Message from Jemima: I'm off!

The end is nigh! Well for Jemima anyway.

I've become very fond of our smashing little Brighton branch since I joined three years ago, but I'm finally moving to London this autumn so I'll be leaving the role of chair. I'm sure you all know this, but the branch has been almost entirely dependent on the hard work and dedication of Adrian Colley, our very diligent branch secretary, without whom there would be no Brighton branch.

As it is, we've got a record number of branch members, a very respectable diary of meetings, speakers and parties over the past four years - and now a great opportunity for some fresh blood to take over from both myself and Adrian.

We really want the branch to keep going because the work of the NUJ is more relevant than ever. But it can't happen without your help - the branch can't run by itself! Even if you just fancy posting a few pieces on the branch blog each month, that would be a great help - http://www.nujbrighton.org.uk , just in case you missed it the first 300 times.

I'll still be chair of the NUJ's new media council; we're working hard to try and recruit in an area that is becoming more and more central to all our jobs and there are hundreds of complex issues to unravel; not least the challenges of citizen journalism, web copyright, the demands of increasingly multi-skilled roles. That will all keep me out of trouble.

Work-wise I'm freelance now, still writing about digital publishing and the media industry - mainly for http://www.paidcontent.org if that's of any interest!

My own site is at http://www.jemimakiss.com and you can always email me at jemima@jemimakiss.com if you need my help, and if no-one else can help. And if you can find me. (Or was that the A-team? I forget).

Thanks, anyway, for the fun and support over the past >three years and very best of luck to all Brighton members, both at work and at leisure. And please invite me to the Christmas party.

Jemima