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Do you want to be a freelance? Here’s how
Read More: Do you want to be a freelance? Here’s howBristol NUJ is holding a session called How To Be A Freelance on Saturday August 18th, probably from 10.30am-1pm, venue and exact time to be decided soon. It is mainly aimed at those recently made redundant from the Evening Post, but is open to all. It’s free to members with a small charge for non-members.…
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Bristol students win first NUJ prizes
Read More: Bristol students win first NUJ prizesBristol NUJ has rewarded three city graduates with cash prizes in what is hoped will be an annual award scheme for journalism students at the University of the West of England. The trio – Daniel Calver, Charlotte Harman and Laura-Kate Howells – were each presented with cheques for £50 by branch chair Paul Breeden at…
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Five minutes to midnight: End in sight for regional papers?
Read More: Five minutes to midnight: End in sight for regional papers?As the stripped down Post prepares to shed more than a third of its staff this week in the latest round of redundancies, is the death knell sounding for regional daily newspapers? Chris Oakley, former editor of the Liverpool Echo and owner of the Birmingham Post and Mail and then the Yorkshire Post, certainly thinks…
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Call for practical support for Bristol City of Sanctuary
Read More: Call for practical support for Bristol City of SanctuaryBristol continues to demonstrate its self-confidence and humanity on Wednesday May 9, when supporters of City of Sanctuary will come together to find ways of making its new status a reality. Civic leaders, business and faith representatives will join Bristol Refugee Rights Members with their experience of seeking sanctuary to discuss plans to make Bristol…
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Demonstration against the BEP cuts
Read More: Demonstration against the BEP cutsThe Bristol Evening Post’s 80th anniversary bash was accompanied by loud protests as demonstrators gathered outside the Galleries shopping centre, hosting an exhibition celebrating the BEP’s 80 years, to voice their opposition to yet more redundancies at the Evening Post, the abandonment of the Saturday edition and the end of Venue in print. BBC Points…
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Devastating cuts at the Bristol Evening Post
Read More: Devastating cuts at the Bristol Evening PostMass redundancies are once again proposed at the Bristol Evening Post where up to 19 journalists – more than a third of staff – are at risk as the paper scraps its Saturday edition and drops ‘Evening’ from the title. At the same time, Venue magazine will cease appearing in print; some Venue listings and…
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Intellectual Property Office consultation on copyright
Read More: Intellectual Property Office consultation on copyrightBy Simon Chapman Here is an update on IPO’s consultation on copyright, which is the last stage before the Government puts forward its ideas in a communications bill for change to our Intellectual Property system on which many freelances depend for their income. The Intellectual Property Office asked for views and evidence on the implications…
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Benn Debate 2012 Video
Read More: Benn Debate 2012 VideoFull Video of the Debate can be viewed online here
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Leveson challenged to quiz police chief on Jo Yeates case
Read More: Leveson challenged to quiz police chief on Jo Yeates caseHOURS before Bristol sees six leading media figures discuss the future of press regulation, media journalist Roy Greenslade has challenged the Leveson Inquiry to investigate how the Sun got some of its ‘exclusives’ during the Jo Yeates case. It is already common knowledge that several newspapers blackened the name of Jo Yeates’ landlord, Christopher Jefferies,…
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Panellists Join Debate on the Future of the Media: March 16th Bristol
Read More: Panellists Join Debate on the Future of the Media: March 16th BristolMike Norton, editor of the Bristol Evening Post, and Steve Brodie, BBC Points West Home Affairs correspondent, join the panel for Hacked to Bits, the 2012 Benn Debate this Friday HARD PRESSED:  This year Bristol NUJ expands its annual Benn Lecture into two events on the future of the media. Leading with the ground-breaking documentary Page One, the…
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Tolpuddle gathering should be a date for our members, says South West NUJ
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The birth of the spin doctor
NUJ life member Mike Jempson has published the results of…