Pay rates for journalists, photographers, and broadcasters
I am enjoying David Krug’s 901am blog more and more each day … and today is no exception. Today, on David’s blog, I found a link to a UK database of common pay rates for journalists (per word/page/article), photographers (per piece/day), and broadcasters (original link to David’s story). Looking through the tables - it seems as though they have data for some very mainstream periodicals such as Wired, Blender, Marie Claire, Runner’s World, Maxim, and more.
As a freelance writer, I’ve found it’s hard to know how much to expect for my work, across various publications. I’ve been getting the same per-word rate for … oh … about the past decade or so. Which, overall, is fine for me as I only write and sell a handful of articles a year … but if I were going to try to write on a more regular basis, this type of competitive information would be critical in negotiating a fair price for my work.