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Who? John Plunkett

Where? John  writes for the Media Guardian and edits its diary column, Media Monkey.

Twitter? @JohnPlunkett149

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Media Guardian: Media industry’s unpaid 288m overtime bill

The TUC says media professionals work unpaid overtime worth nearly £300 million a year.

Writing int he Guardian, John Plunkett say if you are a journalist, PR, photographer or work in broadcasting, then you are 50 per cent more likely to work overtime for free.