National Union of Journalists

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National Union of Journalists
Websitewww.nuj.org.uk

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is a trade union for journalists in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was founded in 1907[2] and has 24,528 members. It is a member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

Structure

NUJ Headquarters, Gray's Inn Road, London

There is a range of national councils below the NEC, covering different sections and areas of activity. There is an industrial council for each of the NUJ's "industrial" sectors –

New Media and Press and PR
.

There are also national Executive Councils, covering all sectors, for Ireland and Scotland. The Irish Executive Council, which has a higher degree of autonomy, covers Northern Ireland as well as the Republic.[3]

The union's structure is democratic and its supreme decision-making body is its Delegate Meeting, a gathering of elected delegates from all branches across the UK, Ireland and Europe.

Between meetings, decisions lie with the NUJ's National Executive Council, a committee of 27 people, elected annually by members. The NEC is chaired by a President, elected, along with a Vice-President and Treasurer, at the Annual Delegate Meeting.

The General Secretary (GS) is elected every five years by a national ballot of all members. The current GS is Michelle Stanistreet.

The General Secretary is responsible for the day-to-day running of the union and directing its staff. However, important decisions such as authorising industrial action must be taken by the NEC.

Leadership

General Secretaries

1907 (1907): William Watts[4]
1918 (1918):
Harry Richardson[4]
1936 (1936): Clement Bundock[5]
1952 (1952): Jim Bradley[5]
1969 (1969): Ken Morgan[5]
1977 (1977): Ken Ashton[5]
1985 (1985): Harry Conroy[5]
1990 (1990): Steve Turner[5]
1992 (1992): John Foster[5]
2001 (2001): Jeremy Dear
2011 (2011): Michelle Stanistreet

Presidents

Presidents of the NUJ:[6]

1907: R. C. Spencer
1909: G. H. Lethem
1911: John Hunter Harley
1913: W. T. A. Beare
1914: F. E. Hamer
1916: E. Williams
1917: A. Martin
1918: F. J. Mansfield
1919: James Haslam
1920: J. E. Brown
1921: Thomas Jay
1922: T. A. Davies
1923: Walter Meakin
1924: T. K. Sledge
1925: Thomas Dickson
1926: A. J. Rhodes
1927: H. A. Raybould
1928: F. W. Bill
1929: H. D. Nichols
1930: W. G. Mitchell
1931: W. Betts
1932: J. G. Gregson
1933: James Hume Aitken
1934: E. J. T. Didymus
1935: R. S. Forsyth
1936: F. G. Humphrey
1937: F. P. Dickinson
1938: E. S. Bardsley
1939: James William Thomas Ley
1940: Ernest E. Hunter
1941: T. Foster
1942: D. M. Elliot
1943: A. Kenyon
1944: R. J. Finnemore
1945: A. J. Gibson
1946: F. Treavett
1947: J. E. Jay
1948: L. R. Aldous
1949: H. D. Moxley
1950: Jim Bradley
1951: J. Taylor
1952: Henry Bate
1953: P. W. Jarrett
1954: E. A. Lofts
1955: A. D. Ramsay
1956: G. Reid
1957: T. Bartholomew
1958: G. R. Mead
1959: R. G. Venmore-Rowland
1960: M. J. Williamson
1961: P. G. Reid
1962: K. L. Ley
1963: William Heald
1964: G. Byrne
1965: L. H. Kirwan
1966: D. C. Tuckett
1967: G. A. Hutt
1968: Kenneth Holmes
1969: Cyril Kilner
1970: C. Bland
1971: Douglas Rees
1972: Harold Pearson
1973: John Bailey
1974: Ivan Peebles
1975: Ken Ashton
1975: Rosaline Kelly
1977: John Devine
1978:
Denis Macshane
1979: Jacob Ecclestone
1980: Francis Beckett
1981: Harry Conroy
1982: Jonathan Hammond
1983: Eddie Barrett
1984: George Findlay
1985: Ray McGuigan
1986: Bob Keogh
1987: Lionel Morrison
1988: Barbara Gunnell and S. McGuire
1989: Paul McGill
1990: David Sinclair
1991: Chris Frost
1992: Jim Boumelha and R. Trevor
1993: John Toner
1994: Anita Halpin
1995: Kyran Connolly
1996: Jeremy Dear
1998: Mark Turnbull
1999: Christy Loftus
2000: Dave Toomer
2001: Rory MacLeod
2002: John Barsby
2003: George Macintyre
2004: Jim Corrigal
2005: Tim Lezard
2006: Chris Morley
2007: Michelle Stanistreet
2008: James Doherty
2009: Peter Murray
2011: Donnacha DeLong
2012: Barry McCall
2014: Andy Smith and Adam Christie
2016: Tim Dawson
2018: Sian Jones
2021: Pierre Vicary
2023: Natasha Hirst

Publications

Not to be confused with the defunct trade newspaper published in the US, The Journalist (newspaper).

The NUJ publishes a magazine called The Journalist.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Union of Journalists Form AR21 for year ended 30 September 2022" (PDF). GOV.UK. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. ISBN 978-1-4462-9203-7
    . Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  3. ^ "NUJ - About Us".
  4. ^ a b ‘The editor should be absolutely independent, so long as he does not use his independence as a partisan ...’ The Journalist, November 2008
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Tim Gopsill and Greg Neale, Journalists: 100 Years of the NUJ
  6. ^ "List of former presidents". National Union of Journalists. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  7. OCLC 5301989
    .

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