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Four in five journalists have experienced threats and violence at workOver one in three female respondents said they do not feel safe operating as a journalist in the UK, a government survey has found.

03 Nov 2021News

Cardiff NUJ members join climate emergency marchNatasha Hirst, NUJ vice-president, with Jo Stevens, shadow media secretary, and NUJ Cardiff branch members taking part in one of the many COP26 marche…

08 Nov 2021News

EndImpunityJournalists’ deaths are going uninvestigated around the world. It’s time to act.

02 Nov 2021News

Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff to give the Claudia Jones lectureThe NUJ’s BMC announces the award-winning journalist as the speaker on Thursday 2 December.

29 Oct 2021News

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Events

Threats to investigative journalismInvestigative journalism is under threat.

16 Nov 2021online

The Gender News Gap: the impact of inequality in journalism & mediaJoin this Women in Journalism event to discuss the findings of new research on The Gender News Gap.

17 Nov 2021online

Threats to investigative journalism: this Media Society event on Tuesday 16 November at 17.45 includes speakers: Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ general secretary; Carole Cadwhalladr, Guardian writer; John Sweeney, broadcaster and journalist; and Gill Philipps, the Guardian’s director of editorial legal services. The chair is: James Ball, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s global editor. Get your tickets from Eventbrite.
How we stop harassment and violence against women: TUC Young Workers month event on Thursday 25 November. What are trade unions doing to make workplaces safer? What changes must we expect so we can feel safer? Join TUC Women’s policy officer Nikki Pound to discuss the issues. Register your free place
Alice Moss will be discussing her TUC report Sexual harassment of disabled women in the workplace on Wednesday 24 November from 18:00 to 20:00 as part of a panel chaired by Ann Galpin, of the Disabled Workers’ Committee. More speakers tbc. Register your free place.

Campaigns

Court reporting: the Justice committee is holding an inquiry into court reporting in a digital age and how the system can be improved to help journalists. If you are a court reporter the NUJ would like to hear from you, so we can represent your views in our submission to the inquiry. Here are the terms of reference. Please email campaigns@nuj.org.uk by Wednesday 24 November.
Help save the pensions triple lock! Thanks to Baroness Altmann and Lords’ cross party support the Bill goes back to the Commons for its third and final reading, Monday 15 November. The #NUJ’s 60+ Council calls on members to lobby their MP to support the peers’ amendment. You can contact your MP via the WritetoThem website.
The NUJ is asking members, branches and chapels to donate to the International Federation of Journalists’ special Afghanistan Solidarity Fund. All money raised will go directly to providing support to Afghan colleagues, to get them to safety or provide them with funds to survive.
Fight secrecy! Your right to know is under constant attack from government. The Campaign for Freedom of Information (CFOI) is challenging these attacks and trains journalists in how to use the legislation. But the CFOI’s future is in danger and that is why it has launched an appeal for a crowdfunded £50,000 so it can continue to defend the legislation.

Online courses, workshops & webinars

Booking now for Reps stage 1 on Wednesday 15 December, 10am – 3pm. Email tutraining@nuj.org.uk for details on this and other training for reps. All training dates:

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NUJ Training Scotland: book now for How to be a columnist, 18 & 25 November; Introduction to scriptwriting, 20 & 21 November; Introduction to Photoshop, 22 November; Introduction to podcasting, 24 November; Presenting for radio and podcast, 29 November; All you need to know to be a great news writer in two hours, 24 January. Zoom courses cost £40 for a one-session course and £60 for two sessions. They are open to members outside Scotland, contact joanm@nuj.org.uk and go to the website for course outlines.
NUJ Training Wales. Now booking for: Creu Podlediadau ar gyfer eich sefydliad on Tuesday 16 November; Introduction to media law and media law refresher on Wednesday 17 November; Build your own portfolio website on Wednesday 24 November. Courses are also available to members outside Wales. Go to the Welsh training website for more details.
The Centre for Investigative Journalism runs a range of courses on using data to create stories and investigative journalism. Full details on the CiJ website. Members can claim 10% off all courses, except Deep Dive into Data, which combines two data courses. For that, the NUJ will get 15% off instead of 10% advertised on the CIJ website. Email: info@tcij.org put NUJ discount and name of the course in the subject field.
TUC webinar: handling disciplinary grievance procedures – what you need to know. On Tuesday 20 November, from 14:00 to 15:00, legal expert Sally Buffard, from Labour Research Department, and Sean Halsall, from Unite, will discuss the impact the pandemic has had on handling grievance and disciplinary procedures at work and how reps can deal with this. Register for your place

TUC Education is the one-stop-shop for training and resources for reps and activists.
The industry body ScreenSkills has a range of masterclasses, online courses and resources for creative and media freelances and information on mentoring, bursaries and funding. Neurodiversity: flexibility of thought in TV is a session on Wednesday 8 December, 12:00-13:15 for those keen to learn about how TV treats people with a diagnosis of autism, ADHD, dyslexia or dyspraxia. Find out more

NUJ Rate for the Job

How does a freelance journalist, especially one starting out, know what to charge? To help, the NUJ issues a Freelance Fees Guide. Getting up-to-date data requires members (in confidence) submitting the rates they get for shifts, lineage etc. Find out more on the London Freelance Branch website.

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