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 …
Tag Archive: equality
Lionel Morrison OBE speaks about racial discrimination within journalism
Of approximately 160 NUJ members who attended the Delegate Meeting in 2011 about half a dozen – 3 to 4% – were black. And of approximately 38,000 members of the NUJ, 1,000 are black – about 2.6%. For Lionel Morrison this is a disgrace. The number of black people in the media, as a proportion …
Stamping out sexual harassment in the National Union of Journalists
Women delegates said men should be ashamed when speaking for a motion against sexual harassment at the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) delegates meeting. Motion 20 was passed unopposed when it was reported that female delegates now feel stressed and apprehensive about attending the NUJ delegates meeting. NUJ women delegates have received a number of …
NUJ Black Members Council adds two student seats
Lionel Morrison proposed the motion Motion 60, proposed on Saturday morning of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Delegate Meeting, will see two student seats added to the Black Members Council (BMC). The BMC is the first of the NUJ councils to make such a move in introducing students to formal proceedings, aside from the …
Stanistreet says NUJ is too male and pale
The National Union of Journalists’ General Secretary Elect, Michelle Stanistreet, says the NUJ is “too male and too pale”. Speaking on the motion of equality at the NUJ Delegate Meeting, she emphasised the need for more female representation at the Delegate Meetings. Stanistreet, the first ever woman elected to the position of General Secretary of …