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NUJ hits the road with a major recruitment drive


The union has embarked on a major recruitment drive to boost income. It has created a series of posters to highlight the benefits of NUJ membership and events have been held in a number of locations. Last month, the Edinburgh


freelance branch organised a meeting inviting students to hear a panel of speakers discuss how to make the transition from student journalism into the profession. The event was chaired by


Denitsa Tsekova, who is the student representative for the branch, and speakers included Sam Bradley, editorial assistant at The Drum, George Ward, a multimedia journalist and broadcaster, and Franchesca Hashemi, Yasmin Morgan-Griffiths and Jen Stout who together work for The Nine at BBC Scotland. In London, young professionals and


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magazines, books, public relations and communications, spoke to delegates about the benefits of NUJ membership. In Dublin, Irish organiser Ian McGuinness joined new union members at the inaugural chapel meeting of news website TheJournal.ie, where the NUJ ethical code of conduct played a central part in the discussions about what the union can do in a media workplace. David Woods, who is the designer for The Journalist, produced the new posters. They cover a range of topics which include Pay, Ethical Journalism, Ending the Gender Pay Gap, Flexible Working, Be Part of a Collective Voice, Offering Support and Help, Diversity Matters, Press


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Freedom, Respect at Work, Career Opportunities and Networking. They can be used as part of the union’s


students hoping for careers in book publishing were targeted at the Society of Young Publishers’ conference. The union had a stall at the event, where more than 200 delegates met to discuss the future of the industry. Fiona Swarbrick, national organiser for


recruitment drive and individual branch and chapel campaigns. Download them from the resources section of the website. Contact campaigns@nuj.org.uk for help


with recruitment materials and if you require jpegs of the designs for use in social media.


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The FT’s NUJ chapel has passed a vote of no confidence in the newspaper’s chief executive John Ridding.The move


follows controversy over Mr Ridding’s pay. After his £2.6 million remuneration was condemned by the FT chapel Mr Ridding returned


£280,000 of his £500,000 pay increase. The chapel accused Mr Ridding of losing touch wih staff and FT values. It said


Chapel bar takes to the stage


The Chapel bar, the restaurant and bar created in the refurbishment of the NUJ’s head office in London’s King’s Cross, has reopened with a new tenant. The bar was forced to close in the summer when the hospitality company running it went into administration. The new tenant is the Bread and Roses pub and theatre company, which runs the Bread and


Roses pub in Clapham, south London. The pub and theatre operation are part of the Workers’ Beer Company that runs bars at the Glastonbury festival and other events around the UK. It is in turn owned by the Battersea and Wandsworth TUC. The bar’s catering team will be hosting residencies for street food and pop-up food outlets so menus will vary. Bread and Roses will also start theatre performances at the Chapel bar in the new year under the name of The Chapel Playhouse.


CENTAUR PUTS THE LAWYER UP FOR SALE Centaur Media is trying to sell The Lawyer magazine and financial services titles Money Marketing and Mortgage Strategy. The publisher appointed Livingstone Partners to advise on the sale of The Lawyer and Cavendish Corporate Finance are advising on its financial services division.


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Edinburgh freelance branch invited students to hear speakers discuss how to make the transition from student journalism into the profession


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FACEBOOK FUNDS NEW JOURNALISTS Facebook is paying £4.5 million to train 80 new community journalists. Those chosen for the Community News Project will be paid as they are trained by the National Council for the Training of Journalists and will work in regional newsrooms during a two-year programme.


FT OFFICES ARE SOLD FOR £115 MILLION The FT’s headquarters on Southwark Bridge, London, has been sold for £115 million ahead of the newspaper’s move back to its former home in the City. Former FT owner Pearson sold the building to M&G Real Estate. The FT will move back to its old home of Bracken House in the middle of 2019.


COURT COVERAGE UNDER PRESSURE Tristan Kirk, the Evening Standard’s court correspondent, has warned that dwindling numbers of journalists are reporting from courts, with only two courts in London getting ‘proper coverage’. He told the Society of Editors’ conference that only the Old Bailey and Southwark Crown Court are well attended by journalists.


FT journalists pass no confidence vote


that in a speech to staff Mr Ridding did not mention his remuneration and that subsequent debate on the issue was limited.


SHORTLIST GOES AFTER 10 YEARS ShortList, a free men’s magazine, has closed after more than 10 years in print as owner Shortlist Media rebrands as the Stylist Group, named after its free women’s magazine. The group said it was putting all its efforts into Stylist.


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