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February 22, 2018updated 23 Feb 2018 5:33pm

NUJ says Newsquest ‘rewarding’ newsrooms that pay the least for photography, but publisher says competition was to help free up reporters

By Arun Kakar

The National Union of Journalists has condemned regional publisher Newsquest for “rewarding” newspapers that don’t pay for photographs.

The union claims that Newsquest has given prizes to the “centres that use the most unpaid-for copy”.

It says that Newsquest’s Weymouth branch, publisher of the Bridport and Lyme Regis News, and the Dorset Echo won £4,000 under the scheme.

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