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 …
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NUJ Delegate Meeting supports journalists working in the West Bank
A motion was passed by the NUJ Delegate Meeting (DM) 2011 to support journalists working in the West Bank, particularly those covering demonstrations in the area. The motion was proposed by the National Executive Council which called upon branches to respond to the call from Palestinian journalists for help resisting attacks and establishing their right …
Exploring new ways of recruiting student journalists to the NUJ
The NUJ is finding that it is best to attract emerging journalists while they are still at university and is adapting its recruitment methods to appeal to more students. Report by Holly McCormack, Vicky Britton and Gareth Dowling.
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 …
Student journalists urged to start NUJ chapels within universities
Students attending this year’s National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Delegate Meeting have been given a masterclass on how to get active and set up union chapels at their own higher education establishment. The students that attended the session had the opportunity to find out from a guest speaker about chapels, which is the union’s term …
NUJ photographers gain a seat on the NEC
Photographers of the National Union of Journalists have won their fight to gain a seat on the National Executive Council after the Delegate Meeting passed a motion. Motion 57 was bought to the fray after many years of debate as to whether or not photographers should have a seat on the National Executive Council. After feeling …
Best #NUJDM posts from Friday afternoon: Part 5
I’m Nicholas Robinson and I’m the sixth social media editor. These are the highlights from the fifth part of this afternoon’s DM proceedings. @samfromstroud: “Blurring the line between a blog and journalism runs the risk of ‘deskilling’ our trade” #nujdm @Peter__Murray Just realised I wasn’t following #nujdm. How did that happen? So shocked I nearly missed …
Council backtracks on motion to level Euro membership with Sterling
At the National Union of Journalists’ Delegate Meeting in Southport, Netherlands Branch representative Guy Thornton sought to bring into line the contributions made by members paying in Euro, with those paying in Sterling. When the Euro membership price was set, the exchange rate was near 60 pence to the Euro. It is at 88 pence …
Swansea NUJ Branch
Three generations of Swansea NUJ Branch members talk about the past, the present and the future of the branch.
LGBT Forum is launched
History was made today at the Delegate Meeting as the launch of the first ever Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Forum of the National Union of Journalists was held. At a forum held today by the Equality Officer, Lena Calvert, members were invited to discuss action plans for the forum and how it is going to …