All the latest updates from our branch including recent news and details about upcoming meetings.
Our national organiser Fiona Swarbrick has sadly moved on from the NUJ after nearly two decades of service. Fiona has been National Organiser for our sector as well books and magazines for over 15 years and she was a national executive member prior to working for the...
The NUJ PR and Communications branch has called for an independent investigation into the use of public funds to procure a private company to run a Covid-19 vaccine public relations campaign. Reports of the £670k deal were revealed in The Sunday Times, with the...
The branch welcomed Nic Newman to our September meeting who shared fascinating insights into the impact of coronavirus on news consumption. As well as being a founder member of the BBC News website, Nic is a Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the...
PR has a serious problem. It’s one that no one talks about and is never really addressed but it’s a problem that many of us who work in communications and public relations will recognise this – it’s the lack of diversity in the sector. Worse still, ethnic...
The Home Office has been criticised for producing a now deleted 'Dad's Army' style video depicting migrants being deported and accusing "activist lawyers" of exploiting the situation. According to The Guardian, on Wednesday August 26 the animated video described the...
Covid 19 is being used as an excuse by some employers to make redundancies but the NUJ is here to help.
Following a discussion on the branch committee, members agreed unanimously to make donation to the charity fund which supports NUJ facing difficulties. NUJ Extra has long helped union members unable to work owing to sickness, but to date the charity has not supported...
I’m a relatively new member of the NUJ’s PR branch having joined less than a year ago but, in that time, I’ve met high-flying professionals and experienced pros with real insight in communications. That’s been invaluable. it’s a great way to learn more about who to...
May Day in 2020 has been the quietest since it originated, way back in Chicago, 1886. Known as the Haymarket affair, labourers demonstrated for an 8-hour day which was met with violence from police at that...
The recent general election was dominated by Brexit and a very presidential style of campaigning, with both candidates trying to capture support for their "brand" of politics. But another issue came to the fore when the main party leaders went head to head in the ITV...
PR professional and mental health advocate Leanne Ehren led an inspiring and informative discussion on wellbeing in the workplace at our last branch event. Recalling her own experiences of PTSD following trauma sustained in the course of her PR job during the...
The branch will be holding a special event on Tuesday November 12 at 6pm at Headland House on Health and Wellbeing in the workplace, looking at how stress and mental health issues can be managed at work. There will be a Q+A and a chance to meet others in the PR...
Summer Social Success After a busy summer in PR, what better way is there to relax than chewing the fat over with colleagues in the industry? A good turnout for the meeting was followed by plenty of chat and merriment at the NUJ's Chapel Bar in Kings Cross. We'll...
What's going on in PR and Communications? Our FREE SUMMER social is here It has been a rain soaked summer so far. But why not drown those summer blues with your fellow union members this July?We will be having a short 10 minute branch meeting in the Chapel Bar at...
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