Fair Deal for Freelances
The NUJ's major campaign to fight for a better deal for freelances.
NUJ calls for roundtable on freelance pay
The NUJ has written to the government’s new Freelance Champions calling for a media roundtable to address the pay precarity experienced by freelance journalists.
Ways to Make Journalism Pay
The NUJ London Freelance branch (LFB) held a successful all-day gathering on ‘Ways to Make Journalism Pay’ on 10 October.
The Guardian ends casual status
The Guardian announced last month that it would no longer use casual staff, ending a practice that has existed for several decades.
Pay campaign
The NUJ's pay campaign calls for fair pay across journalism, providing practical support to chapels in their engagement with employers.
Stop public bodies using litigation to thwart journalists, says NUJ parliamentary group
MPs have called on the government to do more to safeguard press freedom after a public body attempted to recover Freedom of Information (FOI) costs from freelance journalist and NUJ member Barnie Choudhury.
Cutting foreign correspondents risks BBC’s global reputation, says NUJ
The NUJ is calling on the BBC to reconsider its decision to cut dedicated foreign stringers (correspondents).
NUJ welcomes costs decision that safeguards media freedom
Costs will not be awarded against a Freedom of Information applicant, who was facing a bill of £14,000, a court has decided.
NUJ statement on Guardian freelance terms review
The Guardian has announced a fundamental review of terms and conditions for ‘casuals’, ‘freelances’, and ‘contributors’.
FOI costs enforcement presents new SLAPPs threat
The NUJ has warned that legally enforced recovery of Freedom of Information (FOI) costs could pose a serious threat to media freedom and open the door to SLAPP-style intimidation of journalists.
