NUJ Branch May 2020
Update from Michelle Stanistreet on how the union is supporting members; NUJ survey reveals hardship caused by the pandemic; how to be rep from the boxroom.
In this edition:
- Michelle Stanistreet, general secretary, provides an update on the work she is doing in support of members, her meeting with ministers and branches and carrying out the union's international work – all from her kitchen table.
- London freelances get together.
- NUJ survey shows growing hardship.
- Campaign: Sports reporter James Roberts, currently furloughed, looks at how the Oxford Mail has covered Covid-19.
- Campaign: Terrorist threat condemned.
- Advice sessions: Repping from the box room.
- Training: Rachel Howells, project manager of NUJ Training Wales, describes adapting it training programme to digital only as a rollercoaster.