The NUJ magazine Journalist has gone online with its April 2008 issue, downloadable in pdf or html formats, as the whole magazine or as separate articles. As a one-off experiment, this issue is not being printed or mailed to members. The idea is to save on the cost of printing and posting, and to see how members would like to receive their journal.
The main feature is an interview with union member Nick Davies - "the man who rocked the boat" - whose book Flat Earth News makes the claim that what we do now is really "churnalism". All that most journalists can do with the work pressures on them is to continually recycle unchecked stories, he says. It's a betrayal of real journalism - and the NUJ agrees. There's an audio clip of Nick Davies talking to Journalist editor Tim Gopsill about why he wrote the book.
Click on the title to view the Journalist.
The union is asking for feedback on this experiment. Email your views to journalist@nuj.org.uk
31 March 2008
28 March 2008
Meeting Minutes - Brighton NUJ 26th March 2008
Brighton NUJ Meeting Minutes – 26th March 2008
For those of you who didn’t brave the rain for the meeting, and stayed in to watch the England Match, this is what you missed:
1. A vote was passed to pass membership applications for Nicola Kim Davies and John Senior, and welcome them into the NUJ.
2. Meeting venues were discussed, and the Cornerstone near Palmeira Square was considered as a possible venue, as was the Nelson pub. Any ideas are welcome.
3. Possible subjects to bring up at the ADM were discussed, and it was agreed that a potential agreement of ‘NUJ photographers not writing, and NUJ writers not photographing’ would be raised if possible.
4. Pay issues at the Argus were discussed, with regards to the recent 3% pay offer. Argus rep Tim feels the offer should be inline with inflation at 4.1%, but isn’t sure how effective it would be for the NUJ to push for a higher offer in this instance.
5. Maria Macarthy, non-fiction writer, was discussed as a possible speaker for a future meeting, and it was agreed she should be contacted.
For those of you who didn’t brave the rain for the meeting, and stayed in to watch the England Match, this is what you missed:
1. A vote was passed to pass membership applications for Nicola Kim Davies and John Senior, and welcome them into the NUJ.
2. Meeting venues were discussed, and the Cornerstone near Palmeira Square was considered as a possible venue, as was the Nelson pub. Any ideas are welcome.
3. Possible subjects to bring up at the ADM were discussed, and it was agreed that a potential agreement of ‘NUJ photographers not writing, and NUJ writers not photographing’ would be raised if possible.
4. Pay issues at the Argus were discussed, with regards to the recent 3% pay offer. Argus rep Tim feels the offer should be inline with inflation at 4.1%, but isn’t sure how effective it would be for the NUJ to push for a higher offer in this instance.
5. Maria Macarthy, non-fiction writer, was discussed as a possible speaker for a future meeting, and it was agreed she should be contacted.
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