Media Alliance to launch membership category for freelancers
The Freelance Pro media access card
The union representing journalists will this afternoon launch a new class of membership aimed at freelancers, Mumbrella can reveal.
The new category called Freelance Pro, will be launched by Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, broadcaster Tracey Spicey and blogger Greg Jericho, and is aimed at the growing number of freelance journalists in Australia.
The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance says it will offer them both professional indeminity and public liability insurance, contract advice, a media access card and training in ethics and media law.
These issues should have been looked at in great depth long ago. Particularly the subject of image submissions. IMO there has always been a need to have stringent remuneration regulations in place.
I wonder why the MEAA is surprised that freelance rates are highly variable. Does Mr Strom seriously believe he can influence the rate a freelancer is paid?
My goodness, why on earth are all those freelancers working for no pay???
Are they crazy?
Do they even think like businesses, I think not. Freelancers need to be a profit making business just like any other business
I will believe it when I see it re the public liability and professional indemnity insurance that the Media Alliance has been promising to provide for a long time.
By the way, I am a freelance journalist that has been working internationally for 20 years and cannot keep up with the multiple commissions (that are paid).
@Richard Kreider: just wondering what “stringent remuneration regulations” you propose Richard? If there’s a minimum is there also a maximum? Does everyone have to be able to spell? Maybe you should get together with Mr Strom and get elected to Parliament. (LOL)
Me a politician? I could never live with myself! 🙂 My point is there are snappers that may not get the remuneration they deserve. I’m speaking for those not tied to a particular print medium but may have something someone is after. Don’t ask me how it should be done, I’m no expert. I’d regulate by size, which is probably the sensible answer, followed by a commission scale if it is forwarded and published elsewhere.