by admin | Nov 29, 2011 | media freedom, Press
This afternoon the Leveson Inquiry really heard how it was, when Paul McMullan News of the World’s deputy features editor between 1994 and 2001 took the stand. He followed the Guardian’s Nick Davies, author of ‘Flat Earth News’ who has done much to expose the phone...
by admin | Nov 29, 2011 | nuj
Last Thursday I attended a special event at the Curve Theatre in Leicester, where the union paid tribute to the contribution of NUJ member Stephen White at a gathering of his family and friends to formally present the NUJ Gold Badge Award. The NUJ’s Honours Committee...
by admin | Nov 24, 2011 | Campaigns, unions
On 22 November, the Unite union published a ‘dossier of hypocrisy’, exposing the pensions of cabinet ministers at the heart of the coalition’s attack on public sector workers. This is timely because, any day now, the right-wing press is expected to blast away at the...
by admin | Nov 24, 2011 | international
John Hartigan, the chair and chief executive of News Limited in Australia (News Limited owns 70pc of the Australian newspaper market), resigned a few days ago during Rupe’s annual visit to Oz and a day after the launch of a federal enquiry into media standards...
by admin | Nov 9, 2011 | nec, nuj
The election results for the NUJ NEC to run from 2012/13 are out and so am I. I came fifth (out of seven – the eighth candidate withdrew after ballot papers had been printed it seems) and as there are only four London seats I will finish my term of office shortly....
