This is Robert Dönges, Partner and Integration Manager presenting how customers such as Rheinische Post, Badische Neueste Nachrichten or De Telegraaf are using Kordiam's billing features to streamline freelancer fee accounting.

Manual billing processes drain editorial resources. Matching invoices to published work, tracking freelancer fees, cross-checking payment records—it all adds up to hours that could be spent on actual journalism.

In this presentation, Robert Dönges, Partner and Integration Manager at Kordiam, shares how leading European publishers are streamlining their billing workflows. Drawing on real implementations from Rheinische Post, Badische Neueste Nachrichten, and De Telegraaf, Dönges demonstrates three distinct approaches to automating freelancer payments.

What you'll learn:

• Rheinische Post's CMS-integrated model automatically transfers supplier IDs from Kordiam to their Interred system, eliminating manual data entry for text assignments and soon for photos as well.
• Badische Neueste Nachrichten developed a sophisticated fee matrix that accounts for freelancer experience, job complexity, and estimated time—all feeding directly into their Egeco billing system.
• De Telegraaf flipped the script entirely with a self-service model where photographers enter task IDs directly into the fee system themselves, drastically reducing editorial oversight.

Robert also outlines what Kordiam is building next: API access for fee tables, task ID search functionality, auto-inserted supplier IDs, and eventually full payment integration within the platform. Whether you're just starting to think about billing automation or ready to implement a solution, this session provides practical frameworks and real-world validation from publishers who've already made the leap.