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The youngest journalist at #NUJDM

Josh Taylor could be the youngest delegate at the NUJ DM 2011

Josh Taylor is 19 years-old and has been a member of the Derby and Burton National Union of Journalists branch for six months. After doing a six month NCTJ crash-course in journalism, Josh got a job as a trainee journalist on the Burton Mail. Josh joined the NUJ because many of his colleagues were also members. “I got a job at the Burton …

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NUJ Vice-President nightmares over Delegate Meeting ‘commagate’

NUJ Left Daily Bulletin

NUJ Vice-President, Donnacha DeLong, refuses to be drawn on his alleged night terrors about punctuation and grammar which began on the first night of the NUJDM. The delinquent comma that halted Friday’s proceedings, surrounding composite D order paper 7 on government policies, was apparently haunting the man who will be assuming the NUJ presidency when Pete Murray’s …

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Best #nujdm tweets from Saturday morning: Part 2

Hello colleagues. My name is Sam Butler and I am a student delegate from the University of the West of England, Bristol. As the seventh social media editor this weekend, I will be selecting top tweets from the hashtag #nujdm. Enjoy… @SamNewsham: Donnacha Delong proposes an amendment to the motion but Peter Murray tells him he …

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280 Miles in 240 minutes.

Photography student reporting on the NUJ Delegate Meeting travels by train from Portsmouth to Southport in time for the conference.