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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, 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 …
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. …
NUJ member Jess Hurd talks about the problems working as a photojournalist in an area of conflict and her experiences of Egyptian security forces.
Motions 97 and 98 on internships struck a particular chord with the student journalists reporting the National Union of Journalists Delegate Meeting. These motions support properly structured work experience placements and an end to the exploitation of student journalists. Delegates were urged to support the motions by Mick Duckworth, from the Nottingham Branch. “It’s evident …
Top 10 tweets of Sunday afternoon by the final social media editor for #nujdm, Vicky Britton. @MissBrooks7 Jeremy Dear’s thoughts on the BBC’s bonuses in comparison to redundancies. Listen here: http://t.co/shcUapf #nujdm @samfromstroud Speaker notes the significance of the first test case in the fight for mandatory #internship pay #nujdm @Peter_Murray “Journalism is great”, says …