Ten days after on-air shaming, BBC Arabic contributors still await payments
BBC Arabic has still not paid contributors some ten days after being publicly shamed on live TV by one of…
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Journalists say Twitter blue tick verification process ‘irrational and opaque’
Freelance journalists are “frustrated” at the Twitter verification process which has left even well-established writers with large followings feeling like…
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Self belief, reinvention and hard work: How to earn £100k+ as a freelance journalist
Making serious money as a freelance journalist (a six-figure income) was way beyond my wildest dreams when I started training…
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Celebrity journalism thriving as ‘antidote’ to Covid-19 news, freelances say
Celebrity and entertainment journalism has stayed strong throughout the Covid-19 pandemic as editors wanted an “antidote” to the “relentlessly negative”…
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‘Lifeline’ for 600 BBC PAYE freelances as broadcaster offers new Covid-19 financial support
About 600 freelances who regularly work for the BBC on PAYE contracts are to “finally” be offered financial support to…
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‘Forgotten’ PAYE freelances plead for Government support as Covid-19 crisis reaches three-month mark
“Forgotten” freelance journalists who work on PAYE contracts are begging the Government for support as the Covid-19 crisis approaches the…
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The rise of the freelance journalist: Tough times and lockdown prompt boom in online networks
May is traditionally seen as the month of merriment. For journalists who were furloughed or made redundant it gave the…
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Tony Hall says BBC doing ‘all we can’ to support PAYE freelancers impacted by Covid-19
BBC director-general Tony Hall has written to more than 150 journalists and production staff who work for the corporation on…
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