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]
Debbie Cavaldoro
Debbie Cavaldoro 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 Frost 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.
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.
Jonathan Jewell
Jonathan Jewell 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.
John Brophy
John Brophy has been an NUJ member since 1972, attending his first delegate meeting in Wexford in 1974. John has been treasurer of the Irish Press chapel, secretary to the Dublin Branch and a delegate to the Dublin Council of Trade Unions. 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. And he's been known to play clarinet on May Day parades.
Phil Mac Giolla Bhain
Phil Mac Giolla Bhain has been a trade union activist since the 1970s. He was a shop steward with NALGO in the 1990s before joining the NUJ in 2000. He is on the Irish Executive Council, the Health and Safety Committee, the Irish representative on the Digital Media Council. He is also the chairperson of the Irish Writers Union. At the branch level in Derry North West, he has been the welfare officer for over a decade, liaising regularly with NUJ extra. The branch committee decided Phil was suitable for the role because he is a qualified social worker with many years of experience in that profession.
A best-selling author, playwright and award-winning blogger, Phil has transitioned from print journalism to online over the past 15 years with his own website that has broken stories and provided commentary on numerous topics. He was a staff journalist with An Phoblacht for many years. He has also written for titles such as the Guardian, Magill, Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Independent and the Sunday Tribune.
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.