Roy Greenslade’s blog October 25, 2007
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I don’t normally do posts about people leaving the NUJ but I thought it was worth starting a debate on this post from the blog of Roy Greenslade. In this post he reveals that he has decided to leave the union because of its policies on new media and job preservation.
The article is worth a look – as are the comments including one from his colleague Helene Mulholland, an online journalist who has been involved in the union’s Multimedia Commission.
Personally, I have never found the union’s policies to be anti new media (though I have not yet seen the Commission’s report), but I can understand that there may be a tension between’s policies on job preservation and its tentative moves of embracing new media.
At the NUJ conference early this year, participants highlighted how integrated workplaces put more demands on staff and how they should should be adequately resourced. That’s something I have found to be the case from my own working life.
Even with the publication of this report, I think there is much more to debate on new media and how we as a union respond to it. New media will continue to evolve and workplaces will evolve with it.
I must say, I didn’t expect anyone leaving the union over its new media policy!
Speaker details for Educate…Agitate…Integrate May 3, 2007
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More details have been released about speakers for Saturday’s (5 May 2007) one-day conference on integration.
The Guardian’s Michael White and The Telegraph’s Chi Chan will lead a discussion on the impact of the convergence and integration of media technologies on the role of journalists.
Standards, ethics, staffing levels are among the issues that will be discussed at this round table discussion.
The event is held at Headland House, The NUJ’s London HQ. If you would like to attend please contact campaigns@nuj.org.uk as soon as possible.
Educate, Agitate, Integrate April 19, 2007
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Just a note to say that there are still places at this event on Saturday 5th May 2007. It is being held to discuss integration/convergence issues and the union’s position on them. It will also see the launch of the union’s Commission on Multimedia, which is investigating the relevant issues.
Contributions from The Guardian, Guardian Unlimited, BBC News, Johnston Press, Trinity Mirror, Telegraph Media and many more…
The above list may sound overwhelmingly newspaper dominated, but magazine journalists contributions will also be welcome.
You can view a leaflet about the conference here.
If you wish to attend email: campaigns@nuj.org.uk
ADM meeting on covergence/integration issues April 18, 2007
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One of the hot issues in the NUJ right now is the issue of convergence. Basically, convergence is the current trend of the press becoming more multimedia. Let’s take the Guardian for example. It has being published in both paper and electronic form for years. Now you can go online and download podcasts or videocasts from it. Even trade magazines have got in on the act, with the publishing company VNU leading the way on its titles.
Convergence, or integration, as some like to call it, poses major challenges to journalists. Many of the publications who use it require a single journalist to cover an event or story in print, online and via a podcast. This can be very time consuming for the journalist, who can spend hours, just editing and uploading a podcast. Very often these extra hours is not reflected in their pay.
