To pitch a successful story to Science Friday, keep your ears open for science happening in surprising places–like the screams of heavy metal singers. Hear more advice for pitching Science Friday on the Freelance Journalism Podcast: youtu.be/nupktV_EK5M
Today's round-up on journalism worldwide features stories on reporters rebelling over AI, social media news and Google's relationship with publishers. You'll also find a @news.dw.com clip featuring our colleague @matthewleake.bsky.social
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📆 On Tue 28 April @NUJ_LFB is holding a vigil outside @stbrides.com, the Journalists' Church, to honour our colleagues killed while reporting. 2.30-3 pm.
Marking International Workers' Memorial Day. #IWMD
All welcome 🙏 Please spread the word.
www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2604iwmd....
We're looking forward to this one!
#WorldPressFreedomDay #PressFreedom
"It's a time to be backing the BBC, not blighting it."
Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary responds to BBC’s plans to cut around 2,000 jobs.
"La presse traverse une nouvelle salve de suppressions d'emplois qui pourrait se transformer en tsunami si la filière ne se transforme pas rapidement"
Today's daily round-up on journalism worldwide is out, featuring one of the Spanish leading media groups buying a sports creators company, and news about press freedom in Russia and Palestine
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www.linkedin.com/pulse/spanis...
Journalist Yvonne Ridley
⏰ NUJ London Magazine branch AGM – Mon 20 Apr
6.30 pm
Guest speaker: @yvonneridley.bsky.social on war in Iran/Middle East and journalism. And Hula Elmi, NUJ organiser for Magazines, Books and Wales. Plus: branch biz!
Join us: www.nujlmb.org.uk/nuj-london-m...
Join our amazing team! The NUJ is hiring an organiser for the union’s broadcasting sector to support members, manage casework, and lead organising opportunities. For further details and to apply: www.nuj.org.uk/about-us/vac...
Today I was on the set of French daily TV soap, 'Un si grand soleil', which is shot locally. (I literally walked to the studios from my house.) Here you can see the continuity director taking screenshots as filming takes place. @nujparis.bsky.social
The Europe Press Freedom Report is out!
📑Available in English and French 👉 go.coe.int/LjTes
#EuropeForFreeMedia
Register now for The Future of Journalism in Gaza an @EBU_HQ conference.
Join them on Thursday 30 April in Geneva for this important event.
To confirm your place, please register by 15 April
🙌 Thanks so much to everyone who joined us for our branch AGM this evening. We hope you found it a useful and interesting meeting. As always, feedback is very welcome. And congratulations to all our newly appointed committee members 👏
Substack has appointed former FT head of digital editorial development Renée Kaplan as its first head of partnerships in France to build relationships with French writers and media organisations www.linkedin.com/posts/rkapla...
🔊 A reminder that it's our branch AGM tomorrow - and we'd love for you to join us! Here are the main details...
📆 Tuesday 31 March from 6.30pm (CET).
💻 Taking place on Zoom - look out for the link shortly.
📩 Full info has been sent via email and should be in your inbox.
Hope to see you there. 😀
📍 Perugia, Italy - Friday 17 April | #ijf26
🔴 Live streaming & on demand
🤗 Free entry
Full programme:
journalismfestival.com/programme/
Did you miss this week's event on AI and the future of news?
Here are a few takeaways from our sessions on fact-checking, investigative journalism, AI news coverage and so much more. A piece by our own Marina Adami, Eduardo Suárez and Gretel Kahn
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/ai-and-...
Entries for the Scott Trust Bursary close on Monday 23 Mar ✍️
Open to aspiring journos from underrepresented backgrounds, particularly those without family or personal connections in the media and who would otherwise be unable to afford an MA in Journalism.
Apply:
An investigative journalist is suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that allegedly presents editing suggestions as if they came from her - and other writers and journalists - without consent
www.linkedin.com/posts/julia-...
Today's round-up features stories on a row over Grammarly's AI-generated ‘expert’ advice, US press photographers banned from war briefings and Spain's launch of a tool ranking platforms on hate speech
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Today journalists and media freedom organisations raise their voices for #justice.
Read our urgent appeal to fight against #impunity for crimes against journalists as well as against the dismantling of the system for combating impunity.
Trade associations News/Media Alliance (NMA) and America’s Newspapers (AN) have partnered to strengthen collaboration across the news publishing industry and expand member benefits www.newsmediaalliance.org/nma-americas...
💻 Copyright law webinar
Wed 4 Mar 1 pm
Learn about legal exceptions, recognising and avoiding copyright infringement, navigating court claims, and safeguarding your work as a freelance. @1thampton
All NUJ members welcome.
Book now:
NUJ statement on US-Israel attacks against Iran and the need to protect civilians, including journalists:
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/sta...
🇫🇷 Over four thousand French actors and filmmakers have signed an open letter to the government demanding immediate regulation of the AI tools that can clone their voices and images without consent
