NUJ London Freelance Branch 🗞️
@NUJ_LFB
@NUJOfficial London Freelance. Join 3.5K journalist creators getting industry news, resources, training and support | Meetings: 2nd Mon/mo. Run by @nikatalbot
LFB at work✨- discussing the Union's work for freelancers on journo safety, stagnant pay rates, AI licensing, press freedom and more. Plus, feedback from #NUJDM25 - the NUJ is taking part in working groups to build our collective voice. Thanks to all our speakers. 🧵1/8 ↓
LFB Picnic in the Park - Sun 27 July 🥖 🍷 🌳 Meet at 1 pm in St James' Park London. Bring food and drink to share. See you there! londonfreelance.org/fl/2507picnic.…
#Gaza: NUJ: “We stand in solidarity with @InfoPJS and will continue to work with @IFJGlobal in highlighting this inhumane and degrading treatment of our colleagues." @AFP nuj.org.uk/resource/starv…
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Are Private Eye jokes now... criminal? PALESTINE Solidarity campaigner Jon Farley was arrested, bundled into a van and taken to the cells during a silent march in Leeds last weekend. What egregious act had prompted the police to act? He was, er, carrying a Private Eye joke piece…
💻 LFB training this Fri 25 July - journalism & media openings in universities. Tips and insight from Sharon Wheeler @lartonmedia on how freelance journos can build a career teaching in unis, whether part-time, full-time, or alongside other media work. londonfreelance.org/fl/2507worksho…
💻 NUJ Branches Summit - Sat 13 Sept, 2-5 pm For branch officers - a panel discussion, guest speakers and opportunities for you to ask questions and share your ideas with each other. More details coming soon! Register now: nuj.org.uk/learn/ems-even…
Excellent news 👏 thanks team Launch night tomorrow - Weds 23 July #JusticeForDomAndBruno
Our "For Dom, Bruno & the Amazon" exhibition is going on tour! London @NUJofficial @LancsUniLEC Preston Climate Emergency Centre... and your venue too, if you like! More info here haltonmill.org.uk/our-for-dom-br…
News on "endangered" public service media (PSM) needs "stable and adequate funding" and "public service content should be findable on YouTube", says Ofcom's PSM review nuj.org.uk/resource/news-…
SLAPP Alert: Press freedom on trial in London. Day 2 of @soldierspeaks defamation trial at the #RoyalCourtsOfJustice, from 10.30 am. Please support. 🙏 soldierspeaks.org/adilraja-isi-w… #pressfreedom #AdilRaja_v_RashidNaseer
I'm humbled and honoured by all your prayers and support. The trial starts today at 2 PM, and from tomorrow at 10:30 AM. Courtroom 14 at the Royal Courts of Justice in Strand, London WC2A 2LL
🎉 NUJ July events - 24 July - Summer Garden Party @NUJLondonCent & PR + Comms branches - 27 July - Picnic in the Park @NUJ_LFB For ours, bring food & drink to share! londonfreelance.org/fl/2507picnic.…
ICYMI: our teach-in at parliament - 'When the only journalists are being slaughtered' report now out Thanks to our sponsor @johnmcdonnellmp and speakers @quintonpenelope @bendepear @petechonka @Mariam_Elsayeh, Menna Hijazi. Sharp insights here 👇 londonfreelance.org/fl/2507parliam…
From 23 July-2 September @HaltonMill will hold an exhibition to celebrate the work of indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and journalist Dom Phillips, who were murdered while researching a book on the Amazon. haltonmill.org.uk/event/for-dom-…
This vital discussion exposes the ISI's case against me and its sinister motives. It's not just my fight➖️it's a fierce battle against fascism and tyranny! The very future of speaking truth to power and fearless journalism hangs in the balance. ⬇️ youtu.be/x8ddHSnRFEE?fe…
My podcast with the British journalist and @NUJ_LFB member: @TheoAMullis youtube.com/@tamullis?si=W… open.spotify.com/episode/74P2jd… tamullis.substack.com
🏆 Journo Awards closing soon! - NUJ George Viner Memorial Fund bursary to support Black and Asian students on journo courses - closes 31 July. - @FreelancingFor Freelance Journalism Awards 2025 - closes 29 Aug. Show your work! Enter here: londonfreelance.org/fl/2503awards.…
SLAPP Alert: Press freedom on trial in London Adil Raja @soldierspeaks, a freelance investigative journalist & NUJ member, is facing a SLAPP initiated by the Pakistani intelligence agency. The trial runs from 21-24 July. Full story here: x.com/soldierspeaks/… Please share 🙏
Press Release 25 June 2025 soldierspeaks.org/wp-content/upl…
NUJ remembers Mick O'Neill, a respected journalist and "fervent believer in the need for, and benefit of, trade unions throughout his career." nuj.org.uk/resource/tribu…
Important Case Update: The witnesses in my defence are being harassed by targeting their relatives in Pakistan, whom they have not met or spoken to in years. This harassment follows a cyber attack on the witnesses and a smear campaign orchestrated by Pakistani state-sponsored…