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Urgent appeal
The NUJ has joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in highlighting the starvation and continued targeting of journalists in Gaza by the Israeli government. According to the IFJ's records, at least 188 journalists including 174 Palestinians have been killed in the ongoing war. The IFJ’s Safety Fund provides vital equipment and medical packs for journalists, including in Gaza. Please consider donating.
Cuts to journalism course funding
The NUJ is urging all members to use our online tool to raise concerns over the UK government's cuts to journalism education. Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary, has written to the education minister but we need your help amplifying our concerns over government's withdrawal of Strategic Priorities Grant funding from journalism courses for the 2025-26 financial year. Use our template to write to your MP. Email [email protected] with queries; read more on our campaign page.
Awards & Bursaries
The deadline to apply for the George Viner Memorial Fund is 31 July. The NUJ’s charity improves the diversity of journalists working in the British and Irish media by providing bursaries to help with studies and subsistence. Successful applicants will receive financial assistance, support from trustees, and invites to open days, conferences and more. Apply here.
Entries are open for the Society of Editors' Media Freedom Awards. There are 23 categories celebrating public interest and campaigning journalism in the UK. Journalists and news organisations working across national and regional print media, broadcast, digital and magazine journalism are eligible for an award. The deadline to apply is 11 August. Enter here.
Events
All branch officers should have received the registration link for the NUJ branches summit. All branches have been invited to participate in the online summit, which takes place on 13 September, 2pm-5pm. We'll be talking about the needs of branches, some great examples of what's working well in different areas, and sharing ideas on how to overcome any challenges. Please encourage your branch to send delegates.
An updated exhibition celebrates the work of award-winning journalist and NUJ member Dom Phillips, who was murdered alongside indigenous expert Bruno Pereira while researching a book on deforestation in the Amazon. 'For Dom, Bruno & the Amazon' runs until 2 September at Halton Mill, Lancaster. More details.
Journalists' Safety Tracker
The NUJ's Safety Tracker collates evidence of harassment, abuse and lawfare against journalists. Both freelance and staff journalists can make submissions using the online tool. Share it with colleagues to encourage its use and help inform our campaigns to tackle threats against journalists. Report an incident using the tracker.
IFJ international press card
As well as issuing UK and Irish press cards, the NUJ can also supply members with international press cards. These cards are issued to full members working in foreign countries by the International Federation of Journalists via the NUJ. Log in to the website to apply.
Campaigns
News Recovery Plan. A Future for News: the NUJ’s recovery plan for the news industry is the updated road map to reinvigorate the industry and sets out a bold set of measures and interventions to protect jobs and quality journalism. Its proposals address the threat of generative AI and how the cost-of-living crisis has added significant additional pressure to an already beleaguered sector.
Artificial intelligence: journalism before algorithms. Stay updated on the NUJ’s AI campaign, including calls for urgent regulatory oversight to protect the integrity of journalism and journalists' rights. The union will attend the UK government's AI and copyright working group to voice members' concerns on pay, job security, and rights infringements.
#ShowUsTheMoney: the NUJ is campaigning for increased salary transparency. Too many job adverts do not include salary details, and research shows this disadvantages women, disabled workers and Black and minority ethnic workers. Find out more on our calls.
NUJ recruitment materials can be found on the website.
Social media
Keep up with the latest breaking news, campaigns, solidarity events and more from the NUJ campaigns team on X, Bluesky, Instagram and Facebook.
Petitions
Maximum working temperature: the TUC are seeking an an absolute maximum working temperature to keep people safe from the risks associated with excessive heat and sun exposure. Read more in the petition that has amassed over 30,000 signatures.
Pass the Employment Rights Bill in full: the UK government's Employment Rights Bill could deliver the biggest upgrade in workers' rights in a generation. Add your signature to the TUC's calls to peers in the House of Lords, urging no watering down of proposals.
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) have been used to stymie reporting and prevent publication of stories in the public interest. Sign the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition's petition urging a standalone Anti-SLAPP Law that offers universal, clear and easy-to-access protections against abusive legal threats. Add your name.
Online courses, workshops & webinars
NUJ trade union training dates for 2025: all course outlines and learning outcomes have been updated to reflect the new hybrid ways of working and the challenges this presents for organising members. The NUJ reps' training programme features a monthly two-hour session, which focuses on the structure and workings of the NUJ for new reps before they embark on the core reps' training.
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NUJ Training Scotland. Courses are delivered by Zoom unless otherwise stated. Available for members outside Scotland. Go to the calendar and register for sessions on the NUJ Scotland training website. Courses include Photoshop introduction on 9 August, Copyright & Commissioning on 19 August and many others.
NUJ Training Wales. Visit the Welsh training website for the course calendar and access a huge range of at-a-glance guides on a wide range of topics for media professionals. Previous sessions have included those on data journalism and media law and free tools to fight fake news.
TUC training, events & resources
Black workers are more likely to be trade union members yet remain underrepresented as union reps, activists, officials, and leaders. Applications are now open for TUC London, East and South East's Black Activist Programme, which offers networking, training, and lessons on how the trade union movement can better represent the diversity of its membership. Apply before 3 August.
On 10 August Black Pride will be held at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London. There will also be a trade union bloc at London Trans+ Pride, assembling at Park Crescent at 12:30pm on 26 July. Access the full TUC events programme and read our delegate's report from the recent TUC LGBT+ Conference.
The TUC wants to hear your views on the Employment Rights Bill. Please complete this seven-minute survey to share your experiences of work so that MPs understand the importance of strengthening workers' rights.
TUC Education is the one-stop-shop for training and resources for reps and activists. All the TUC's resources, research, training and content on sexual harassment are available in one section on the TUC website.
You can also find:
- the recording from the TUC webinar for reps on the Equality Act 2010
- the generative AI policy toolkit
- a free toolkit on greener workplaces for a Just Transition
Freelance
NUJ AI licensing survey - there's still time to complete the survey open to all freelance members on artificial intelligence licensing. Let us know if you are being approached to consent to your work being licensed by publishers and media agencies for AI use. Complete the survey.
The National Council for the Training of Journalists’ Journalism Skills Academy is offering freelance NUJ journalists a 15% discount on its professional training courses. Visit their website for more details and use the discount code FL15 to book a course. You must be a freelance.
The Federation of Entertainment Unions (FEU) offers a huge range of online training courses and webinars to help creative freelances with their career and the business side of being self-employed. Visit the FEU's training page to register.
The industry body ScreenSkills provides masterclasses, online courses and resources for creative and media freelances and information on mentoring, bursaries and funding. Visit their website to find out more.
NUJ extra
NUJ extra helps members and their dependents who have fallen on hard times.
Research
A report by Amnesty International reveals the scale and severity of threats, intimidation, and violence against journalists in Northern Ireland. Séamus Dooley, NUJ assistant general secretary, welcomed the report's focus on the NUJ's Safety Tracker and unresolved murder of former NUJ Belfast and District branch member Martin O’Hagan in 2001. Read the report in full.
Iqra Iqbal, a media academic from Pakistan, is appealing to female members of the NUJ for help with her research on the impacts of harassment and violence on women journalists. Iqra published a comparative study of the experiences of female journalists in the UK and Pakistan in 2022, and needs five women willing to share their testimony for a new, larger study. Iqra is studying the experiences of female journalists in the UK, Pakistan, Russia and Turkey. She aims to document the occurrence of harassment and assault, and also understand the psychological impact on female journalists. If you can help, please email her at [email protected].
Book offer
Orwell Prize for Journalism winner Gary Younge’s book Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter is a powerful collection of journalism on race, racism and black life and death from one of the nation’s leading political voices. Go to the Faber website and quote the discount code Newsletter30 for 30 per cent off for NUJ members.
Discounts
UK Dell Business Partnerships Program. Make the most of your membership with exclusive benefits and pricing. You have access to stackable discounts on desktops, laptops, servers, accessories, and monitors.
Access your discounts: Dell | Exclusive offers and find out more.
Trusted tech advisors. Your dedicated tech advisor will get to know your business needs and goals; delivering customised tech solutions. Contact the team at [email protected]
Scam warning
The NUJ communicates with members about direct debits only by writing, so beware of scammers who call by phone.
NUJ subs
Many of us are feeling the squeeze as the cost-of-living increases. If you are struggling to pay your NUJ subscription fee because your income has reduced significantly, you are unemployed, or are on maternity leave please contact the membership department at [email protected] for help and advice.
Your union profile
So the union can keep you up to date with news from the union and involve you in decisions such as consultative ballots on pay and other industrial issues and when we need to ballot for action, please log in to the NUJ website, check your personal profile and add your personal email and mobile phone numbers so we do not have to send sensitive information to your workplace address. When you change jobs, remember to update your information. To do this log on at www.nuj.org.uk/login.html and then click My NUJ. You can update your contact preferences by clicking view/edit my profile.
NUJ Rate for the Job
How does a freelance journalist, especially one starting out, know what to charge? To help, the NUJ issues a Freelance Fees Guide. Getting up-to-date data requires members (in confidence) submitting the rates they get for shifts, and lineage etc. Find out more on the London Freelance Branch website.
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