All Freelancers articles – Page 49
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NewsOpening the window of competition
The Window of Creative Competition aims to let some fresh air into the BBC, but, while in-house production staff are worried about the resulting job cuts, many indies are still sceptical about the new system's fairness. Geoff White sheds some light on how the WoCC will work.
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How to stay alive in a hostile situation
Increasingly, journalists are risking their lives to report from war zones, but, with the dangers rising, news organisations are paying more attention to keeping their staff safe from harm. Robert Gray reports.
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Life at the bottom
Young people starting out in TV do months of unpaid work and then only get an average salary of£12,000. Geoff White spoke to five people in their 20s about life in the industry.
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Soho Editors expands worldwide
Post-production talent agency Soho Editors is to plough around£4m into expanding its business worldwide, to cover the Middle East, West Coast USA, South Africa and Ireland.
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Keeping us posted
Our end-of-year round-up finds facilities struggling to find the cash to invest in HD while at the same time the advent of desktop editing is putting pressure on them to cut their rates. By Simon Meek.
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NewsNews retreat from Iraq
Sky News and ITN admitted this week that the worsening security situation in Iraq has made it almost impossible to report accurately from the war-torn country.
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NewsTributes pour in for Thompson
A stream of tributes from senior industry figures followed the death earlier this week of Harry Thompson, one of the UK's best-known comedy producers.
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NewsFreelance cameramen and journalistshonoured at Rory Peck Awards
8am: Freelance news journalists and cameramen that revealed the truth about three of the worst human disasters of the last twelve months were rewarded at last night's Rory Peck Awards.
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NewsComedy producer Thompson dies
Renowned comedy producer Harry Thompson died last night following a short battle with lung cancer.
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NewsBBC Scotland recognises Bectu as union of freelancers
Bectu has claimed a major coup for freelancers after BBC Scotland agreed it as the recognised union for all its freelance workers.
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BBC factual to phase out DigiBeta cameras
The BBC's plan to cut production costs has gone a step further, with its factual and learning department's proposal to phase out the use of DigiBeta cameras for the department's programmes.
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What life's like for TV's freelancers
From protests about unpaid work experience to job cuts at the BBC, freelancing has rarely been as newsworthy as it is now. In an effort to understand what makes an increasingly large part of the workforce tick, Will Strauss analyses a major piece of research and finds that not all ...
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Meet TV's average Joe
The great and good of the freelance community might consider themselves anything but average but Broadcast has exposed what the typical TV freelancer is like.
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NewsBroadcast Freelancer job site launches
Broadcast will launch a new job-finding website for tele-vision freelancers on Monday (17 October).
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Bectu helps NHU crew to win pay deal
Freelance wildlife camera crew at the BBC's Bristol Natural History Unit have agreed a new pay deal - the first since winning collective bargaining rights through union Bectu last year.
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Kit companies: on the record
The demise of hire outfit VFG earlier this has year taught those working in the hire business a valuable lesson: if you're not succeeding as a one-stop shop in the face of dwindling TV production budgets, then diversify.
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NewsSlashed budgets hit freelancers
Pact chief executive John McVay has accused broadcasters of fuelling the exploitation of freelancers by using the new indie terms of trade to pay less for programmes.
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NUJ slams BBC for freelancer policy
The NUJ has claimed freelancers are being treated as 'second-class citizens' by the BBC, and is asking them to contact the union with examples of unfair treatment. The row has been sparked after recent negotiations on pay - staff were given a 3.5% pay rise, but this did not apply ...
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Happy, but feeling the pressure
The second part of our lifestyle survey looks at how those in broadcasting feel about issues such as job satisfaction, career development and stress.