News round-up: Tony Benn and Monday’s LMB meeting

Tony Benn – Leveller Day 2007

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On Friday the union is hosting an event at the Frontline Club on the role of the NUJ in today’s media.

New media is springing up all the time and the old ones are rushing to keep up. Journalists are being driven harder to keep their publications going. This meeting will discuss the role of union and what approach it should take

Heading the bill is veteran politician Tony Benn, seen here speaking at Leveller Day 2007. The panel will also include Jeremy Dear, NUJ General Secretary and David Aaronovitch, columnist for the Times. The moderator will be Charlie Beckett, Director of the Polis think tank at the London School of Economics.

The debate is at 7.30 pm on Friday June 15th at the Frontline Club, Paddington. Admission £7.00. Please visit the NUJ website for more information and for details of how to get tickets.


On Monday’s meeting, magazine sector organiser, Sue Harris, presented her annual report and ‘roadmap’ for the next year. Details of how to obtain these documents will follow.

In the light of Sue’s report, it was suggested that the next London Magazine Branch meeting should be a state of the union meeting. In this meeting we plan to discuss the documents and debate some of the issues arising from them. Watch this space for more details.