National Union of Journalists

Strike Warning Over Itv News Job Cuts

Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008

Plans to cut around 430 jobs at ITV News have prompted anger from the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).ITV announced the move earlier today as part of the ...

Journalism past and future?

Martin Moore Blog (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008

Beside one another on my RSS feed: "Up to 500 editorial jobs could be cut from ITV regional operations, the National Union of Journalists said today after Ofcom endorsed ITV proposals to slash its local and regional news services" (from Media Guardian) and... "The Teesside Gazette is to increase its roster of ultra-local contributors to 1,000 in the next year, building on the 400 it already has across...

ITV to sack 500 journalists

Liberal Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008

The Guardian is reporting that ITV intends to sack up to 500 of its editorial staff :: The National Union of Journalists said that Ofcom has “failed” as a regulator and that the proposals could see journalists job cuts of up to 50%. It said that the proposals would “set in train the destruction” of local and [...]

• ITV: 500 Journos to go - tygerland.net
• NUJ slams Ofcom and warns of 500 ITV job cuts - The Guardian

NUJ film shows police obstruction of journalists

Safety Joke (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008

NUJ - National Union of Journalists VIDEO: The NUJ has released a short film highlighting some of the problems faced by journalists covering public demonstrations "The video was released the day after the TUC in Brighton condemned the erosion of civil liberties and media freedoms in Britain. TUC unions unanimously backed a motion, proposed by the National Union of Journalists, which called for a rethink...

Conference Blog

Leanne Wood AM/AC (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008

I'm at the Plaid Cymru Conference in Aberystwyth, and yesterday I spoke at a fringe meeting held by the National Union of Journalists. It was clear from the meeting that the future of the media industry in Wales is far from rosy. There are journalist job losses at Trinity Mirror- who have a near monopoly on Wales' print media- at the BBC and at ITV. If ITV collapses, the BBC will have a monopoly on...

The clampdown

Spin and Spinners (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

The National Union of Journalists has made a film about police intimidation and surveillance of journalists and posted it online .

NUJ video - Press Freedom: "Collateral Damage"

Spy Blog - SpyBlog.org.uk (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

The National Union of Journalists has today released a press release and an online Flash video, which gives a glimpse of the deliberate targeting of even fully accredited media photographers who are covering political protests and dissent in the UK....

• Police Obstruction Of Journalists - UK Libertarian Party

NUJ Wins South Wales Recognition

SOCIALIST UNITY (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008

Some good news for a change. Journalists at the South Wales Evening Post have voted to be formally represented by the National Union of Journalists. In a postal ballot at the Northcliffe-owned South West Wales Media, journalists at the Evening Post, Carmarthen Journal and Llanelli Star voted by 45 to 34 in favour of formal recognition of [...]

NUJ Wins South Wales Recognition

Union Futures (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008

Some good news for a change . Journalists at the South Wales Evening Post have voted to be formally represented by the National Union of Journalists . In a postal ballot at the Northcliffe-owned South West Wales Media, journalists at the Evening Post , Carmarthen Journal and Llanelli Star voted by 45 to 34 in favour of formal recognition of the NUJ. The ballot was conducted under the supervision of...

BBC Arabic journalists vote to strike

MediaChannel (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

By Leigh Holmwood, Guardian Staff on the BBC World Service's new London-based Arabic television channel have voted to take strike action after the National Union of Journalists claimed the corporation was trying to run the service "on the cheap".

• BBC Arabic journalists vote to strike in NUJ ballot - The Guardian

The day I murdered British journalism

Quaequam Blog! (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008

For God’s sake, doesn’t any journalist have a sense of humour? First a public rebuke on the BBC for being “pompous” now journalism.co.uk doesn’t see the funny side. Any minute now, I’m expecting the National Union of Journalists to issue a press release calling for the government to take action against bloggers issuing [...]

Freelance

GussetBLOG (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

National Union of Journalists - Freelance Fees Guide [via Bristol Flickr group ]

Www.OSIR.org.in - Johnston Press: the uncomfortable truth - Guardian Blogs

www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008

National Union of Journalists’ representatives from across Johnston Press’s main publishing centres have unanimously backed a motion of no confidence in the company’s senior management and urged shareholders and communities to act to save their local Source: blogs.guardian.co.uk ‘All journalism is drivel’ - The InquirerJOURNALIST NICK DAVIES has written a coruscating attack on UK [...]

Life was local

Communities Dominate Brands (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008

National Union of Journalists' representatives from across Johnston Press's main publishing centres have unanimously backed a motion of no confidence in the company's senior management and urged shareholders and communities to act to save their local papers. Now the union...

Caring, passionate with a deep sense of justice

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008

SEAN KILFEATHER, who died yesterday aged 70, was a highly respected boxing correspondent and a well known and loved writer on Gaelic games. He was also known in these islands as a determined defender of workers' rights through his activism in the National Union of Journalists.