Opening Address: Making FOI Work For You Freelance journalist Ken Foxe on Making FOI Work For You, speaking at the Freelance Forum Spring 2018, Monday 5 February 2018. Making FOI wwork for You: Q and A Freelance journalist Ken Foxe…
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Armagh Pipers Club in major fundraising drive
Armagh Pipers Club, the traditional music teaching organisation, has two major fundraising initiatives under way. It is organising a benefit concert in Dublin’s Liberty Hall Theatre, where many of the biggest names in Irish music are coming together on Saturday…
Dublin Freelance January 2018 agm and branch meeting
The next Dublin Freelance branch meeting will take place on Monday 8 January at 7pm in Buswells Hotel. We would urge you all to attend. The key item at the agm will be the election of members to Committee positions…
Freelance Forum Spring 2018
Freelance Forum is coming. Due to Storm Ophelia, we were forced to cancel the Autumn 2017 Freelance forum at the last moment. However we can now confirm that the Forum has been rescheduled and will take place on Monday 5…
Cancelled: Freelance Forum and Ophelia
Because of the latest upgrade of Storm Ophelia to Status Red, Freelance Forum Autumn 2017 is cancelled. Over the next couple of days, I will see about arranging a new date. I hope to email everyone involved by midweek letting…
Freelance Forum Autumn 2017
Freelance Forum is coming. Freelance Forum is a regular one day event designed to keep freelance journalists up to date with the latest developments in their industry. Aimed at writers, photographers and PR practitioners, and hoping to cover print, broadcast…
Secrecy clause would damage credibility of judicial inquiries – NUJ
THE National Union of Journalists has called on the government to redraft provisions of the Judicial Council Bill 2017, which prohibit publication of the names of judges censured by the Judicial Council and provides for a draconian prison sentence for…
Simon Cumbers Media Fund summer 2017 round closing shortly
Journalists and media professionals with an interest in reporting on issues in the developing world are invited to apply for funding under the summer 2017 round of the Simon Cumbers Media Fund. The closing date for applications is Wednesday, 10th…
Information Law 2017: First Annual Conference
Information law is an emerging area of law dealing with public access to information, the right to privacy and the balance between the two. It includes Freedom of Information, Access to Environmental Information, Re-use of Public Sector Information, Data Protection…
Journalism fund launched to support investigative reporting of the refugee crisis
The Mary Raftery Journalism Fund (MRJF) has launched the Refugee Crisis Media Fund, with the support of the Tony Ryan Trust. The fund was established to provide support to journalists and media professionals who wish to investigate the refugee crisis…