Informed 07 Update Fair deal for freelances


Te freelance office, Freelance Industrial Council and Photographers’ Council have agreed their key priorities for the year.


Tis includes helping members to


negotiate fair contracts with decent pay and conditions while protecting their copyright. Te union is working with the police to produce a new video to help officers understand the work of journalists and the Photographers’ Council will be adding items to the union’s safety toolkit. Andy Smith, freelance national


organiser, said: “We will ask insurance companies to improve the terms available to members being covered for professional indemnity and public liability.” He also joined talks at Te Guardian on improved shiſt rates for freelances and photographers. London Freelance Branch’s Mike Holderness wrote the union’s submission to the UK government’s consultation on artificial Intelligence and copyright. Catherine Brereton, NEC books member, had some good news –


Investigations grant Te Justice for Journalists Foundation has opened applications for its annual investigative grant programme. Proposals to conduct journalistic investigations into crimes against media workers will be accepted until Sunday 20 March.


Te maximum amount


offered for each individual grant will be US$80,000. Find out more on the JFJ website: htps://jf.fund/ call-for-applications- investigative-grant- programme-2022/


the UK government has announced it will not, for now, change the current laws on copyright exhaustion. Te NUJ made a submission to last summer’s consultation on copyright and supported the publishers’ campaign, Save Our Books.


Catherine said: “Tis is a great relief


to the publishing industry and its thousands of workers – for now. Te Intellectual Property Office said there was not enough data available to understand the economic impact of


Human Rights Act Te second webinar on changes to the Human Rights Act, organised by the NUJ Ethic’s Council and British Institute of Human Rights, will take place at 5.30pm on 24 February and will examine the threat posed by the government’s plan to reform human rights laws, described as a “power grab” by civil rights groups. Te first webinar debunked scare stories such as police suspects had a right to chicken takeaways: htps:// bit.ly/3s7ZfYR


any of the alternatives to the current regime, whereas there is ample data to demonstrate that any weakening of our intellectual property laws would have been devastating. Along with industry leaders and the wider public, the NUJ will continue to make its case to government in future discussions.”


Te campaign will also be promoting the NUJ Freelance Charter: htps:// www.nuj.org.uk/resource/fair-deal- for-freelances.html


Second Time Around Barry White, formerly of the London Public Relations and Communications branch, spent nine years as the NUJ’s representative for the European Federation of Journalists. His new book, Second Time Around, records his many solidarity visits to Turkish journalists, including covering their arrests and trials, and his 19 years as national organiser for the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom. Email barry.white.cpbf@ googlemail.com to order your £5 copy.


Newsquest members Please take part in our group-wide survey. We want to hear your concerns and priorities. We need a good response rate for it have impact on management. Te survey is anonymous and for NUJ members but if other colleagues are interested in taking part in good faith, forward them the link:www. surveymonkey. co.uk/r/ GKH76QG – it will be sent to your personal email address, so if you don’t receive it, contact publishing@nuj. org.uk


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