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t’s hard to believe that it’s 30 years since Rupert Murdoch took his newspapers to Wapping and changed forever the way papers were produced and the role of the unions in them. In this edition Paul Routledge, one of the Wapping refuseniks, reflects on the significance of one of the most
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bitter industrial disputes the country has seen. Some of those journalists who refused to work at The Times when it moved to Fortress Wapping, with the loss of many printworkers’ jobs, were able to find a happier home at the newly established Independent newspaper. Barrie Clement was one of them. But now, with the Indy no longer in print Barrie looks at how the paper tried to break the mould of traditional news reporting.
Another – much later – departee from The Times who moved on to pastures new is my former colleague Helen Nugent. She has written our Starting Out column on moving back to her northern roots and establishing the cultural website Northern Soul.
Elsewhere, Duncan Campbell, formerly of the Guardian, reflects on a life of crime (reporting, that is) and how it is essential that crime reporters can protect their sources. I hope you find something to interest you in The Journalist.
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Main feature 14 It was 30 years ago todays Remembering the bitter Wapping strike
News 03 NI strike threats win deals Region sees jump in membership
04 Guardian cutting jobs Plans for cultural venue also shelved
05 TFT staff win improved pension offer Deal achieved on eve of strike
06 Conference reports Reports from NUJ delegate meeting
08 Local World cuts photographer jobs Papers plan to use more readers’ snaps
Features 10 Let’s go to Brussels
Challenges of working in the EU capital 12 Farewell to the Indy
Mourning death of a major newspaper 18 Criminal practice
Protecting sources in crime reporting
Regulars 09 Viewpoint 17 NUJ and me 26 And finally
Arts with Attitude Pages 22-23
Raymond Snoddy Page 21
Letters &
Steve Bell 24-25
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