Southport 2011 was my second Delegate Meeting. My first was Southport 2009 (new window) when I attended as one of the student reporters. I returned this year as the student coordinator, looking after all of the students and editing their work before it was published on this site. It’s amazing how much difference 18 months …
Socialist Workers Party takes active role at NUJ Delegate Meeting
Despite the NUJ not officially supporting any political party, the Socialist Workers’ Party (SWP) took an active role at the NUJ Delegate Meeting in Southport this year. Although other campaign groups were present – Stop The War Coalition, Palestinian Solidarity Campaign – the SWP was the only political party with a visible presence, with members …
What Delegate Meeting meant to me
After finding out I had the chance to be a part of the Student Delegation at this year’s Delegate Meeting, I was super-excited; however, all I knew was that this was the biggest date in the NUJ calender. I didn’t know what to expect, I didn’t know what would become of it and more innocently, …
Jordan’s top tweets from NUJ DM
Here is a selection of my favourite tweets from the students and delegates: @samfromstroud: Thank you to all the delegates that made us all feel like a real part of things. A special thanks to @whealie and the team #nujdm #nujstu @Peter__Murray: “Journalism is great”, says #nuj student speaking at #nujdm It’s about time employers took our …
The highlights of student Daniel Richardson’s speech to DM
Student delegate Daniel Richardson spoke to NUJ members at the Union’s Delegate Meeting about the exploitation of student journalists in unpaid internships and calls for greater awareness of these issues. You can listen to the full speech here (new window) Listen to the speech that got Daniel elected for this role here (new window) Read …
Interview with NUJ President Peter Murray
Interviews and script: Susa Dickerson. Camera and editing: Dominic Simpson. In this video Welsh delegate Neil Taylor discusses why professional photographers are still important in the 21st century; and incumbment NUJ President Peter Murray discusses his feelings about leaving his post and what he plans to do next.
Photographers to flash mob for media freedom
A London Photographers’ Branch delegate has announced a London City Hall flash mob as part of the I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist campaign. Moving the London Photographers’ Branch motion on photographers’ rights and media freedom, Marc Vallée announced the I’m a Photographer Not a Terrorist plan to flash mob London’s City Hall, in protest …
National Union of Journalists’ Delegate Meeting focuses on health and safety
A Union-wide Health and Safety Committee was formalised on the second day of DM despite opposition from the Irish Executive Council (IEC), which argued that such issues should be dealt with at branch level. Proposing the motion, Adam Christie of the NEC and Leeds branch drew attention to the longstanding but informal committee the NUJ …
Claudia Duque tells NUJ DM about reporting in Columbia
Claudia Duque, a Colombian investigative journalist, spoke to the NUJ delegates meeting on Saturday about the way journalists in her country are silenced and abused and called for support to end the atrocities. In his introduction, Jeremy Dear said of Claudia Duque: “She is one of the most hunted journalists in a country where hunting …
Dan Richardson’s DM speech: journalism interns should be taken seriously
I’m one of twenty-five students from across England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland gaining invaluable work experience here by reporting all you’ve been getting up to at the Delegate Meeting. The NUJ has paid all our expenses, fed and watered us and paid us a small allowance. So thank you to the branches that sponsored us. …