Date registered: March 16, 2011
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. …
The future of the National Union of Journalists as the leading independent voice of journalists was secured this morning when motion 127 was withdrawn at the Delegate Meeting. The motion called for the NUJ to become a media workers union in order to remove unnecessary divisions within workplaces and ensure that the NUJ’s industrial strength …
Hello I’m Dan Richardson, the 6th social media editor at the NUJ Delegates Meeting. Here is a selection of our top tweets from the first hour of this morning’s conference: @jmuckley Well done to @diligentdan who democratically won the hustings to inform the DM on our student musings. Worth winner! Here here!#nujdm @NatalieJosh: Pete Murray …
National Union of Journalists veterans Mary Beilby and Anita Halpin were both awarded the prestigious Member of Honour award for their longstanding service and commitment to the NUJ. Mary Beilby Mary Beilby, 75 years old and a mother of seven has been an active member of the Derby and Burton since the 1970s. She served as …
Scrutineers have been announced. The team will be led by chief scrutineer Paula Dear from the NUJ’s BBC London branch. The scrutineers are: Debbie Smith Val McNulty Kath Rasbash Michael Fisher Paul Brown Charles Atangane Chris Rea Michael Pooler Zarghuna Kargar Konal Khalilora They will be responsible for accurately counting close votes.