By ASHLEY BROADLEY A few days ago, I read again the co-chairs’ report to the AGM last year. It talked about coronavirus casting a long shadow on our…
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Category: Covid19
Lifeline for self-employed freelancers? Half a million people could benefit
MORE than half a million freelancers excluded from state support could be handed a last-minute lifeline, according to a story in The Telegraph on Wedn…
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SJA Members: Cast your vote for Britain’s greatest sportsman and woman over the past 71 years
We’ve set you a virtually impossible task but being knowledgeable, opinionated and honest are all part of a sports journalist’s DNA. Every…
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SJA British Sports Awards 2020 to go virtual
For the first time in SJA history we’re going virtual with our awards. Each December the members of the SJA traditionally stage the British Spor…
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Sports Freelancer Collective – August 17 update – SEISS enters second phase
Message from Philippe Auclair Football Writers’ Association co-ordinator for the Sports Freelancer Collective It has been a while since we last …
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Counting the cost of coronavirus: job losses at Reach, Newsquest and BBC
The covid-19 crisis, which has already radically affected the freelance sports journalism industry, is beginning to take a heavy toll on staff jobs to…
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NUJ and BPPA call on Premier League to rethink Project Restart plans for photographers
The NUJ and the British Press Photographers’ Association (BPPA), has called on the Premier League to rethink its plans for restarting games with…
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Sports Freelancer Collective – May 5 update – new SEISS links
Update from the Sports Freelancer Collective and Philippe Auclair IN these difficult times, the FWA has joined forces with the Sports Journalists̵…
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UK’s biggest mass-participation sports events unite to launch 2.6 challenge to save our charities
Thousands of fundraising events across the UK have been cancelled due to Covid-19 with a devastating impact on charity income. The National Coun…
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Sports Freelancer Collective – April 10 update
Welcome to the Sports Freelancer Collective’s latest update. HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT SEISS? A message from Philippe Auclair, FWA co-ordinator of th…
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