http://www.nuj.org.uk NUJ News Feed en-us Copyright 2009, The National Union of Journalists sarahka@nuj.org.uk (Sarah Kavanagh) sarahka@nuj.org.uk (Sarah Kavanagh) http://www.nuj.org.uk/images/nujlogo_burgundy.gif http://www.nuj.org.uk 100 100 http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2911 http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2911 The 28th Congress of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) will take place on 4-7 June in the historic grounds of Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland. The event is being hosted by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) UK and Ireland.  NUJ branches throughout Ireland are marking World Congress in different ways. In Belfast the Belfast and District branch are placing the focus on world safety. A panel of national and international speakers will present practical workshops on safety for jo...

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http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2910 http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2910 The National Union of Journalists (UK) and the International Federation of Journalists join together today to defend intellectual property and journalistic work. NUJ President Barry McCall said: "Copyright is a valuable asset for many NUJ members. If you own the rights to your work you are in a position to make money from it. The NUJ is at the forefront of campaigning to prevent the use of work without the creator's permission or payment.## "As the UK parliament starts to examine these issues as...

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http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2909 http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2909 Some of the biggest names in journalism, including, Channel 4, Sky, New York Times, USA Today, CNN, MSN, The Guardian, Times, BBC, al-Jazeera and Huffington Post, have been announced among the finalists for this year's Online Media Awards.While the shortlist features global names, the awards also recognise regional and niche sites with the likes of Nursing Times, Belfast Telegraph, Herald and Times Glasgow, the Lincolnite, Pink News, Grazia, Heat and Company Magazine also competing for awards. T...

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http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2908 http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2908 NUJ members attended the Trinity Mirror AGM on Thursday 16 May to highlight the key issues and concerns of journalists working for the company.   The NUJ handed out letters to shareholders that said: Thursday 16 May 2013Dear Shareholder, Trinity Mirror's reputation took a battering in last year's 'shareholder spring' where the then chief executive's swollen PST1.7 million pay package hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Sly Bailey fell on her sword when you, the shareholders, told her th...

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http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2907 http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2907 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today joined its affiliate, the Newspaper Guild-CWA, in condemning the U.S. Justice Department for secretly gathering the phone records of Associated Press Journalists and called on the department to promptly return them.  On Monday, 13 May, Associated Press (AP) revealed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had "secretly obtained two months of telephone records of (its) reporters and editors," saying it was a "massive and unprecedented intru...

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http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2906 http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2906 The National Union of Journalists has condemned a death threat issued by loyalist paramilitaries against two Northern Ireland based journalists.  The names of the journalists are not being released at this time.  Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ general secretary said: 'A free press is a hallmark of a democratic society and anyone making threats against journalists for carrying out their work attempts to undermine democracy as well as press freedom. Threats against journalists from any quarter must sto...

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http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2905 http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2905  The National Union of Journalists (NUJ), Co-operatives UK and Carnegie UK Trust have organised a series of events aimed to foster and promote alternative media models. The launch takes place in London on Monday 3 June at Headland House.  As ever more local newspapers close and titles merge, more and more communities are left without a local media outlet, feeding a sense that local media is undergoing a slow but inevitable death. But there are examples across the British Isles, the US and elsewh...

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http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2904 http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2904 The NUJ has strongly rejected the Chartered Institute of Journalists offer of free membership of the Institute to current NUJ members. The Chartered Institute of Journalists have offered free membership to NUJ members who oppose the "union's support for state regulation of the press." CIoJ President Charlie Harris said that the NUJ's position on Leveson amounted to an "insupportable attack on the integrity of its own members", and that the Institute was offering like-for-like free membership to ...

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http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2903 http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2903 The NUJ chapel at the Huddersfield Examiner are angry at the planned closure by Trinity Mirror of the town centre office that means there will be no place where the public can drop in to speak to anyone from the paper face to face. The planned closure may involve job cuts and the office is due to close on Friday 17 May. The chapel concerns were put in a letter to the editor Roy Wright: Dear Roy, Chapel members would like to make it known that they strongly oppose the closure of the town cen...

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