All Freelancers articles – Page 3
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FeaturesGreenlight slowdown: ‘It feels pretty horrendous out there’
The TV ad market has crashed, the licence fee is frozen, inflation is rampant and streamers have slashed their spending. Five people offer an anonymous snapshot of their experiences
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NewsBBC, C4 and NFTS unite to support freelancers
Online training programme comes amid production slowdown
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FeaturesCommissioning slowdown: Freelancer #2
“The sad case is that talented freelancers are leaving the industry in droves”
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FeaturesCommissioning slowdown: Freelancer #1
“I had quite a few friends leave the industry in the 2008-9 recession – and this feels worse”
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CommentThe challenges of navigating a summer of discontent
Indies and freelancers face a tough period as inflation pushes up costs and commissioning falls, says Chris Curtis
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NewsBectu meets with broadcasters over freelancer crisis
Meeting with stakeholders seen as ‘positive first step’
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NewsIn brief: BBC4; Vice strike; Sorry I Didn’t Know; Angela Thorne
Broadcaster acquires Irish series Clean Sweep
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NewsDocfest analysis: class and disability to the fore
‘We are not an impoverished industry,’ says Donna Taberer
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NewsBectu hits out at £15m C4 pay-out amid commissioning slowdown
Philippa Childs contrasts permanent staff remuneration with “thousands of freelancers struggling to get by”
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CommentHow pots of funding can help middle ground indies
Candour Productions director of development Hannah Demidowicz on the vital support available to indies
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CommentComment: unpicking the slowdown with Talent Manager data
The volume of jobs being advertised is well down on pre-pandemic levels, says Sarah Lee
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NewsFeast to famine: unscripted indies and freelancers feel the pinch
The slowdown in commissioning across the board is the hot topic of conversation among label bosses and freelancers at many different levels
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CommentBreathing exercises can’t fix production’s mental heath crisis
Instead of mindfulness tips, production companies and broadcasters should be offering up the cash to make workloads manageable, an anonymous freelancer says
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NewsIn brief: Rumpus traineeship; TV Coalition for Change; Kidscreen Awards; Surviving Earth
Joe Lycett Live Show on the hunt for four Birmingham-based trainees
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NewsFilm & TV Charity launches cost-of-living financial tools
Budget Planner and Savings Calculator among the services on offer
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NewsIn brief: Crossroads mentoring; Barb expansion
ScreenSkills seeks established professionals for Talent Manager scheme
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NewsProduction manager quits Vice show over slow pay
Paul Krajewski hands in notice after team were not paid for ’almost seven weeks’
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CommentWhen it comes to training, we need more than sink-or-swim
A more structured approach could reduce the skills gap, open opportunities to freelancers and boost the health of the industry, says Kate Fletcher
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NewsMatt Travers and Emma Hardy to chair Coalition for Change
BBC and C4 execs take over leadership of campaign group from Richard Watsham and Zai Bennett
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CommentTalent crisis won’t be solved by entry level recruitment
Richard Wallis and Christa van Raalte argue that it’s time to change the culture that allows an experienced workforce to leave the industry