Journalism helps Reach weather pandemic
As the UK’s biggest commercial employer of journalists, it is heartening to see Reach plc boss Jim Mullen acknowledge that the group emerged as a stronger business through the worst pandemic in a century due to the ‘hard work of our people’.
More than half of NUJ members say they have had mental health concerns during the pandemic
An all-members’ survey revealed many found juggling work and the effects of Covid-19 caused stress and anxiety.
Freelances struggle for work and aid a year on
It was the self-employed who saw work disappear almost from the outset of the pandemic, survey finds.
NUJ’s last-ditch call to the Chancellor for a freelance-friendly budget
The National Union of Journalists has written to the Chancellor asking him to ensure freelances get a fair deal in his budget – and redress for the millions of self-employed who have missed out on aid during the pandemic.
NUJ Informed, Issue 34, February 2021
Welcome to February’s NUJ Informed, news from the union’s national executive council.
NUJ calls on Chancellor to use his budget to shore up UK journalism
In a week when Facebook squared up to a nation state and its government blinked first, the NUJ is calling on the Chancellor to act robustly in next week’s Budget to acknowledge the vital role played by journalism in our society, and to usher in a package of measures to revitalise an ailing sector that underpins democracy.
One in three LGBT+ members have been bullied or discriminated at work
Almost one-third (29 per cent) of the NUJ members surveyed during February’s LGBT+ History month and in the run up to the TUC’s LGBT+ conference said they had experienced bullying, harassment, ill-treatment or discrimination at work as a result of their sexuality or gender identity.
The Journalist February March 2021
As we begin to see a way out of lockdown restrictions and as Spring approaches there is more optimism in the air.
Journalists' unions unite with plan to save journalism from the tech giant bullies
The National Union of Journalists in the UK and Ireland has joined unions representing tens of thousands of media workers in Australia, Canada and the US in presenting a plan to save journalism from the greedy and anti-democratic tech platforms, which are sucking the lifeblood from the industry.
Media industry must publish its gender pay gap data this spring
The NUJ has called for the media, publishing and communications industries to prove their commitment to equality by publishing their gender pay gaps this spring, and not the new deadline of October.