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Who has the right to join the NUJ?

24 March 2011

It’s Delegate Meeting time next month – the conference at which union members debate policy for the next 18 months. Several of us are going as Bristol Branch delegates, and we’d like to hear your views.
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Bath Spa students appeal to the media – Help us find James!

22 March 2011

Worried Bath Spa University students and friends are rallying media support in the fight to find missing student James Bubear after concerns his story may be fading out of the public eye.
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I’ll be marching… there’s no way my biscuits are being cut!

22 March 2011

I’ve never been to London, so I hope I can go. Mistress says if we don’t stop the cuts, we’re going to have to start making OTHER cuts around here. She looks at me meaningfully and I know she’s thinking about cutting back my dog biscuits. Needs must, she says. It doesn’t sound too great…
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How to land a job: advice from a newbie

20 March 2011

The Wannabe Hacks website features a useful entry giving advice about how to land a first permanent job in journalism.
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Venue magazine saved – kind of

20 March 2011

Venue magazine is saved. After hundreds of readers wrote in and objected to its closure, it will reamin as a monthly publication, tacked onto the back of Folio magazine, and free. Listings will be put up online.
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Lorraine on the bus says: March for the Alternative on 26 March

20 March 2011

The NUJ is calling on all members to come to Hyde Park on Saturday 26 March, to join the huge TUC rally and demonstration and show how many people oppose public spending cuts and job losses. There is an alternative!
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Bristol NUJ – now on Twitter

17 March 2011

Bristol NUJ now has a Twitter feed. For news, views, updates and links, if you’re a Bristol NUJ member, follow us now on @bristolnuj.
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BBC plans could kill BBC local radio – Bristol Branch Chair speaks out

16 March 2011

The NUJ has condemned proposals which could see BBC local radio services being axed as part of a programme of savage spending cuts. Bristol Branch Chair Paul Breeden has spoken out against the cuts on BBC Radio Somerset. It is reported there are plans to produce only breakfast and drive-time shows locally,Â with all other programming…
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A revolution for the Egyptian press?

16 March 2011

By Iqbal Tamimi Director of the Arab Women Media Watch Centre in the UK THE Egyptian press changed in one very obvious way when Mubarak’s reign ended. His wife, Suzanne Mubarak, suddenly disappeared from the front pages. News of the First Lady’s ‘activities’ had been regularly reported by the Egyptian press. Articles featuring Mrs Mubarak…
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On the March!

15 March 2011

Demonstration in Bristol against the Government’s public sector cuts, organised by Bristol & District Anti-Cuts Alliance. Demonstrators marched through the centre of Bristol to a rally in front of the Council House; 19 February 2011.
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