Category Archive: RadioDM

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 …

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Student reporter address Delegate Meeting about value of work experience

Student Daniel Richardson was chosen by the Student Reporters to address the 2011 National Union of Journalists Delegate Meeting. Listen! “We are the people who will eventually be sat in your seats”. Daniel Richardson’s statement of intent represented the passion for journalism that has been displayed by all students over the DM weekend. As part …

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Speaker elected from the NUJ students

Student Dan Richard speaking about why he would make a good speaker at the NUJ Delegate Meeting

Three students put their names forward for the role of student speaker at the NUJ Delegate Meeting this year. Dan Richardson was voted for by fellow students for theĀ positionĀ and is expected to be speaking in front of the delegates later today. Dan wants to raise the issues of rising tuition fees and unpaid internships. More …

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NUJ’s first woman General Secretary speaks about role

The new General Secretary, Michelle.

Michelle Stanistreet is the first woman to take the position of National Union of Journalists General Secretary, as well as the first person to move from Deputy Secretary to General. Michelle was still in shock the day after she found out she had got the position and said: “It wasn’t how I expected yesterday to …

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Delegates thoughts on holding not having an annual Delegate Meeting

The motion today at the National Union of Journalists’ Delegate Meeting was a close call, with the vote swinging in favour of not holding DM annually. But what do delegates really think? Listen!

Jeremy Dear on the BBC

Jeremy Dear asks why the BBC bosses are making huge bonuses whilst other skilled journalists are put out of work in his speech to delegates at the NUJ DM. Jeremy asks the NUJ to stand together and fight against redundancies that are sweeping across the industry and threatening the future and quality of journalism. Listen!

A Very Short Introduction To Audioboo

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South of Tower Bridge, in a small, glass-walled office, littered with computers, wiring and antiquated artefacts of technology, you’ll find seven highly passionate people working on one of the UK’s most interesting forays into social media. Five minutes is a long time to listen to anything, and although it may not seem like much on …

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