We are freelance digital media workers organizing to improve our working conditions.
The Freelance Solidarity Project is the Digital Media Division of the National Writers Union.
Why organize?
As the media industry becomes increasingly unstable, we must build a community to protect each other, fight isolation and alienation, and experience the gains of collective bargaining. Together, we can build a more equitable, sustainable, and just industry.
Ready to join us in building industry-wide solidarity?
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Sign up to join the FSP-NWU email list, attend an info session, or meet one-on-one with an organizer.
Explore our work
Know Your Rights
Amid increasing threats to LGBTQIA+ rights, it’s crucial for trans* media workers to equip ourselves to navigate our workplaces, know our rights, and push for better labor conditions.
Join the Freelance Solidarity Challenge!
Our goal is to create a comprehensive database of rates for digital media freelancers across the industry.
REPORT: Retaliation in the media industry during the war on Gaza
Our report offers a window into what is likely a much more widespread, systemic phenomenon. Retaliation is just as much a media ethics issue as it is a labor issue.
Principles for Working With Freelancers
These baseline principles for how freelance media workers deserve to be treated are a resource for both publications and freelancers.
Freelance Isn’t Free
It’s illegal for employers to withhold wages from full-time employees, and freelancers deserve the explicit protection of the law too. Enter Freelance Isn’t Free, which aims to enshrine some basic rights for freelancers.
New to Freelancing? A Resources Guide
All workers benefit when knowledge and resources are freely shared. Whatever your situation, if you’re seeking support in navigating freelance work, this guide is for you.
Solidarity with Staff Unions
As freelancers, we stand in firm solidarity with full-time media staffers who strive to unionize and improve conditions in their workplaces.
Upcoming Events
- March 4, 2025
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- March 25, 2025
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- April 1, 2025
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