NUJ Branch July 2025
This month's edition contains features from Anna Lamche, winner of the Orwell Society/NUJ Young Journalists' Award, and Roger Mckenzie, co-chair of the Black Members' Council.
NUJ statement on BBC outsourcing claims
The National Union of Journalists has called for greater clarity from the BBC following reports the broadcaster is considering a major outsourcing drive as reported by The Guardian.
NUJ condemns as deplorable, the IRGC’s detention of an Iran International journalist’s family
The National Union of Journalists has strongly condemned the detention of an Iran International journalist’s family by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Tehran.
NUJ statement on the detention of BBC journalists at gunpoint by the Israel Defense Forces
The union has condemned the shocking treatment of journalists including strip searches and interrogations by the IDF.
NUJ responds to significant changes announced by ITV
The NUJ has expressed its concern over ITV’s announcement of plans to merge Good Morning Britain with the ITV Newsroom from January 2026.
Cuts to BBC World Service would be "music to the ears of dictators", says NUJ
The union's BBC World Service branch has passed a motion highlighting ongoing concerns over funding, whilst calling for an end to the "annual cycle of uncertainty around budgets."
Anthony Bellanger, addresses DM as this year’s international speaker
“The NUJ is a pillar of the IFJ, a voice that counts within the IFJ” said the International Federation of Journalists’ general secretary.
Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary, addresses DM2025
Davison welcomed delegates and said it was great to be in Blackpool at her first DM as the new general secretary of the union.
NUJ writes to Turkish ambassadors to the UK and Ireland
The union has raised its concern with both ambassadors over the deportation of Mark Lowen, BBC News journalist.