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NUJ condemns intimidation and attacks against journalists covering Belfast riots
The NUJ has strongly condemned threats, intimidation, and attacks against reporters covering riots in Belfast in recent days, and has repeated calls f...
NUJ welcomes ICO agreement to protect journalists’ privacy
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has agreed to withhold publishing the private addresses of freelance journalists upon request.
NUJ statement on revised EHRC Equality Act Code of Practice
The NUJ has responded to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) revised Code of Practice for businesses and service providers on how to com...
Tribute paid to former MP and long-time NUJ member Michael Meadowcroft
Friend Adam Christie celebrates life of Meadowcroft, who died on 1 June after a short illness
Reach news
NUJ urges Reach to invest in its journalists at 2026 AGM
The union attended Reach plc’s Annual General Meeting yesterday (6 May) and urged shareholders to support investment in quality journalism and oppose ...
STUC passes motion calling for Scottish government to protect local journalism
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) unanimously passed a motion calling for the Scottish government to help protect local journalism amid widesp...
NUJ calls for investment, not cuts following publication of Reach full year figures
The NUJ has warned that Reach could be becoming “addicted to redundancies” as it urged the company to refrain from seeking further cuts following the ...
Irish Future of Media Commission news
DM2023: News Recovery Plan
Initiatives promoting public interest journalism and broadcasting were discussed and Siobhan Holliman moved a motion on the Future of Media Commission...
Focus on future at Irish seminar
A major seminar on the future of journalism in Ireland, hosted by the Irish Executive Council has been rescheduled and will take place on on Saturday ...
NUJ slams government decision to reject broadcasting reforms
Séamus Dooley, NUJ Irish Secretary, issues a statement on the publication of the report of the Future of Media Commission and the Irish government's r...
Iran
NUJ at IFJ100
It’s been a busy few days for the NUJ at the International Federation of Journalists' (IFJ) Centenary Congress in Paris, which has welcomed hundreds o...
Statement on US-Israel attacks against Iran
The joint military attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran and subsequent retaliatory strikes put at risk the lives of many civilians, includi...
Iran: One media worker killed and three arrested amid protest crackdown
The NUJ has joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in condemning the killing and attacks on media workers in Iran.
Local News Matters
Oxford council signs motion opposing cut to local BBC TV bulletin
The city councillors say the BBC's plan to end TV bulletins from the city will undermine local democracy and older viewers’ ability to receive news on...
DM2021: Future of the Media
Campaigns to support local journalism, a review of newspaper business models, Local Democracy Reporters and support for academic publishers
NUJ joins calls to protect planning notices in local newspapers
Loss of the notices would cost the industry £10m. Proposals to scrap them are contained in the government's Planning for the Future White Paper.
Industrial news
NUJ statement on revised EHRC Equality Act Code of Practice
The NUJ has responded to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) revised Code of Practice for businesses and service providers on how to com...
NUJ highlights unmanageable workloads and “no confidence” in management in letter to STV CEO
The NUJ has written to STV ahead of its annual general meeting on Friday (5 June) to express serious concerns over staff wellbeing and the company’s l...
BBC and NUJ end dispute on rota changes at Newshour and The World Tonight
Today (22 May) NUJ members have agreed to accept a revised rota proposal to end their dispute with the BBC.
Journalists' safety news
NUJ condemns intimidation and attacks against journalists covering Belfast riots
The NUJ has strongly condemned threats, intimidation, and attacks against reporters covering riots in Belfast in recent days, and has repeated calls f...
NUJ condemns threats to journalists covering event in Northern Ireland
Masked men reportedly intimidated press at Palestinian solidarity march.
NUJ condemns intolerable delay in Martin O'Hagan murder review
The NUJ has described as "intolerable” the action of the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (OPONI) in blocking the release of its ow...
Union news
Statement from the DC Thomson NUJ chapel representatives
Editorial staff at DC Thomson are coming together to seek formal recognition for the NUJ, ensuring colleagues have an independent and collective voice...
Ukraine: Russian missile and drones hit media offices
The NUJ has joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) in condemning missile-and...
Iconic Media: NUJ calls on Malcolm Denmark to address poverty wages
The NUJ has submitted a pay claim to Malcolm Denmark, Iconic Media chief executive, calling for urgent negotiations over staff’s poor pay.
Obituaries
Tribute paid to former MP and long-time NUJ member Michael Meadowcroft
Friend Adam Christie celebrates life of Meadowcroft, who died on 1 June after a short illness
Tribute to John Matthews
Tim Dawson, NUJ freelance organiser, pays tribute to John Matthews, former National Executive Council (NEC) member and Glasgow branch chair.
NUJ tribute to Gordon Snell
Gordon Snell, author, broadcaster, radio producer, satirist and storyteller, who has died aged 93, was a lifelong member of the NUJ and one of the mos...