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, …
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The highlights of student Daniel Richardson’s speech to DM
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 …
Student delegate Sam Butler speaks on Wikileaks motion
Student delegate Sam Butler spoke on order paper 13 motion 112 on Wikileaks. Sam mentioned that a lack of scrutiny of these websites could put “lives, careers and liberty” at risk. Sam ended by quoting Gargi Patel “We have rights, but also responsibilities” and said that he “couldn’t agree more.” The motion was carried.
NUJ Vice-President nightmares over Delegate Meeting ‘commagate’
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 …
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 votes to support student activism
The National Union of Journalists Delegation passed Motion 49 this morning in support of the School and College Student protests “in defence of higher education”. The motion as it stood was brought by the Pearson Group Chapel, and instructed the National Executive Council to “actively support campaigns against education cuts” and asked the Delegate Meeting …
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 …