Peter Fray to lead AAP project offering syndicated freelance copy

Tim Burrowes

October 5, 2012 10:58

Australian news agency AAP is to launch a service offering freelancers’ work to its subscribers in a project being led by former Sydney Morning Herald editor-in-chief Peter Fray

AAP Newswire Exclusive will offer “an extensive roster of high calibre writers and columnists,” the organisation says. Fray will lead the recruitment proces.

Fray left the SMH in June as Fairfax media’s restructure got underway.

A spokesman for AAP told Mumbrella that fees for freelancers involved in the project are still to be settled. The organisation has approached journalists’ union the Media Alliance to keep it informed of the project.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.