Tag: Bristol
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Secret City: Bristol’s film exposes the Square Mile
Read More: Secret City: Bristol’s film exposes the Square MileBristol NUJ and Bristol Festival of Ideas present: Secret City: an investigation into the City of London, the Corporation that runs it, and its impact on the world Arnolfini, Bristol, 6.30pm, Thursday April 11. Tickets £6/£4 “There, London’s voice: ‘Get Money, Money still!” Alexander Pope IMAGINE a city consisting of fewer than 10,000 residents. Imagine…
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BBC strike Thursday 28 March at 12 noon
Read More: BBC strike Thursday 28 March at 12 noonThe BBC are holding a national strike, Thursday 28 March, for 12 hours from 12 noon.  There will be a picket line at BBC Bristol offices at the Whiteladies Road and Belgrave Road entrances, so please come and show your support at 12 noon. This strike is a joint one with the broadcasting union BECTU.…
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Huge opportunities revealed at community journalism conference
Read More: Huge opportunities revealed at community journalism conferenceBy Paul Breeden Tuesday, January 16, 2013 I’VE SEEN the future – and it’s hyperlocal. An exaggeration perhaps. But you’d understand my enthusiasm if you’d been at today’s conference on community journalism at Cardiff University, which filled me with optimism about journalists taking control of at least part of our depleted profession. Almost 150 participants…
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Can a regulated press be a free press?
Read More: Can a regulated press be a free press?Bristol NUJ debate hears from union leader and libertarian free-speecher on eve of Leveson report NUJ general secretary Michelle Stanistreet and former Living Marxism editor Mick Hume both say they want a free press – but they have different views on what it entails. The pair were debating in front of a lively Bristol audience in the union’s…
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Winners of the 2012 NUJ prize for UWE journalism students
Read More: Winners of the 2012 NUJ prize for UWE journalism studentsWinners of the 2012 NUJ prize for UWE journalism students; Laura-Kate Howells, special award winner. (Photo © Simon Chapman) Winners of the 2012 NUJ prize for UWE journalism students; Daniel Calver, online winner. (Photo © Simon Chapman) Winners of the 2012 NUJ prize for UWE journalism students; Charlotte Harman, print winner. (Photo © Simon Chapman)
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Benn Lecture sparks attacks on NUJ
Read More: Benn Lecture sparks attacks on NUJBRISTOL NUJ’S Benn Lecture later this month on the Leveson Inquiry has been the cause of attacks on the NUJ for allegedly calling for state regulation of the Press. The Sun and Guido Fawkes have both picked up on publicity we put out for the lecture, which features NUJ general secretary Michelle Stanistreet and Mick…
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Mediawise attacks bully boys who fear Leveson will clip their wings
Read More: Mediawise attacks bully boys who fear Leveson will clip their wingsOUR forthcoming Benn Lecture on the Leveson Inquiry has stirred a storm of attacks on the NUJ for allegedly backing state regulation of the media. Here Mike Jempson, Director of Bristol-based MediaWise Trust, and Vice Chair NUJ Ethics Council, gives some background – and brings the debate up to date IT WAS inevitable that the bullyboys…
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Stanistreet and Hume to debate Leveson findings in Bristol
Read More: Stanistreet and Hume to debate Leveson findings in BristolBristol NUJ presents Where now for the Press after Leveson? The Benn Lecture 2012 in conjunction with Bristol Festival of Ideas and UWE A debate with NUJ general secretary Michelle Stanistreet and Mick Hume, author of There is No Such Thing as a Free Press Watershed, Bristol, 7pm, Tuesday, November 27th, 2012 Tickets £7/£5…
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New members signed up at Bristol NUJ freelance session
Read More: New members signed up at Bristol NUJ freelance sessionBristol NUJ’s ‘How to be a Freelance’ session on Saturday August 18 was a huge success, with several participants who arrived as non-members of the union saying they would sign up for membership. The two-hour session introduced those new to freelancing with a host of ideas on how to find work, practical issues…
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Venue announced for How to be a Freelance session
Read More: Venue announced for How to be a Freelance sessionBristol NUJ has confirmed date, time and venue for its session on How to Be a Freelance. Open to NUJ members and to non-members, it will take place at at 11.30am on Saturday August 18th upstairs at the Stag & Hounds, Old Market, Bristol. Attending will be a good handful of working Bristol…
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