		1997		140	-
Mixmag 400 plus graphics	_IPC	1998		25	-		XXXX
MMM features, words and pictures, per page (don't pay until published and have a lead time of two years) - job turned down!		2009		40			XXX
Mojo 160-word album review Bauer 'Tier 1' terms - author retains copyright, grants various 6- months licences	_Bauer	2013		43
Mojo 45-word album review Bauer 'Tier 1' terms - author retains copyright, grants various 6- months licences	_Bauer	2013		24.66
Mojo 160-word book review Bauer 'Tier 1' terms - author retains copyright, grants various 6- months licences	_Bauer	2013		69
Mojo 500-word lead book review , terms as Q/Mojo freelance agreement	_Bauer	2008		191		GR
Mojo DVD review 140 words , terms as Q/Mojo freelance agreement	_Bauer	2008		43		GR
Mojo book review 160 words , terms as Q/Mojo freelance agreement	_Bauer	2008		69		GR
Mosaic Science (Wellcome Trust) 5500 words @ £1800 for extensive formal fact-checking, interview transcripts required, a very lengthy process but one-to-one comprehensive editorial input with enthusiastic collaborative ethos. Issued under Creative Commons so articles can be published on other websites for free - and can be edited - could end up in the Atlantic or Buzzfeed - or the Daily Mail		2017		327	0
Motor Caravan Monthly feature per page, words and pictures, first world rights	_IPC	2009		60			XXX
Muso 250 word review , not sure of terms	_Rhineg	2013		20			XX
New Internationalist unspecified wordcount plus photos		2017		400
New Internationalist 3500 words plus pictures + some unspecified secondary rights		2011		115	50
New Internationalist 150-word review		2010		80
New Internationalist 300 words + 1 picture		2010		145
New Internationalist film review		2009		85
New Statesman (Progressive Media) 600-word "Observations" (newsy comment piece - two freelances report identical rate)	_Progres	2009		100
Newwave Magazine (Thames Water / Square One) 250-word feature		2004		250
NME Blog	_IPC	2012		40		GR	X
NME feature per page of mag	_IPC	2010		100			XX
NME feature per page of mag	_IPC	2009		100			XX
North East Life feature plus 6 photos FBS plus internet	_ECN	2013		105		GR
Oasis 4 articles for £400 =		2012		100			XX
Oasis (Saudi art magazine) 2 x 700-word articles		2011		200			XX
PC Gamer single page licensed for 6 months international/web use	_Future	2013		70	0	GR
People two-page spread US$2500 =	_AOLTW	2003		1600
Pet Dogs Features with pictures up to 1500 words terms Exclusive first use	_Ashdown	2008		100			XXX
Pink Paper anything over 400 words		1998		40	-		XX
Plan B feature per page of mag		2009		10			XXXX
Planet Rock 170-word album review	_Bauer	2017		40
Plastic Electronics 2000-word feature , FBS, telephone exes paid		2008		500
Practical Boat Owner 2 pages 2000 words + several pics absolutely the entirety/every kind or description/now or hereafter/anywhere in the world/uncondtionally & irrevocably waive yr rights under sects 77 & 80 under Copyright & Patents Act 1988	_IPC	2012		200			X
Practical Classics 1000 word article plus photographs FBS plus web	_EMAP	2011		300
Practical Motorhome features per page, words and pictures, first world rights	_HM	2009		100			XX
Press Gazette blog column	_Progres	2013		50
Press Gazette diary piece no terms discussed		2007		30			O
Press Gazette 400-word letter (?!)		2007		50
Preview 1500w feature with pics - for trade mag	_Brown	2005		300
Private Eye 400 words		2012		100
Private Eye 400 words		2012		100
Private Eye batch of three stories		2001		300
Pro Sound News Europe preparation of 1500-word convention report all rights, no expenses	_Intent	2017		300		GR
Pro Sound News Europe preparation of 300-word feature profile all rights, no expenses	_Intent	2017		75			XX
Pro Sound News Europe preparation of 500-word feature profile all rights, no expenses	_Intent	2017		100		GR
Public Finance blogs, "traditionally good payer, but pays nothing for blogs"	_Pearson	2009		0			XXXX
Public Health News attend and write up a conference		2004		250
Q Feature (5 pages paid at page rate, actually 2880 words) Bauer 'Tier 1' terms - author retains copyright, grants various 6- months licences	_Bauer	2013		876
Q 100-word Moment Of The Year short Bauer 'Tier 1' terms - author retains copyright, grants various 6- months licences	_Bauer	2013		35
Quietus lead review (album)		2015		50
Quintessentially changed terms after delivery saying they had to wait for ad revenue until they would pay: member withdrew the work		2009		200			XXXX
Reach 750-word and pictures package FBS	_PA	2006		250
Real Travel 2500-word feature plus photos: invoice sent in February, work published months ago, not paid by September		2010		300			XXX
Real Travel 2000 words + 10 pictures		2010		300
Real Real Opinion (celebrity interviews)	_Bauer	2003		750		GR	O
Record Collector Feature article - 8000 words. They did not specify if rate was per 1000! and they claim copyright	_Orpheus	2013		800
Right Start (Needmarsh Publishing) feature with case studies FBS		2012		250		GR	X
Rock Hub UK album review of unspecified length		2016		20			XXX
Rock Sound 300-word live review		2011		10			XXX
Rock Sound 100-word review	_INM	2011		5			XXXX
Runners Fitness 1500 words and providing photos FBSR + online use, no expenses		2011		200			X
Scarlet (Helix media) feature - per page paid 30 days after publishing		2007		50			XXX
Sci Fi Now Interview FBS	_Future	2009		120			X
Scottish Cycling 600 words and photo		2013		100			X
Self Build & Design FBS		2011		250
Self Build and Design article FBSR		2004		550			O
SHINDIG! (Silverback Publishing) ten-entry listicle & intro, 1100 words overall, suggested might lead to "the odd £50" in future - refused!		2015		0	0	GR	XXXX
Skin Deep submitted an article around 1500 words		2014		150
Skin Deep submitted an article around 1500 words		2014		150
Skin Deep submitted an article around 1500 words		2014		150
Songlines album review		2010		15			XX
Songlines short album review (for terms see website - then negotiate!)		2009		20		GR	X
Spin 225-word album review		2008		450			O
Spin 80-90-word album review		2008		180			O
Sport Diver 4 page with photos FBS	_ECN	2007		200		GR	XX
Sport, The page lead: 'sell your soul for only a teaspoon of pottage'		1997		80	-		XXX
Square Mile (Square Up Media) feature article (word count unspecified i.e 1500 - 2000) FBS, no expenses, not taxed at source		2008		300			X
Square Mile (Square Up Media) feature (unspecified word count) including an interview FBS, no expenses, not taxed at source		2008		400			X
Square Mile (Square Up Media) feature (unlimited word count) with interview and photographs FBS, no expenses, pay 30 days after publication of magazine NOT after submission		2008		500			X
Studio International interview / video review		2014		250
Sunday Express spread	_NS	2003		1500
The Atlantic reportage		2017		250			XX
The Biz (pharma company in-house mag) half-page feature/news shorts (about 100 words)		2008		100		GR
The Business column, online it says FBS		2008		200		GR
The Countryman 1200-word feature plus £15 per quarter-page pic licensed for one-off magazine use	_Cream	2013		75		GR	X
The Criminal Lawyer articles up to 3000 words on the latest criminal law issues in the UK all rights - sold on to Westlaw and Lawtel legal databases	_Tottel	2008		90	0	GR	XXXX
The List (Edinburgh and Glasgow) reviews, each		1997		20	-		XX
The List (Edinburgh and Glasgow) 100-word reviews		2010		5			XXX
The Oldie kill fee for 600-word book review		2010		50			X
The Quietus a Quietus Interview		2016		50			XX
The Trade News article, 500 words-ish		2014		130
The Trade News article, 500 words-ish		2014		130
The Universe 1000 word centre-spread feature + three photos	_Gabriel	2008		100			X
The Wire 600-word review		2015		42
The Word short album review	_DH	2009		40
The Word Full page lead album review	_DH	2009		150
The Word 150-word album reviews (but covering 2 albums)		2008		60
The Word 150-word album review		2008		40		GR
Time Out Pubs and Bars Guide 140-160 word reviews	_TOut	2004		10			XXX
Time Out bar review	_TOut	2004		10		GR	XXX
Times Education Supplement 500-word back column	_TSL	2008		300			O
Times Educational Supplement per weekly columnette	_NI	1998		85	-
Toplum Postasi (Turkish local paper) per day		1998		25	-		??
TRVL 3000-word feature for online/ipad magazine		2013		500			X
Uncut Ultimate Music Guide flat fee for reuse of feature originally printed in another IPC publication	_IPC	2013		500
Uncut Ultimate Music Guide reuse of two-part feature originally published in Uncut mag	_IPC	2013		750
Us Magazine (Profile Pursuits PMG worldwide Toys R Us in house - celebrity feature not taxed, pay 30 days from publication, no expenses		2003		400
Village Voice 250-word album review		2008		100			X
Walk (Ramblers' Association) day on location with snapper +1800 words FBS		2013		600		GR
Which? news article with two case studies - initially 350 which became 400 all rights		2008		165
Wisden Cricketer 200 words		2008		100
Women's Realm two-column feature	_IPC	1998		250	-
World of Interiors Feature + long captions	_CondN	2011		500			XX
World Travel Guide 850-word exclusive plus one photo, online demand acceptance of all liability!		2010		195	0		XX
Your Family Tree 150 words , all rights	_Future	2008		75
Zest double-page feature	_NatMag	2006		400
Belgian magazine articles 600-1200 words		2003		400
Belgian magazine articles up to 600 words		2003		300
Business magazine Infringement settlement for unauthorised web use , terms original FBS fee + 100 per cent 1st month, 50 per cent each month thereafter		2008		266	1000		O
Domestic magazine feature	_Kelsey	2013		160
dotmusic.com 400-word online album review	_Yahoo	2008		30			XXXX
East Anglian Daily Times: EA Life full page feature	_ECN	2014		60			XXX
Elsevier publication, unnamed 250 words	_RE	2011		10			XX^9
European onboard airline magazine 700 words plus original photos		2012		250
GamesTM, X360, Play (Imagine) per 450-500 word page		2013		50		GR	X
Glossy county magazine full page article, 750 words + 2 original photos	_ECN	2012		30			XXXX
IPC diary item		1997		134	-		X
Kelsey Publications page of words and photography FBS	_Kelsey	2013		50		GR	XXX
playboy.com 200-word online album review		2008		50			X
Sporting magazine features (Schedule D taxed - at source)	_Future	2014		400		GR
Sporting magazine features (Schedule D taxed - at source)	_Future	2014		400		GR
Unknown magazine (LHS / DPS) 1000 words + 10 photos		2011		275
The above are the rates for Words, other / mags notified by members up to 20 December 2017.
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
5 Amount paid for basic licence - e.g. first use in print:				Basic fee
6 Paid for extra licences - web use, database resale... (no data pre Jun 2000)				...	Extras
7 "Going Rate" according to experienced NUJ members - do try to better it:				...	...	GR
or Minimum rate set out in NUJ House Agreement (more will be made soon):				...	...	HA
8 Underpaid, in the fallible opinion of the Freelance editor:				50	0		X
or Just sometimes we're pleasantly surprised:				1500	300		O

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