23 March 2015

Next meeting: 24 March at the Eagle - Tim Ridgway from Latest TV




Latest TV's News Editor Tim Ridgway has agreed to be guest speaker at 7.30pm on Tuesday, 24 March 2015.

http://thelatest.co.uk/brighton/category/watch-our-latest-shows/news/

Venue is once again the upstairs bar at The Eagle, Brighton.

Tim Ridgway has been Head of News, Sport and Current Affairs at Latest TV for more than a year now, overseeing all elements of production for the newscasts, current affairs and sports programmes.

Previously, he spent almost four years as Local Government Reporter at the Brighton Argus, where he had started as a trainee in 2009, as well as freelancing for national newspapers including the Daily Telegraph, The Observer and Mail on Sunday.

04 March 2015

Newspaper summit 25 April 2015

Major summit for newspapers and agencies

10.30-16.00, lunch provided

Saturday 25th April 2015

Unite's office, Transport House, 211 Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1AY

The union's newspapers and agencies industrial council is holding an event for reps to discuss the challenges in the industry and how chapels and branches can respond.

The summit is being called in response to the fundamental changes facing newspaper journalism.

In the past decade more than 5,000 journalist jobs have gone and 150 titles have closed. Digital newsrooms are transforming the way journalists are expected to work. Despite taking on these changes, journalists have not seen their pay improve and are experiencing heavy workloads because they are expected to bring in stories, cover events, produce videos and podcasts and use social media.

Picture desk employees and staff photographers are being cut across the board and production is being moved away from the local paper to subbing hubs many miles away.

Activists and the union's organisers will discuss these developments, which affect all the major regional publishers, and will review the most effective ways to strengthen journalists and journalism during this period of rapid evolution.

More info on https://www.nuj.org.uk/events/major-summit-for-newspapers-and-agencies/

This event is for NUJ members only. Please consider joining the NUJ if you would like to attend this event.