September Branch Meeting: Rates and New Media from London Photographers’ Branch on Vimeo.
We were very pleased to have Anna Stevens, the multimedia producer at Panos Pictures and video journalist Jason Parkinson to discuss the issues around getting the rate for the job and embracing new forms of media. The event was Chaired by Jess Hurd.
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This month’s discussion at the London Photographers’ Branch meeting on Tuesday 25 September will be on Rates and New Media. We are very pleased to have Anna Stevens, the multimedia producer at Panos Pictures and photographer and BPPA chair Jeff Moore to discuss the issues around getting the rate for the job and embracing new forms of media.
In the second hour of the meeting we will also be taking time to discuss our response to the ethical issues and professional conduct in light of the recent Royals scandal and the Hillsborough revelations.
We will also be voting on the LPB DM delegates motion voting suggestions (log in to view).
]]>The importance of maintaining the NUJ advised rates cannot be reiterated enough. In order for freelances to hatch out a living wage, these rates are constructed to form a minimum rate from regular updated information from union members. In order to maintain, improve, update and continue to validate these rates, members are urged to take a minute to supply information on the rates they are earning. You can do this here at the Rate For A Job submission page.
The Freelance Fees Guide is a good place to start, with rates for all aspects of writing, photography, video and audio.
Photography Rates can be found here.
Videography, a section of the Photography Rates rates can be found here.
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Last week’s branch meeting agreed to setup a working group of branch members to liase with other bodies and officials within the union to “establish or re-establish NUJ agreements with national newspapers and news organisations for picture/video rates and commissions.”
The group will co-ordinate the branch’s action to defend established NUJ rates and hopefully secure new ones for members.
All branch members are welcome to join the working group and can do so by signing up to the mailing list.
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This is to inform you that from May 1st this year reproduction fees for my photographs in a single day’s print editions will remain no less than they are today:
0-5 square inches –£65.46
5-20 ——————– £77.46
20-30 —————— £89.46
30-50 —————— £116.74
50-80 —————— £127.65
80-108 —————- £141.83
108-216 ————— £337.12
216-432 ————— £561.87If my photographs, whether supplied directly or received from third parties, continue to be reproduced in GNM Media Ltd publications, these are the minimum fees I will be charging. It is your responsibility to ensure that all staff (and freelances) responsible for putting pictures on the pages are aware that this is the case. Should my terms no longer be acceptable to GNM Media Ltd, please ensure that my pictures are not reproduced by GNM in the future and that you destroy all remaining electronic copies of my photographs in your possession.
Yours
You can use the following link to create a pre-filled email to Robert Hahn the GNM rights manager. Or you can send a letter to:
Robert Hahn
Guardian News Media
Kings Place
90 York Way
London
N1 9GU
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