All Freelancers articles – Page 55
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Rory Peck Trust receives£90,000 gift
The Rory Peck Trust, the charity which supports freelance journalists around the world, has received£90,000 from private charity the Sigrid Rausing Trust, which will help it provide training for journalists working in dangerous situations and will also support injured freelancers and the families of freelancers who have been killed.
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A tale of two cities.
With Edinburgh the talk of the TV industry, Ian White sidesteps the attractions of the festival to see how the Scottish facilities market is faring and finds much of the broadcast action 50 miles west - in Glasgow.
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Channel 4 - Bringing up the new generation.
Channel 4 has always prided itself on its risk-taking programming. Jane Marlow looks at how initiatives such as the Outside strand maintain and nurture the flow of new talent.
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SKILLSET CENSUS DATE.
The annual Skillset census of the audio-visual industries is to take place on 25 June. The
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FORMATS SPECIAL - Zeal to conquer the world market.
After its parent, Sportsworld, went bust, formats specialist Zeal TV staged a management buyout. Within the space of a year, the indie has emerged as a global force both in production and in licensing.
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Better deal in offing for freelance staff.
Independent production companies will be encouraged to pay pension contributions to freelancers under planned changes in
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Better deal in offing for freelance staff
Independent production companies will be encouraged to pay pension contributions to freelancers under planned changes in the way members of producers' alliance Pact treat non-contract staff, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsBectu fights for freelancers
Production companies could be forced to pay pension contributions to freelancers as part of planned changes in the way independent firms treat non-contract staff, writes Paul Revoir
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Brazier joins St Anne's post.
Kevin Brazier, the former managing director of dB Post, the audio post-production facility that closed at the end of last year, has joined St Anne's Post as its new head of sound editorial, working alongside dubbing mixer and head of audio David Old, writ
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Brazier joins St Anne's post
Kevin Brazier, the former managing director of dB Post, the audio post-production facility that closed at the end of last year, has joined St Anne's Post as its new head of sound editorial, working alongside dubbing mixer and head of audio David Old, writes Kevin Hilton.
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RUNNERS GET ADVICE.
Skillset is to hold a careers advice day next month for runners wanting to get ahead
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SKILLSET STARTS SURVEY.
Skillset, the skills council for the audio-visual industries, has embarked on the biggest ever workforce survey
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Runners get advice
Skillset is to hold a careers advice day next month for runners wanting to get ahead in TV. Offering access to producers, directors and broadcasters, the event features workshops and talks from such luminaries as 1Xtra programmes editor Wilber Wilberforce. Skillsformedia advisors, who are experienced working freelancers, will also be ...
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Technology & facilities - Picardy battles to save post services.
Glasgow-based Picardy Media Group is confident that its production, post-production and corporate arms will remain going
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Picardy battles to save post services
Glasgow-based Picardy Media Group is confident that its production, post-production and corporate arms will remain going concerns despite the company going into receivership at the end of January, writes Sam Espensen.
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NewsC4 rapped for ?C' word outburst
Channel 4 has been hauled up before the Independent Television Commission (ITC) after it broke one taboo too many - allowing a presenter to say 'you fucking cunt' live on air, writes John Plunkett
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TASK FOR SKILLSET.
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has asked industry training body Skillset to set up a task force
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NewsSkillset asked to set up training task force
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has asked industry training body Skillset to set up a task force to implement the training recommendations in the Independent Television Commission's (ITC) programme supply review, writes Will Strauss
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SKILLSET SURVEY 2002 - The state we're in ...
Skillset's latest pan-industry survey of employment trends in broadcasting shows that some sectors are surviving well despite the downturn. But groups such as ethnic minorities and the disabled are still struggling to achieve recognition.
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C4 to offer war zone training.
Channel 4 and industry training body Skillset are to offer up to 60 TV freelancers hostile