Category: Updates

Freelance Forum 21 October 2024

Some edited podcasts from the Freelance Forum Autumn 2024 event will be published in the next week or so, but before then, I wanted to share a few images from the day. Gerard Cunningham Chair, Dublin Freelance </hr >

NUJ Tributes to pioneering journalist Nell

The National Union of Journalists has paid tribute to Nell McCafferty, pioneering journalist, author and a founding member of the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement, who has died. Nell’s death was announced today by her family. She was a lifelong member…

Re-running of Election for the post of Editor of The Journalist

Silhouette of a hand placing a vote in a ballot box.

In the wake of extensive and ongoing problems in the postal system, particularly affecting delivery and receipt of ballot papers across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the NUJ’s Emergency Committee has taken the decision to re-run the election…

Gardaí demand access to media far right photos

The National Union of Journalists has expressed grave concern at the decision of An Garda Siochana to seek a court order compelling www.RollingNews.ie photographers to hand over images taken on the night of the Dublin far-right riots of the 23rd…

Hello Fediverse

The Blue Marble, a photograph of the planet Earth taken by Apollo 17 astronauts

This website is now available to the fediverse. For updates on #freelance #journalists, #FreelanceForum and the #NUJ in #Dublin, follow @freelance@dublinfreelance.org

NUJ condemns unprecedented death-toll of journalists in Gaza

The National Union of Journalists has today reiterated its horror at the mounting and unprecedented death toll of journalists in the Israel-Palestine conflict, with the number of journalists killed in Gaza, Israel and Lebanon to date standing at 67, according…

NUJ members mourn slain journalists

Members of the National Union of Journalists from throughout Ireland gathered at the Garden of Remembrance, Dublin, on Saturday afternoon for a vigil of remembrance for journalists killed in conflict zones across the world.   Earlier today the Irish Biennial…

Small Screen Stories

As a freelance journalist, I was looking forward to watching ‘Obituary’, a new comedy from RTÉ, and enjoying seeing the life of a freelancer on screen. The story, a dark comedy, follows Elvira Clancy, a struggling writer who compiles the…