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Stand up for Journalism: London Rally November 11, 2007

Posted by rosieniven in Campaigns, NUJ, day of action, journalism, meeting.
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Sorry for the belated post. I’m sure you’ll agree that I have the perfect excuse in that I’m revising for my NCTJ News Journalism exam.

Steve Usher

Pictures: Steve Usher

Last Monday evening, NUJ members gathered in Kings Cross to mark stand up for Journalism day. This day seeks to raise awareness about the value of quality journalism.

The previous post described the Manchester rally outside the Society of Editors’ conference. This event was slightly different – we had five speakers including former MP Tony Benn, BBC Newsnight’s Paul Mason and NUJ President Jeremy Dear (seen above with Michelle Stanistreet.

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Stand up for Journalism Day November 5, 2007

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I’m off to a rally in London tonight. Will try and post something on here afterwards – hopefully along with some photos.

Here’s what NUJ General Secretary Jeremy Dear is doing today – from his blog. And blogger John “Innit” has put a very thought provoking post on his blog to mark the day (It also ties in neatly with my last post about Roy Greenslade’s decision to leave the union).

If anyone else has had any interesting experiences or observations please leave a comment below.

Back… September 25, 2007

Posted by rosieniven in Campaigns, NUJ, day of action, journalism, organising.
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…Well nothing really happened over the summer, did it? But leaving this any longer would make this blogger look like one of those damn MPs.

It’s just over a month to go until the Stand up for Journalism day on 5 November. There’s now a petition and a demo organised to coincide with the Society of Editor’s conference in Manchester. Members are also urged to organise workplace surveys and write to their MPs.

So how would you like to mark Stand up for Journalism day? What issues would you like to see highlighted? Please feel free to share your ideas here.