Freelance rates at The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Financial Review, WAtoday, and Brisbane Times have gone backwards in real terms by 59% over the past 20 years! A business model which relies on freelance rates going backwards, cannot sustainably continue to deliver quality journalism. Sign the petition now to demand that Nine management negotiate…
The National Freelance Committee of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) works to improve freelancers’ power, respect, fair pay and conditions. MEAA’s National Freelance Committee aims to improve freelancers’ power through collective actions for respect, fair pay and conditions. The committee was formally established by MEAA’s Federal Council in 2019 and existed prior to that…
We are seeking member endorsement of the MEAA Freelance Charter of Rights. Freelance journalists, photographers, writers, editors, producers, cartoonists and illustrators are a vital part of the media industry, and we are standing together to set a floor for pay and conditions and protect quality journalism. The MEAA National Freelance Committee has compiled almost…
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‘Payment on publication’ is a common practice in media freelance journalism. A freelancer calls for this model to change.
By Vivienne Pearson Why I’m shifting from writing for media to copywriting Ironically, it was an accountant rather than a writer or editor who succinctly summed up my dilemma. “There seems to be a disconnect between your bylines and your income,” she said, after looking at my website showing my writing in The Sydney Morning…
