National Union of Journalists (NUJ)

The annual Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture, organised by the NUJ Black Members’ Council, honours the pioneering journalist and radical activist. Taking place during Black History month, this year’s event will be hosted by the NUJ Guardian chapel at the Guardian’s office in King’s Cross on Tuesday 20 October.

To Erik Engstrom (CEO of RELX), Kumsal Bayazit (CEO of Elsevier), As members of the scientific community, we recognise the value of all staff working to publish medical journals. They champion researchers, safeguard the scientific record, strengthen the quality and accuracy of reporting, and help disseminate important findings during this particularly unstable time for research and science worldwide. The work of staff across The Lancet Group of journals has been integral to Elsevier’s success.

“Our priority now is to meet and support our members who are at risk of redundancy, and we will be fighting vociferously on their behalf to try to save as many jobs as possible. “We are also calling on Reach to seriously rethink its proposal to close Galway Beo. The introduction of this online title gave the regional news sector a shot in the arm and increased media diversity.

16 Sep 2026 National Executive Council update; Delegate Meeting 2027 explainer; updates on NUJ’s press freedom campaigning; unpaid internships; upcoming union events. Welcome to the latest edition of NUJ Informed, news from the union’s National Executive Council (NEC).

"Cuts after cuts, year after year, have left our members at Reach deeply demoralised. The cumulative effect of relentless redundancies has been unsustainable workloads, unrealistic 'content' demands, and dedicated journalists living in constant fear of losing their livelihoods. "Continued cuts fundamentally undermine Reach's recent strategic pivot to digital subscriptions and focus on original reporting, which had been broadly welcomed by our members. "This is an act of self-sabotage.

"The NUJ, as part of its ‘Back The BBC’ campaign, is joining sister unions in calling for the resources and reforms the BBC needs to provide a quality public service that serves communities all over the UK. This includes addressing those institutional issues: ending political appointments on the BBC board, introducing worker representation, and providing proper, universal funding. "Yet, in the dying days of the current Charter, the knives are out.

14 Sep 2026 TUC Congress expressed strong support to the NUJ's call for a 6% windfall tax on tech giants to reinvigorate the news sector. This year’s Congress is taking place in Brighton from 13-16 September. The union's delegation is Laura Davison, general secretary; Fran McNulty, joint president; Natasha Hirst, Equality Council co-chair; Pennie Quinton, London Freelance branch chair; and Steve Bird, Newspapers and Agencies Council chair.

“Will the government use the Charter Renewal process to secure sustainable funding for the BBC? Will [the Minister] intervene to protect the jobs and programmes now under threat? “If the government believe, as I do, that over-75s should receive free TV licences, will they fund those licences directly, rather than making the BBC pay? “Crucially, at a time when disinformation crosses borders in seconds, will the government restore full funding to the BBC World Service?

11 Sep 2026 The NUJ Black Members' Council (BMC) will host an event on 30 September to celebrate Lionel Morrison and the publication of his posthumous memoir. A decade after Morrison's death, Footprints: A Black Journalist's Fight Against Apartheid in South Africa and in Exile tells the story of Morrison's remarkable career as a journalist, trade unionist, and campaigner against racism and Apartheid.

10 Sep 2026 The NUJ has joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) in calling for the immediate release of journalist Mohamed El Yousfi. On 4 September Mohamed El Yousfi was arrested by security agents in front of the premises of the private radio station Express FM in the Tunisian capital Tunis before his scheduled appearance in a programme on water policy.