Further cuts to BBC leave it in a “perilous state”, says NUJ
The NUJ has called for an urgent reconsideration of the BBC’s funding after yet more damaging cuts across the corporation were unveiled today.
#IFJLondon: We need to resist the dominance of the US and Chinese markets, says BBC director general
Tim Davie told the IFJ conference that individual countries need to fight to be able to tell their own stories and news.
NUJ response to the BBC director general’s speech
The union welcomed Tim Davie’s commitment to journalism, but is concerned about the rapid move of operations to BBC Studios and the decline of the public service BBC operation.
BBC Local: political pressure mounts with No. 10 petition
Calls to pause and rethink cuts to BBC local radio were taken to the heart of Westminster on 3 July, as a huge petition was handed into 10 Downing Street.
Local journalists use Radio Leeds anniversary to highlight cuts to its service
Their concerns were echoed by MPs from all parties, the length and breadth of England, in a House of Commons backbench debate.
NUJ calls for ‘pause and engage’ on BBC Local cuts
Following a grilling of BBC director general Tim Davie at the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee, in which he revealed no formal consultation had taken place over cuts to BBC local radio, the NUJ is calling for the corporation to “pause and engage” over the unpopular cuts.
NUJ statement on the BBC as journalists prepare to strike
The broadcaster must recognise the damaging impact of recent decisions and engage fully with the union, to reach a solution in the dispute over cuts to local radio.
NUJ members at the BBC call time on BBC Chair
NUJ members working for the BBC say its chairman, Richard Sharp, must immediately resign for failing to disclose his role as a go-between for a loan to the then Prime Minister at a time when Sharp was applying for the corporation’s top job.
Template letter to Tim Davie on BBC Radio Foyle
Write to Tim Davie, BBC director general, urging him to rethink plans to cut jobs and programmes at BBC Radio Foyle.
BBC told to listen to its 5.7m local radio fans
NUJ members have signed a motion of no confidence in the BBC managers behind plans to “kill off” local radio.