Following his presentation at Freelance Forum, Philip O’Connor writes about how freelances can exploit the expertise gaps in major news organisations. The ten days following the Dublin Freelance Forum have been very much “I-told-you-so” days, and the last 48 hours…
Events
Freelance Forum Spring 2013
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Freelance Forum Spring 2013 takes place on Monday 15 April. Tickets cost €10 for NUJ members, and €25 to non-members. The one-day event is organised annually by Dublin Freelance NUJ branch. Full details of the event are now available. To…
Media debate: Freedom of expression in Ireland
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Media Debate in association with Irish Pen: NUJ member Tom Cloonan of DIT School of Media will host a public interview with Irish Independent columnist Kevin Myers in DIT, Aungier Street, Dublin on Thursday, 14 March. Tickets from here: Freedom…
NUJ announcement: Jobs not Debt
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The NUJ will be marching this Saturday on the Congress demonstration, Lift the burden: Jobs not Debt. www.ictu.ie/jobsnotdebt. Please join us for this important march. Austerity is not working and it’s time workers stood together to send a clear signal…
Dublin Freelance NUJ branch meeting 14 January 2013
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Please note the next Dublin Freelance NUJ branch meeting will take place tonight Monday 14 January 2012 at 7pm in Buswells Hotel. This will be a double meeting, with the branch agm folowed by a regular meeting. If you would…
New Year events
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The next Irish recruitment training seminar will take place on Thursday 31 January in the Teachers’ Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin. In order to accommodate those travelling from outside Dublin, it will begin at 10.00am and finish by 4.30pm.…
Women on Air: Second Birthday
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Hello there WOA ladies and gents, Next week Women on Air is celebrating its second birthday and we’d really like you to be there. Come find new voices for your radio/TV programme or conference or, if you’re an expert/ contributor,…
Dublin Freelance Branch Meeting
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Please note for your calendars that the next Dublin Freelance Branch meeting will be held on Monday 12 November 2012 in Buswells Hotel. Please contact one of the committee members if you would like to have anything added to the…
For the scary times we live in…
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The NUJ Dublin Broadcasting Branch is hosting Halloween drinks for all Journalists working in broadcasting in the city on Thursday November 1st from 6,30pm onwards upstairs in the Stag’s Head on Dame Lane. This monstrous evening to dismember is open…
The future of investigative journalism in Ireland
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The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) and the Irish Network of Investigative Journalists (INIJ) are organising an investigative journalism course in Dublin next month. The course is now sold out but will also feature a panel discussion on ‘The…