Call to Action – Support blogger Raid Badawi On Thursday 14 January Amnesty International is holding a vigil to mark the first anniversary of the flogging of blogger Raif Badawi. Amnesty is calling on all members of the NUJ in…
The next Dublin Freelance branch meeting will take place on Monday 11 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…
Union members at the Huffington Post’s US newsroom have signed a letter urging their co-workers to sign unionization cards. The letter, released online on Wednesday, stated that “unionizing is the right move for HuffPost”. Full story at The Guardian.
Freelance Forum is coming. Keynote speaker Jody Clarke from the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) will open the Freelance Forum by speaking on Reporting the Refugee Crisis. Other topics and speakers include Pitching for broadcast and print; Negotiating…
The next Dublin Freelance branch meeting will take place in Buswells Hotel on MONDAY 7 September, starting at 7.00PM. The preliminary agenda for the branch meeting will be sent out shortly by separate email. If there is any other matter…
RIDICULE, ABUSE AND TROLLING – How to handle online harassment: This seminar for NUJ members includes a keynote by Dr Eoin O’Dell of TCD’s School of Law on the Higgins and Rabbite e-communication bills along with inputs from Sinead O’Carroll,…