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The union’s new recruitment and organising strategy; strike action at STV and the BBC; Employment Rights Act update; conferences round-up; the right to food; IFJ100.

Our cover feature explores the range of reasons why fewer young people are becoming journalists including how social media’s generation gap might be contributing to this issue.

Welcome to the May 2026 edition of The Irish Journalist.

This month's edition covers upcoming strike action at STV, a new programme of branch workshops, plus campaigning and industrial updates from across the union.

Our cover feature explores the rise of the fake experts after a journalist's suspicions about one person he was emailing led him to discover AI creations.

This report analyses instances of abuse, harassment, and intimidation encountered by journalists in the course of their work, using data collected in the first year of the NUJ’s Journalists’ Safety Tracker.

The Together march; TUC Women's Conference; industrial action at STV; our new AI and Copyright Committee; BBC Charter Renewal; surveillance of journalists; IFJ Killed List, and more.

The union’s new recruitment and organising strategy; strike action at STV and the BBC; Employment Rights Act update; conferences round-up; the right to food; IFJ100.

Our cover feature explores the range of reasons why fewer young people are becoming journalists including how social media’s generation gap might be contributing to this issue.

Welcome to the May 2026 edition of The Irish Journalist.

This month's edition covers upcoming strike action at STV, a new programme of branch workshops, plus campaigning and industrial updates from across the union.

Our cover feature explores the rise of the fake experts after a journalist's suspicions about one person he was emailing led him to discover AI creations.

This report analyses instances of abuse, harassment, and intimidation encountered by journalists in the course of their work, using data collected in the first year of the NUJ’s Journalists’ Safety Tracker.

The Together march; TUC Women's Conference; industrial action at STV; our new AI and Copyright Committee; BBC Charter Renewal; surveillance of journalists; IFJ Killed List, and more.