The European Press Foundation has announced details of the European Press Prize 2012, a new prize aimed at promoting quality journalism in Europe. There are awards in four categories, each of € 10,000: The Editor Award The Commentator Award The…
Details of a new fund to commemorate the work of campaigning journalist and NUJ member Mary Raftery and to promote investigative journalism have been announced. The Mary Raftery Journalism Fund has been created as a result of an initiative by…
Dee O’Keeffe is features editor with the Evening Herald. This article is based on her presentation at Freelance Forum 2012 on 24 September 2012. Before I tell you about my perfect pitch can I just say that I have a…
The Irish Secretary of the National Union of Journalists has called on the Chairman of the RTÉ Board, Tom Savage, to make a full statement on the involvement of the Communications Clinic in advising the Irish Missionary Union in relation…
Freelance Forum 2012 is now being planned, and as always, suggestions are welcomed for topics we should cover. One idea so far this year is to organise separate sessions for writers and photographers, as thwjile some topics (keeping accounts, copyright)…
I’m conducting a quick survey. What advice would you give to newbies (in particular, journalists) dipping their toe in the social media pool for the first time? Should they blog, open a twitter account, or would Facebook be a better…
Remarks by Séamus Dooley, Irish Secretary, National Union of Journalists at “Taking on the Media Barons” seminar at Congress House, London on 17 March 2012. It is a great honour to be here today to take part in what I…
At the time of writing, a search of the JobBridge website for the word “journalist” brings up eight hits, ranging from national and provincial newspapers to a local radio station and several openings for the position of “online journalist”. The…
A former hack who is now a barrister tells me that business is very quiet at the Law Library, and that some of the more experienced practitioners are encouraging the newer ones to make use of the down time. “If…
