Freelance journalists given rare chance to ‘right wrongs’ of unfair payment practices
Journalists often treated like ‘ungrateful beggars’ for asking for payment and must make case ‘loud and clear’.
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Tim Dawson
Tim Dawson is freelance organiser at the National Union of Journalists and formerly deputy general secretary of the International Federation of Journalists.
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