The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) renewed its call for the complete abolition of Freedom of Information fees in Ireland. At the union’s biennial delegate conference in Dublin today, the NUJ’s Irish secretary Seamus Dooley strongly criticised the measures announced…
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President Higgins to lead State Commemoration of 1913 Lockout
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Public invited to attend event and to avail of the shopping and hospitality facilities in the city centre The President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, will lead the State Commemoration of the 1913 Lockout which will take place, subject to…
Get paid properly for your work, freelancers told
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Freelance journalists should not work for organisations that don’t offer proper pay says an Irish-born multimedia journalist. Philip O’Connor, who is based in Sweden, was speaking at the Dublin Freelance Forum held recently in the capital. Good quality journalism is…
Podcast: Freelance Forum Spring 2013
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The podcasts below cover the presentations at the Freelance Forum Spring 2013. Due to some tecnichal snafus, the recordings are incomplete. The first few minutes of the podcasts featuring press ombudsman John Horgan and journalists Philip O’Connor and Brian O’Connell…
Five freelancing thoughts from the Dublin Freelance Forum
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Headed for the airport again after another interesting week of media work in Dublin. Some good radio work, some good discussions with editors and getting bumped off a TV show at the very last second – the more things change,…
Tributes to first woman to lead NUJ
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Tributes have been paid to Rosaline Kelly, the first woman elected President of the National Union of Journalists. Ms Kelly (90) died at St Columcille’s Hospital, Loughlinstown, Co Dublin following a short illness. Ms Kelly worked as a magazine journalist…
Unfinished Business
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This month sees the launch of the 1913 Unfinished Business podcast series on the centenary of the Dublin Lock-out. The first episode in the series aired on NEAR FM last Tuesday at 3:30 and can be listened to on YouTube…
A few things you should know about copyright
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The following article on what you should know about copyright was originally published on the LondonFreelance website. Although aimed at a UK audience, many of the points also apply to Irish freelances. Though UK and Irish law are of course…
Freedom of Information
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NUJ submission to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform relating to the Freedom of Information Bill, 1 February 2013. Introduction: The National Union of Journalists welcomes the opportunity to record our views on the Draft Heads of…
Freelance Forum: Request for feedback
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Freelance Forum needs your help. In the past few years, the Freelance Forum, an annual training day organised by Dublin Freelance NUJ branch, has covered the following areas: The business of freelancing, from time management to credit control Using blogs…