07 Get Active


Catch up on the NUJ’s events, campaigns and resources and get involved


DM You can catch up on the news and decisions made at April’s Delegate Meeting in the NUJ Informed special or go to the website for details of the debates. You can find the resolutions agreed on the website.


Mental health Go to this page to find help on post-traumatic stress disorder. NUJ freelance members can apply for funding via the Rory Peck Trust for urgent financial assistance or the cost of treatment for professional psychological support.


Campaigns Local radio: our members in BBC local radio in England and Northern Ireland are in dispute over cuts to programming and have been on strike. We need to keep up pressure on the BBC to change its plans. Go to the #KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal page to keep up to date with this important campaign.


Te NUJ’s Pay Campaign calls


for fair pay and flexible working and provides practical support to chapels


when dealing with employers and on the rights of freelances. Te TUC’s latest jobs and recovery monitor is assessing gender and pay.


NUJ Student


Recruitment Toolkit Your guide to building effective student recruitment campaigns


Recruiting students: there’s lots of info, FAQs and materials for branches and chapels to encourage local journalism, publishing and photography students to join the union on the NUJ website.


Useful stuff Protect your sources: your rights as a journalist and how to protect your sources. NUJ’s safety


toolkit has advice on keeping your communications safe and secret and more – see below. Legal assistance: one of the many benefits of NUJ membership is its free legal service. Health and safety: advice,


guidance and news. Freelance resources: help and useful information for freelance members. Te safety toolkit is a mobile-


friendly resource to help media workers protect themselves and their journalism from harm. Photographers: the toolkit has tips and a number for legal assistance when covering protests, and guidelines on taking photographs in public places. Storysmart is a set of online training modules to help journalists prepare to work in hostile environments and keep their data safe. Reporting on refugees: inaccurate terminology and commentary can cause confusion and breed prejudice. Te NUJ code of conduct has set out the main principles of UK and Irish journalism since 1936.


Donate Ukraine: please make a donation


www.nuj.org.uk


to the IFJ/EFJ fund created to help journalists reporting on the war in Ukraine. Funds are used to provide emergency assistance. Afghanistan: since the Taliban


took control of the country Afghan journalists have faced atacks, harassment, censorship, and harsh restrictions on the media. Tey need your support. Please donate to the IFJ’s fund. NUJ training: Te union provides a free


programme of training for reps. Members outside Scotland and


Wales also have access to a wide range of subsidised professional skills courses provided by NUJ Scotland Training and NUJ Training Wales.


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