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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.
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.
TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference 2026
The NUJ’s motion on addressing career barriers for young disabled workers in journalism and the creative industries passed unanimously at the 2026 TUC...
Financial Times workers stand together in the United Kingdom and United States
The following statement was released jointly by the NUJ and News Media Guild. Both unions represent workers at the Financial Times in the United Kingd...
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
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.
Live coverage from BBC Newshour/World Tonight strike
NUJ members at the BBC who work on Newshour and The World Tonight are taking strike action today (18 May) outside Broadcasting House in London in a di...
BBC Newshour/World Tonight chapel to call strike action
NUJ members at the BBC who produce programmes including The World Tonight and Newshour, have announced industrial action starting next week, in a disp...
Journalists' safety news
Surveillance: journalists worldwide call for stronger action on spyware abuse
International Federation of Journalists to lead lobbying.
Journalists report physical attacks and death threats to safety tracker
To mark Workers' Memorial Day, the NUJ has published findings from the first year of its NUJ Safety Tracker.
‘I hope you all get Hebdo’d’: NUJ calls for government and social media companies to act on increasing abuse against journalists
Journalists in the UK and Ireland are increasingly becoming the targets of “shocking” abuse and harassment both online and in-person, restricting thei...
Union news
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.
TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference 2026
The NUJ’s motion on addressing career barriers for young disabled workers in journalism and the creative industries passed unanimously at the 2026 TUC...
Financial Times workers stand together in the United Kingdom and United States
The following statement was released jointly by the NUJ and News Media Guild. Both unions represent workers at the Financial Times in the United Kingd...
Obituaries
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...
Tribute to Jim McDowell
Séamus Dooley, NUJ assistant general secretary, pays tribute to Jim McDowell, a defiant editor who faced down enemies of journalism.
Tribute to John O
Tributes have been paid to long-time NUJ and pioneering industrial activist John O, who died aged 82 in February following a long battle with illness....