Finances

What a year of freelance finances looks like

We share our freelance pies

Dec 19, 2025 • Lily Canter and Emma Wilkinson

How to improve your freelance cashflow

And a template for chasing late payments

Nov 14, 2025 • Lily Canter

Making your money go further

How to maximise your income

Oct 3, 2025 • Emma Wilkinson

The tools I pay for as a freelance journalist (and why it’s worth it)

A financial deep dive into annual subscriptions

Aug 22, 2025 • Lily Canter

Planning for the summer holidays

How our work, finances and childcare adds up

Jul 11, 2025 • Emma Wilkinson

Where my freelance income comes from

A deep dive into my earnings from newspapers, magazines, websites and books

May 30, 2025 • Lily Canter

How my income breaks down

A recent six-month snapshot of where I make my money

Apr 18, 2025 • Emma Wilkinson

How much I get paid per article

A fee breakdown of reviews, features and travel stories

Mar 7, 2025 • Lily Canter

How I calculate my tax return expenses 🔢

Top tips before the January 31st deadline

Jan 17, 2025 • Lily Canter

A break down of my rates this year

Features, news and investigations, come and see what I earned

Dec 6, 2024 • Emma Wilkinson

These are the phrases I use to negotiate a higher fee

And here are three examples of when it has worked

Nov 1, 2024 • Lily Canter

A quick video tutorial on how to do your tax self-assessment

Oct 4, 2024 • Lily Canter and Emma Wilkinson

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