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 …
After finding out I had the chance to be a part of the Student Delegation at this year’s Delegate Meeting, I was super-excited; however, all I knew was that this was the biggest date in the NUJ calender. I didn’t know what to expect, I didn’t know what would become of it and more innocently, …
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 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.
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 …
NUJ branches and chapels have been urged to contribute more to the The Journalist after the union’s Delegate Meeting voted in favour of the inclusion of more grassroots content. Motion 146 supports the new design of the NUJ’s magazine but asks for the editor to include more news of local members, branches and chapels. The …