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* We win some help a running summary of what's available
* For freelances union work paying off
* Zoom into cyberspace security tips
* How best to read the Freelance? Your views please
* Send us one email and stay in touch with your union!
* Photographers face strife but police chiefs back us
* The NUJ surveys the effects of the crisis
* Don't forget Brexit yet another update
* More sources of support John Crowley looks at some resources for freelances
* Is it safe to return to work?
* A tax update in taxing times
* How to contact NUJ Extra for help
* LFB live call with your questions
* Our reduced subs reminder no need to lapse
* Training alert good value in online courses
* New members meet online - 30/07/20
* The Trireme Award the Sun

¶May 2020 - online only

* Universal Credit claims the TUC needs your help, other news
* Urgent new NUJ survey - impact of quarantine on journalists
* Support for freelances must go on write to your MP
* In the eye of the storm our online meeting
* The crisis facing journalism in the face of Covid-19 IFJ survey for World Press Freedom Day
* Authors in the health crisis Society of Authors impact survey
* Tax update in taxing times IR35 & more
* Julian Assange extradition hearing booked for September
* LFB live call with your questions - 02/06/20
* Remembering #ForgottenFreelances lobbying pays off in part
* Getting tested for covid-19 you may be a 'key worker'
* Brexit update no EU Settled Status deadline extension, some EU nationals denied Universal Credit
* No, Meghan Markle hasn't lost copyright back in focus
* Please read the NUJ's News Recovery Plan From Health Crisis to Good News
* Rumour patrol squashing viral urban legends
* NUJ covid-19 survey please fill it in
* Training alert Winning & negotiating freelance work 15/05/20

¶April 2020 online extra

* Branch virtual meetings arrangements
* Global Platform for Quality Journalism launched by IFJ
* Don't abandon your photos online US copyright caution
* World Intellectual Property Day 2020 26/04/26 Celebrating the EU copyright reform for a fairer digital world
* #ForgottenFreelances: NUJ letter to Chancellor nuj.org.uk
* NUJ Extra update on covid-19 response nuj.org.uk
* NUJ launches News Recovery Plan nuj.org.uk
* Remembering Lyra McKee killed 16/04/19
* Vigorously denounce covid opportunism! copyright update
* Work notes jottings on what's out there now
* Gently enforcing your re-use rights pays off
* First Steps in Freelancing course 01/05/20 on Zoom
* LETTER Missing out on covid support
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* We win some help covid-19 cash for freelances
* Getting financial help journalists' charities
* Ireland and Continental coronavirus drill
* Journalists - including photographers - are key workers: cops
* Our union lobbying for freelances and the NUJ has delivered
* Control-shift! (meeting report)
* Reduced subs despite delays have patience please
* IR35 tax rule change delayed proprietors' panic premature
* The NUJ working from home how we do it
* Writer earns £4k of 'free money' you can sign up too!
* Don't forget Julian Assange extradition via Zoom
* Freelance Salon postponed, of course
* Training alert look out for virtual courses...
* Working well from home
* No Delegate Meeting in 2020
* Freelance Directory a good time to update
* The Trireme Award Mail Online and The Times

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* UK freelances face destitution as they have been 'forgotten' in the government's rescue package for businesses NUJ
* How some freelances are handling isolation
* Coronavirus - advice for freelances
* Hands off our BBC! Consultation closes 01/04/20
* Can delaying publication be an infringement of moral rights?
* New members meeting in March CANCELLED
* Freelances in a time of quarantine petition for sick pay
* Some things you should know about copyright updated
* Some things you should know about quoting updated
* Loving local news how does hyper-local news work, then? Meeting report
* How can media work for a functioning democracy? Leeds conference
* Charter on harassment and bullying at work from UN International Labour Organization
* Welcome to the Freelance and our handy copyright guide
* Reporting poverty round-table in London 07/03/20
* Brexit happened a bit, so don't panic yet
* Two right royal rows over copyright shorter update
* NUJ gets freelances access to Pride in London
* Sign up for several sources of 'free money' ALCS deadline 05/03/20
* Reduced subs? no need to let your membership go
* Training alert online training survey results
* Student member sought for Branch committee
* The Trireme Award Mail Online

¶February 2020

* Brexit business as usual until 31/12/20 - stand by for updates
* New year, new LFB Committee thank you, to ddeparting Committee members, welcome to new ones
* Democracy in action members determine how delegation votes at the NUJ Delegate Meeting
* Pride in London NUJ ensuring access for visual journalists
* Just over 8p for each library loan of your book sign up!
* Freelance Salon on reporting climate change special - watch for date
* LFB Committee seeks Student Member
* The Life and Death of a Journalist opens in London 25/02/20

¶January 2020

* Two right royal rows over copyright loom
* Photographers claim now DACS Payback 2020 by 24/02/20
* London Freelance annual reports Chair & more to come
* How will California's gig economy law pan out?
* What training do you want?
* Brexit update EU nationals' rights in self-employment 'disapplied' as UK exit nears
* Easy claiming of debts from Europe for now
* A higher minimum wage for freelances how would that work?
* LFB's festive seasonal end-of-year party a success
* LFB in solidarity with University of London lecturers on strike

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* Reporting religion responsibly meeting report
* What picture editors want FT photo editor Helen Healy (short meeting report)
* Transcribers revolt at rev.com after rate cut
* Brexit update uncertainty, but Settled Status app for iPhone
* Insurance deals for NUJ members
* Don't let your membership go reduced subs
* Support Turkish journalists!
* Trade unionists targeted by spies report
* Video consortium meets in London again
* New member sees off retrospective rights grab NUJ helps
* Elections General Election monitoring and NUJ Councils
* Your rights as a worker get help
* Claim 'free money' for visual contributions now
* Nine days fighting for equal pay for Samira Ahmed
* Reviving radicalism the Claudia Jones lecture
* Delegate Meeting drill guide to the NUJ's 2020 conference
* New members meet next 30/01/20
* Warning to the self-employed: do your taxes! by 31/01/20
* The Trireme Award Belfast Telegraph

¶November 2019

* Put freelance fees up by 50 per cent orders Amsterdam judge
* What do picture editors want? meeting report
* Should you be getting holiday pay? Launch of NUJ campaign
* Nominations needed for seats on the NUJ bodies
* What training do you want? Tell your Branch!
* IFJ launches new insurance for journalists across the world
* Undercover cops and trade unions conference 16/11/19
* Confidence-building workshop save the date: 11/11/19
* Register to vote do it now - deadline 26/11/19
* Apologies for this website's downtime
* A festival for freelances in the Netherlands
* Festival of Italian Literature Members' discount! 2-3/11/19
* US small claims procedure edges closer amid shady lobbying
* Branch party time and raffle request for 09/12/19
* Meeting for members new to freelancing 31/10/19
* Second Video Consortium event 19/11/19

More Freelance features....

* Current contents all this year's articles
* The Freelance archive previous years' articles
* Attention! - NUJ members call before working for these
* Trireme Awards - for legendary stinginess
* The Gong - wake-up calls for late payers

Diary dates...

* London Freelance Branch meetings
* NUJ central events listing

Getting paid...

* The Rate for the Job
* Freelance Fees Guide suggested rates
* Interest & compensation calculator for late payers

Contacts...

* NUJ Freelance Directory
* Link up with the NUJ - register for client-specific alerts

Briefings and roundups

* A few things you should know about copyright
* Creators' Rights for all campaign documents
* Right to report handy list of articles