Bye Bye August 25, 2008
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I’m off travelling in a fortnight, so this blog is no more. Ｔｈａｎｋｓ ｆｏｒ ｒｅａｄｉｎｇ！
Taking a break December 20, 2007
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I’m going away for a while, first Christmas then a month in India. So this blog will probably be out of action the end of January. Don’t forget to check out the NUJ’s new website – a vast improvement and watch out for the ADM motions which are now being put forward.
Stand up for Journalism: London Rally November 11, 2007
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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.
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.
Manchester Rally November 8, 2007
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On Monday, members of the union traveled up to Manchester to stage a rally to mark Stand up for Journalism Day. The rally coincided with the Society of Editors’ conference which was being held in the city.
London magazine branch member, Chris Wheal (pictured above) has recorded a podcast about the rally. To listen to his podcast click here
More to come on the London rally soon…
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.
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!
Brown launches review of Freedom of Information Act October 25, 2007
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…But thankfully it sounds like it might work in the media’s favour and appears to remove the threat of restrictions on the right to Freedom of Information.
This move would see a panel look at whether we should extend freedom of information to government documents that are covered by the 30 year rule. Currently, it is easier to get hold of recent documents than older ones, which are protected for 30 years after publication.
The panel will look at extending Freedom of Information to private firms. There are also plans to axe charges for freedom of information that were proposed earlier this year. While, it’s no means certain that any of these changes will be adopted, it seems to suggest that the restrictions proposed earlier this year will be abandoned.
For more information about the proposals see the Ministry of Justice’s website.
Back… September 25, 2007
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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.
Moves to unify journalism training August 1, 2007
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A report in this week’s Press Gazette has raised hopes that journalism training will be dragged out of the dark ages and into the age of content integration.
Sectoral training councils, the NCTJ (newspapers), the PCT (magazines) and the BJTC (broadcasting) currently accredit journalism courses seperately. The main elements of each accredited qualification is broadly similar, but there are some subtle differences depending on which councils accredit the course.
But all this could soon be about to change according to the report in Press Gazette. It reports that the NCTJ has approached the PTC about developing a single accreditation body. This has been supported by the PTC academics and industry forum and many PTC tutors. The BJTC has also been in discussions with the NCTJ.
NUJ Policy gets its 1,000th hit July 19, 2007
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Just thought I’d celebrate a major landmark for this blog. We’ve reached 1,000* hits. Thanks to everyone who has posted or left comments so far – please continue to do so.
*This figure does not include blog aggrigators, so the actual number of readers could be even higher!
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