National Union of Journalists
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| Full name | National Union of Journalists |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1907 |
| Members | 35,000 |
| Affiliation | IFJ, TUC, STUC, ICTU, TUCG, NSSN, FEU |
| Key people |
Michelle Stanistreet, General Secretary Barry Fitzpatrick, Deputy General Secretary Seamus Dooley, Irish Secretary Barry McCall, President Andy Smith/Adam Christie, Vice President (job share) |
| Office location | London, England |
| Country | United Kingdom, Ireland |
| Website | nuj.org.uk |
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is a trade union for journalists in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was founded in 1907[1] and has 38,000 members. It is a member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
Structure
There is a range of national councils below the NEC, covering different sections and areas of activity. There is an industrial council for each of the NUJ's "industrial" sectors – Newspapers and Agencies, Freelance, Magazine and Book, Broadcasting, New Media and Press and PR.
There are also national Executive Councils, covering all sectors, for Ireland and Scotland. The Irish Executive Council, which has a higher degree of autonomy, covers Northern Ireland as well as the Republic.[2]
The union's structure is democratic and its supreme decision-making body is its Delegate Meeting, a gathering of elected delegates from all branches across the UK, Ireland and Europe.
Between meetings, decisions lie with the NUJ's National Executive Council, a committee of 27 people, elected annually by members. The NEC is chaired by a President, elected, along with a Vice-President and Treasurer, at the Annual Delegate Meeting.
The General Secretary (GS) is elected every five years by a national ballot of all members. The current GS is Michelle Stanistreet.
The General Secretary is responsible for the day-to-day running of the union and directing its staff. However, important decisions such as authorising industrial action must be taken by the NEC.
General Secretaries
- 1907 – William Watts [3]
- 1918 – Harry Richardson [3]
- 1936 – Clement Bundock[4]
- 1952 – Jim Bradley[4]
- 1969 – Ken Morgan[4]
- 1977 – Ken Ashton[4]
- 1985 – Harry Conroy[4]
- 1990 – Steve Turner[4]
- 1992 – John Foster[4]
- 2001 – Jeremy Dear
- 2011 – Michelle Stanistreet
See also
References
- ↑ Tim Holmes; Liz Nice (10 November 2011). Magazine Journalism. SAGE Publications. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-4462-9203-7. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ↑ "NUJ - About Us".
- 1 2 ‘The editor should be absolutely independent, so long as he does not use his independence as a partisan ...’ The Journalist, November 2008
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tim Gopsill and Greg Neale, Journalists: 100 Years of the NUJ
External links
- National Union of Journalists website
- Catalogue of the NUJ archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
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