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Page 19 Warners Dublin Office Cover Picture ”Steve Bell Info@Nuj.Ie Distribution GB Mail MAGAZINE OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS WWW.NUJ.ORG.UK | OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2018 Contents Main feature 14 150 not out Paul Routledge celebrates the TUC News ince the last edition of The Journalist 03 Job losses at Mirror and Express we’ve had the TUC conference. This year trade unionists were marking the 150th Merged titles pooling resources anniversary of the movement and as 04 FT dispute over boss’s pay ever there was plenty to discuss about Chief executive keeps part of rise Swhy unions are still as relevant today as they have ever been. 05 Clash over photographing gardai In our cover feature veteran industrial and political journalist Union resists blanket ban Paul Routledge looks back on the key events in the TUC’s history 06 TUC conference and the labour movement. We also have full news coverage of News reports the TUC conference including the NUJ’s contribution. Also looking back, though over a shorter timespan, is former “Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger. In an interview for The Features Journalist he discusses the changing nature of news triggered 10 Reading Rusbridger by the rise of online reporting. Raymond Snoddy, meanwhile, Interview with ex Guardian editor warns of the dangers of migration online following new research showing that readers spend minimal time perusing 12 Allure of the ‘dark side’ the online-only Independent. More journalists choosing to go into PR Looking forward, and closer to home, is Kevin Palmer who 16 Lady Chatterley’s lawyer writes this edition’s Viewpoint column. He discusses what Looking back to 1960 options are open for a structural overhaul of the NUJ to enable the union to function more efficiently in a changed media landscape. Regulars I hope you find something of interest. 09 Viewpoint 24 Obituaries 26 And finally... Christine Buckley Editor @mschrisbuckley Arts with Attitude Pages 20-21 Editor NUJ [email protected] 72 Acton Street Design London WC1X 9NB Surgerycreations.com [email protected] [email protected] www.nuj.org.uk Advertising Tel: 020 7843 3700 Raymond Letters Melanie Richards Manchester office and Steve Bell Tel: 07494975239 [email protected] Snoddy [email protected] Glasgow office Page 22-23 Print [email protected] Page 19 Warners Dublin office Cover picture www.warners.co.uk ”Steve Bell [email protected] Distribution GB Mail www.gb-mail.co.uk 02 | theJournalist news Job losses at Mirror and inbrief... REPORTER KILLED IN BULGARIA Express after merger Victoria Marinova, a 30-year-old Bulgarian journalist working for Reach, the owner of the Mirror and spectrum, will remain editorially independent. regional TV channel TVN was Express newspapers is cutting 70 jobs at A number of long-term casual editorial roles brutally murdered. She is the fourth its national titles and closing the weekly will also be converted into staff positions. journalist killed in the EU since celebrity magazin`e Star that could result in The company also plans to introduce more 2017 after Kim Wall in Denmark, further job losses. collaborative working between Express and There is a sense of Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta Reach, which was renamed from Trinity Star’s daily and Sunday ediions. and Jan Kuciak in Slovakia. Mirror after the group bought Express It said: “We will be making every effort to unfairness at the cuts newspapers, said its eight national titles had achieve as much of the required savings as we given the meagre started to pool staff and resources. can through voluntary means.” resources journalists COSTELLO’S CHARITY The move to pool In July Reach posted “ TRIP TO TIMBUKTU resources includes a pre-tax loss of more have been labouring Journalists Eugene Costello and establishing a general than £100 million for Nick Redmayne are to embark on a content feed for all the first half of 2018. under for so long road trip to Timbuktu to raise funds titles of non-exclusive This came after the for charities including NUJ Extra. news and other items business wrote down Eugene decided to raise funds after Laura Davison, such as arts reviews. the value of its regional receiving help from NUJ Extra NUJ national organiser The company said that it expects to make newspaper business by £150 million because following his heart attack. https:// £20 million in savings by 2020, with £12 of a challenging trading climate. www.gofundme.com/uk-to- million coming from cuts to editorial staff and Laura Davison, NUJ national newspapers timbuktu-by-road-challenge/ the sharing of content and resources. But it organiser, said: “There is a sense of unfairness has also said that it will retain the distinctions at the cuts given the meagre resources between the titles in politics, exclusive stories, journalists have been labouring under for so BBC EXTENDS FUND investigations and columnists because there is long under the Desmond era. Members still FOR DISABILITIES little crossover readership between the titles. remain to be convinced about Reach’s future BBC is to invest another £1 million Simon Fox, the chief executive of Reach, has strategy for investing in and sustaining the into recruiting journalists with pledged that the national newspaper titles, titles and fear this is a simply a cost-cutting disabilities to tackle under- which are at opposite ends of the political exercise, with more to follow.” representation in the corporation. The Extend in News scheme, which received £1 million last year, is open to those with a hidden or visible Fresh cuts at many Newsquest titles disability who are interested in journalism or production. More job cuts have News, Bromsgrove the net staff redundancies to sports editor. In Oxford the been announced at Advertiser, Redditch/Alcester four. At the same time, three publisher intends to cut one Newsquest titles. The cuts Advertiser and Droitwich senior reporters, out of a staff member from the INDY PUTS UP A will affect Swindon, Oxford Advertiser. total of eight, have already features department and PARTIAL PAYWALL and the Stourbridge centre In Stourbridge up to six given their notice to leave the another from sport. The The Independent is offering that produces the editorial jobs will be cut but company. assistant editor’s position exclusive editorial content, an Kidderminster Shuttle, two new audience and In Wiltshire, Newsquest is would also be cut, to be ad-free live website and closer Stourbridge News, content editor roles are being cutting two members of the replaced by a new audience interaction with journalists in a Halesowen News, Dudley created so this may reduce features department and the and content editor. new partial paywall. Readers will pay £55 a year. The part paywall is similar to the one operated by The Telegraph. News, page 5, Raymond Snoddy, Page 19 Recognition win at Springer Nature IAN BELL PRIZE OPEN The NUJ has won recognition at wonderful union committee, particularly the FOR YOUNG WRITERS Springer Nature, the academic publishing joint Mother and Father of Chapel. The next Aspiring young writers in Scotland group. The move came after the union secured stage in the process is to negotiate a collective can enter the Ian Bell award membership density of 51.5 per cent in a bargaining agreement with management, run by the NUJ in Edinburgh in bargaining unit of 375 staff. and we look forward to developing our memory of the radical journalist Fiona Swarbrick, NUJ senior national relationship with the company in a positive and author. Entrants should be organiser, said: “We’re delighted by this and collaborative atmosphere.” aged 30 or under and live, work outcome, which reflects the will of the majority or study in Scotland. For more of employees to have collective bargaining details email hilaryhorrocks@ and is testament to the hard work of our btinternet.com theJournalist | 03 news inbrief... FT boss holds on to chunk of TIME OUT MARKS HALF A CENTURY Time Out magazine is celebrating its pay rise as dispute escalates 50th anniversary with an exhibition of its most iconic covers. Since its John Ridding, the James Lamont, hoping to BLOOMBERG 2010 launch, it has covered arts, Financial Times’ chief persuade them that it was ‘in entertainment and food and drink in executive, has returned the best interests of the London. It expanded overseas and just £280,000 of a £510,000 company that there is an now covers 108 cities. The exhibition pay increase. urgent response to the runs at London’s Museum of Brands FT PR managers said widespread anger over high until 3 March. ‘global operating profits’ of executive pay at the FT’. £20 million justified his high Bird said: “John Ridding’s salary of £2.6 million in 2017. obscenely high pay and 25 per GLOBAL ROLE FOR These figures – which are not cent pay rise have infuriated FT BLAKE AT BUZZFEED pre-tax profits – have not journalists at all levels. This has Heidi Blake, Buzzfeed UK been part of any accounts acted as a focus for growing investigations editor, has become seen by chapel reps. discontent over a gender pay global investigations editor for the Since a well-attended trainee journalist at the FT. gap of 18 per cent and rising website. She succeeds Mark Schoofs, meeting of the FT NUJ chapel As a result of the chapel workload at the company. who started the global Buzzfeed voted unanimously to vote, reps have been “We call for full transparency John Ridding’s investigations unit five years ago. condemn the ‘extraordinarily instructed to ‘place this over company accounts and He will teach at the USC Annenberg high’ salary, members have matter into dispute and take executive remuneration, we obscenely high pay School for Communication and learnt that £280,000 of this such steps as may be condemn absurdly high and and 25 per cent pay Journalism in the US.
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