Ireland-North
BBC Butchers News
BBC has announced proposals that mean the butchering of the news service on BBC Radio Foyle. Foyle serves Derry and the surrounding area. Without a news service it is hard to see the station surviving […]
NUJ
Ireland-North
Reach Group Journalists take Strike Action
Anton McCabe (National Executive Council, National Union of Journalists, Personal Capacity) Over 1,000 journalists in the Reach Group across Britain and Ireland, will begin a campaign of strike action on Wednesday 31 August following the […]
International
Journalism is criminalised
The decision of the British High Court to grant the extradition of Julain Assange to America criminalises journalism, and is a blow to human rights. The Court granted a US government appeal against an earlier […]
International
Journalism is not a crime
The proposed extradition of journalist and whistle-blower Julian Assange from Britain to the United States is a threat both to those who expose the wrong-doing of America’s ruling élite, to free speech, and to journalism […]
International
NUJ leadership pushes through subs increase but left lands blows at conference
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) held its online delegates meeting (conference) on 21 and 22 May, with mixed results for the left. A key debate was over a proposed rise in members’ union subs. […]