Details of the NUJ extra trustees.
NUJ extra's administrator is Leyla Yusuf. Leyla can be contacted at:
Headland House,
72 Acton Street,
London,
WC1X 9NB.
or on 020 7843 3738 or by email: [email protected]
Dara Bradley
Dara Bradley, a journalist with the Connacht Tribune newspaper group in Galway, is a member of the West of Ireland branch and former Joint-Cathaoirleach of Irish Executive Council.
This term (2025-2027) is his third stint on the NEC, and he is job-sharing with Bernie Ní Fhlatharta, an NUJ Gold Badge recipient.
First elected to the NEC as a job-share with Ireland South East member Damien Tiernan, following a vote among Irish members in 2019, (there was a delay in taking up our seats due to due to Covid-19), and they were re-appointed for a second term from 2022.
He has been an active member of the NEC Finance Committee since his election to NEC and is an NUJ Extra Trustee.
Dara is interested in recruitment, transparency, fairness, and bridging the gap between members in the West of Ireland and Dublin/London.
Contact: [email protected]; +353 87 2673249
John Brophy
Member since 1972. First ADM was Wexford 1974. Treasurer Irish Press chapel (186 members) and Secretary Dublin Branch (500+ members).
Delegate to Dublin Council of Trade Unions. Subsequently secretary Dublin Freelance Branch. John was for many years, on the Standing Orders Committee and later on the National Executive Council. He also lectured in journalism at Dublin Institute of Technology. He says the best time was when he proposed at ADM setting up the system of Welfare Officers.
And he's been known to play clarinet on May Day parades.
Debbie Cavaldoro
Debbie has a long history of working with both Trade Unions and Communications. Before taking up her current role developing the strategy and campaigning arm of Nautilus, she worked extensively on the Nautilus Telegraph.
Prior to joining Nautilus in 2011, she has worked in various PR roles including for central government, a football club and the NUJ.
She has received various awards over the years for both journalism and campaigning, including the TUC Communications Awards, Transport Journalist of the year, European Association Awards and European Excellence Awards and UK Association Awards.
Chris Frost
Chris is emeritus professor of Journalism at Liverpool John Moores University where he was head of department for many years. He has been a journalist, editor and journalism educator for more than 45 years working mainly in newspapers before his move into the academy.
He was made a member of honour of the union in 2023, sits on the National Executive Committee of the National Union of Journalists and has been chair of the union's Ethics Council for many years.
He is a former president of the National Union of Journalists, a former chair of the Association for Journalism Education and a former member of the UK Press Council.
He has written several books about Journalism: Journalism Ethics and Regulation (now in its fourth edition); Designing for Newspapers and Magazines (now in a second edition); Reporting for Journalists (now in its second edition); and Media Ethics and Self‐Regulation as well as many book chapters and papers on journalism ethics and regulation. He is in the process of writing a new monograph: Privacy and the News Media for Routledge.
As well as publishing academic papers he writes articles on journalism ethics, regulation and law. He gave written and oral evidence to the Leveson Inquiry for the NUJ, has given oral and written evidence to a number of parliamentary select committees and has spoken at conferences or worked as a consultant in much of Eastern Europe, India, Asia and Africa and is a visiting professor at UiTM in Malaysia.
He says that he enjoys being an NUJ Extra trustee as helping those in need is the union’s most important duty.
David Gow
David Gow has been a journalist and NUJ member for for over 50 years and has not only survived virtually six decades but thrived. He became a foreign correspondent and desk editor, earning good money, and has been lucky to retire on a decent pension and to enjoy a more leisurely life. Some of his/our colleagues do not share this good fortune but have fallen on hard times, finding it difficult to make ends meet for reasons beyond their control. He feels very strongly it falls to him and others like him to give back to the union and its members after all the benefits he has enjoyed both working for The Scotsman and The Guardian and as an active NUJ member.
Jonathan Jewell
Jonathan joined the NUJ in 2009. Originally a children's burns nurse, he worked in medical journalism, digital media, and corporate journalism. In roles as editor, investigative reporter, and academic writer, his publications focus on axiology, professional regulation, and knowledge transfer. Jonathan is a reviewer for Elsevier and Wiley.
Jonathan’s twenty years of experience in the union movement - as welfare, safety, learning, equality and environment rep, and officer roles - includes service at local, regional, and national levels. He was Chair of Communications for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and England (WISE), leading public relations and communication function.
Jonathan is NUJ Ethics Council treasurer, NUJ's Public Relations and Communications (PRC) Branch, and the NUJ’s Health & Safety Committee, and PRC Industrial Council elected member. He is a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Tony Levene
Tony Levene is a freelance journalist and worked for the Investor Review from 1975-77, Thomson Regional Papers 1977-82, Sunday Times 1982-86, Guardian 1996-2009. From 1986-1995, Tony worked as a freelance journalist for the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Star, Sunday Mirror, Telegraph books.
Prior to his journalism career he was a French teacher.
Laura Davison
Laura Davison is the NUJ’s general secretary. Elected in 2024 Laura was previously a full time official of the union, and worked in multiple sectors including Broadcasting, Newspapers and Digital. Before joining the NUJ Laura worked as a journalist for the BBC.