New training opportunities for NUJ members
Free courses on leadership skills and news verification skills have been launched for 2024.
NUJ news verification workshops
Fake news may be as old as the Pharaohs, but with AI making it all too easy to create false stories journalists need to learn new tricks of the trade.
NUJ Hi Viz - Issue 1
Issue one of the Health and Safety committee's newsletter explores work habits and health risks following the pandemic, latest activity from the campaigns team, good employer practice and more.
Registration open for NUJ Freelance tax seminar
NUJ freelances and those thinking of going freelance can join a free online seminar on taxation being held on 7 February.
Freelance tax seminar on 13 October
There’s still time to register a free place for Thursday’s session focused on taxation for freelances.
Google and NUJ to launch training partnership
The union, in partnership with Google News Lab, is launching a new training programme to improve journalists’ digital skills and also develop the management skills of members in their mid-career.
The Mary Maher Bursary
The bursary will support aspiring journalists in Ireland from under-represented backgrounds.
A new journalists’ safety tool from the NUJ
The NUJ, with support from the Google News Initiative, has launched an online interactive tool to help journalists’ deal with hostile environments and cyber threats.
NUJ to publish protocol with private security workers
The union is working with the International Professional Security Association (IPSA) to launch guidance and a campaign to increase understanding between journalists and private security officers.
Sad day for union-led skills training
Despite a desperate campaign to save the Union Learning Fund which each year supported around 200,000 workers with skills training and career development, Gavin Williamson, Education Secretary, has pulled the plug on the £12m funding.
