by admin | Feb 26, 2010 | Press
It seemed inevitable that the maverick and totally unlawful behavior of the News International journalists involved in the illegal hacking of mobile phones would draw the most headlines following the publication on 24 February of the Culture Select Committee’s report...
by admin | Feb 26, 2010 | Press
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) did itself no favours last week when it published it’s ‘no action’ decision on Jan Moir’s article in the Mail attacking the late Stephen Gately. My colleague and chair of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom appeared on...
by admin | Feb 16, 2010 | Campaigns, international, whistle blowing
The recent meeting of the NEC’s policy committee has agreed to back a campaign of support for Mordechai Vanunu, an honorary member of the NUJ, who served 18 years in prison for revealing Israel’s secret nuclear programme. As I recently reported, he has been placed...
by admin | Feb 16, 2010 | Campaigns, media freedom, photographers
It’s not just professional photographers, including NUJ members, who are angry about the use of Section 44 to prevent photographers going about their work. Many who took part in the Trafalgar Square demonstration on Saturday 23 January were, what you might, call...
by admin | Feb 16, 2010 | nec, nuj, unions
Last Thursday’s meeting of the policy committee (PC) was the first for the new NEC. The agenda was lengthy because the remit of the committee is very wide ranging – from parliamentary and TUC matters to international – the International Federation of...
