NUJ responds to BBC World Service funding deal
The NUJ has welcomed confirmation of a funding settlement for the BBC World Service - as part of a three-year deal - while cautioning that the union will need to assess its implications and calling on the government to secure its long-term future.
NUJ welcomes launch of Local Media Strategy
The NUJ has welcomed measures in the new strategy, including a new £12 million multi-year government fund, and called for further interventions to revitalise local journalism.
‘Stop the light going out and fund the World Service now’, BBC journalists urge government
Journalists at the BBC World Service have urged the UK government to deliver a proper funding agreement amid reports of a real-terms budget freeze.
BEAU statement on BBC Charter Review launch
The NUJ has joined sister unions in writing to UK culture minister Lisa Nandy to reiterate the key principles that must underpin the BBC Charter Review process following the publication of the government’s green paper on 16 December.
NUJ responds to BBC Charter Review launch
The government has launched the BBC Charter Review, pledging to “future-proof” the BBC and its “world-class journalism”.
Further cuts to BBC leave it in a “perilous state”, says NUJ
The NUJ has called for an urgent reconsideration of the BBC’s funding after yet more damaging cuts across the corporation were unveiled today.
