The collective agreement between the UJF and the public broadcaster, the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle), for the first time sets out how much Yle will pay freelancers for online copy. This is also the first time that a Finnish collective agreement defines the minimum fees for material by freelancers.
After the outbreak of political and social crisis in Nicaragua in April 2018, 325 people have been killed in ten months, more than 500 detained and persecuted, over 500 are missing, and thousands have fled out of the country according to statistics given by several human rights organizations. Finnish NGO’s and official development cooperation haveRead More
Barents Press International condemns the blocking of the news outlet Barents Observer, the leading news organisation on Barents issues – by Russian Media watchdog.
The UJF and Akava Special Branches last week accepted the conciliation proposal of the National Conciliator, narrowly averting strike action by self-employed, or freelance, translators in the AV translation sector, scheduled for 15-16 February.
The Association of Freelance Journalists in Finland, a member association of the UJF, has produced new guidelines on how much freelancers should charge for their work to achieve the average monthly income of their colleagues in employment relationships.
The UJF and Akava Special Branches last week accepted the conciliation proposal of the National Conciliator, narrowly averting strike action by self-employed, or freelance, translators in the AV translation sector, scheduled for 15-16 February.
Auli Stark, who has been acting executive director of the Finnish Foundation for Media and Development, has now been appointed to the post on a permanent basis.
New draft intelligence legislation being prepared by parliamentary committees must contain guarantees on source protection for journalists, says UJF president Hanne Aho.
The UJF and Akava Special Branches have issued the National Conciliator and translation agencies with a strike notice by audiovisual translators. This is the first time in Finland that self-employed workers would strike. The UJH and Akava Special Branches issued the strike notice on 1 February following the failure of talks on a new collectiveRead More