This report found that UK freelance journalists earn an average of just £17,500 a year if journalism is their primary occupation - bumped up to £25,500 with other paid work. That's almost exactly my experience - journalism is not well paid in the UK. d16dqzv7ay57st.cloudfront.net/uploads/2024...

This hit home, too: "the majority reported that [their income] had stayed the same (25%). In the context of an annual inflation rate of around 9% over that period, this is akin to a pay- cut." For the most part, article payments aren't going up, but inflation is.