by admin | Sep 17, 2011 | media freedom, nuj, whistle blowing
Yesterday the news broke that the Metropolitan Police were demanding the handover of documents relating to the source of information used in the Guardian’s Milly Dowler phone-hacking story. In an extraordinary and outrageous move they have resorted to using the...
by admin | Jul 17, 2011 | BBC, Campaigns, international, media freedom, nuj, Press
On 30 June, I was demonstrating outside the Department of Culture Media and Sport offices, just off Trafalgar Square in London. There was a general feeling that it was only a matter of time before Jeremy Hunt MP would waive through the takeover of BSkyB by News...
by admin | Jul 8, 2011 | nec, nuj
Last Friday’s NEC meeting was Jeremy Dear’s last as general secretary, but before we got down to the farewells (which continued at his and his partner, Paula’s leaving party later that evening) there was a stack of business to get through. First item was to draw up a...
by admin | May 13, 2011 | Campaigns, nuj
It’s not often that we can trumpet success, but this week a victory at an employment tribunal could have a big impact in enforcing the rights of interns to be paid at the basic minimum wage and help put an end to the scandal of unpaid work. Last autumn the NUJ, led by...
by admin | Apr 26, 2011 | Campaigns, nuj
On Wednesday 20 April I joined the march from Enfield town centre in defence of our local newspapers in north London. It took the form of a funeral procession, with coffin, incense, the grim reaper and all the trimmings. It was, however, a very upbeat occasion,...
by admin | Feb 24, 2011 | BBC, Campaigns, international, nuj
Free and independent news and information is essential in developing and defending democracy, the latest example is demonstrated courageously across North Africa and the Middle East right now. In this context, it is bizarre and inappropriate for the British government...
