Policy set as delegates debate your union’s future
The NUJ’s Delegate Meeting (DM) has set policy for the next two years on a wide range of issues from members’ subscriptions to reporting sex and gender; from the importance of the European Convention on Human Rights to access to our work behind website paywalls. NUJ Netherlands delegate, Lyn Barton (pictured), spoke to the branch’s…
NUJ puts spotlight on the safety of women
The NUJ has launched a set of safety films featuring journalists across the UK and Ireland who have experienced abuse and harassment because of their work. The union has released clips of members discussing sexist trolling, death threats and racist abuse. The videos have been shown in Parliament and to ministers at the Department for Culture, Media…
The NUJ celebrates IWD2023
For #IWD2023 the NUJ says the best way to improve women’s rights in the workplace is to join the union March 8 is International Women’s Day which celebrates women’s achievements and calls out inequality. The NUJ’s Equality Council is using the day to persuade union members to recruit a woman to the union. This year’s…
Journalists threatened for doing their job
Last year, the Dutch press safety campaign Pers Veilig received 198 reports of violence and threats against journalists working in the Netherlands, according to its latest report. These included 33 cases of actual physical violence, 133 of threats, and 13 of stalking and intimidation. This is down on 2021, in which 272 cases were reported,…
Grants of up to €20,000 to support freelance journalists
The Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) fund has just opened the second round of applications for the Freelancer Support Scheme.The scheme provides grants of up to €20,000 to cross-border teams made up entirely of freelancers. It will also offer an extra layer of support through training, mentoring and networking opportunities.The deadline for applications is 23 February,…
New Reach pay offer after strike action
More than 1,000 NUJ members, who work for Reach Plc, publishers of the Mirror, Express and dozens of regional newspapers and websites across the UK and Ireland, are currently being a balloted on a new pay offer. This follows the rejection of the company’s 3% pay offer and the resulting one-day national strike. Members walked…
Freelancer Support Scheme
Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) fund has just opened the applications for the Freelancer Support Scheme that might be interesting for you or your community. The scheme provides grants of up to €20,000 to cross-border teams made up entirely of freelancers. It will also offer an extra layer of support through training, mentoring and networking…
Freelancers’ home addresses to be kept under wraps
Freelance journalists, who work from home, will no longer be legally obliged to register their private address with the Chambers of Commerce, therefore making it public, according to a letter to parliament from the Minister of Economic Affairs, Micky Adriaansens. Freelancers will still, however, have to register a PO box or another alternative postal address.…
Breakthrough on freelancers pay rates
The Dutch journalists trade union (NVJ) are celebrating what it claims is a “breakthrough” for freelance reporters’ and photographers’ pay in a deal reached with the largest publishing house in the Netherlands, DPG Media. If agreed by NVJ members, it marks the end of a three-year campaign, backed by NUJ Netherlands, to establish a reasonable…
Journalists under threat
An international fact-finding mission led by the Amsterdam-based Free Press Unlimited has concluded that the increased polarisation of Dutch society, and threats from organised crime, pose a considerable risk to the safety of journalists working in the Netherlands. While overall the Netherlands remains a safe haven of independent media, ranking 6th in Reporters Without Borders’…
