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@NUJofficial London Magazine community. Join journalists getting industry news, training, events and opportunities | Meet: 3rd Mon/mo. Run by @nikatalbot. → nujlmb.org.uk
End impunity for crimes against journalists
2 Nov 2-5pm

Join us for a discussion w/ @sangitamyska.bsky.social @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social @bendepear.bsky.social
@gordonneve.bsky.social @tayabali.bsky.social @caabu.bsky.social on protecting the messenger.

www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...
October 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Authors - the Anthropic settlement website is now live. ✍️ 📚

Check if your books are there and file a claim by 23 Mar 2026.
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth2025 is here! This year's theme: “Standing Firm in Power and Pride”. The NUJ holds an annual Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture—a celebration of one of the great pioneering black journalists in Britain. Our speaker is @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social MP.
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/bla...
October 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
💻 Making Tax Digital webinar: New HMRC system demystified
Wed 24 Sept, 10.30 am
Learn about the key elements of MTD, what you need to do now, and get your questions answered.

NUJ members go free! Register: www.nuj.org.uk/learn/ems-ev...
September 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NUJ virtual vigil this week for all journos and media workers killed in the Gaza conflict. Started with a reading of 'A Night in Al-Hamra’ by Iraqi poet Saadi Youssef. 🙏 - via quaintobsessions, Tumblr
August 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
💻 Upcoming live CPD training for journalists and content creators - via our friends @nctj.bsky.social

No branch meeting in August. Summer is a good time to invest in yourself (more new books!) and sharpen your skills while work's a bit quieter. Full schedule: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
July 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
NUJ LMB Summer Social 🍹
Thu 17 July, from 6.30 pm
The Harrison Pub, WC1H 8JF

A chance to catch up with colleagues and friends before the summer break. Free drink & nibbles! RSVP below.
July 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
NUJ LMB Summer Social 🎉
Thu 17 July, from 6.30 pm
The Harrison Pub, WC1H 8JF

A chance to catch up with colleagues and friends before the summer break. Please RSVP below.
July 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
NUJ survey - AI licensing 2025

Help inform our involvement with SCOOP, an initiative with collecting societies that aims to develop collective agreements between the reps of freelancers and tech companies.

Take the survey: www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2507ai-su...
June 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
📢 London Magazine Branch meeting - Monday 19 May,
6.30pm.

A report-back from #NUJDM25 & upcoming topics we'll be working on this year. We want your feedback so please join us!

Agenda & link: www.nujlmb.org.uk/nuj-london-m...
May 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“Our work is not yours to give away”. Ahead of a crucial vote in the House of Lords today on AI & copyright - here’s the letter that’s been sent to @Keir_Starmer calling on him to enforce copyright law. 🤞
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
May 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Remember the dead, fight for the living.

@nujlfb.bsky.social is marking Workers' Memorial Day - 28 April - with a silent vigil @stbrides.com, off Fleet Street at 1pm-2pm. #IWMD

Come and sit with us for a bit in the garden - it's a peaceful spot. All welcome

www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2504iwmd....
April 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Remember the dead, fight for the living.

We're marking Workers' Memorial Day #IWMD (28 April) - including journalists killed in war zones - with a vigil at St Brides, the Journalists' Church, off Fleet Street. 12-1pm. @The_TUC

All welcome 🙏 www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2504iwmd....
April 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
NUJ Delegate Meeting '25

#Blackpool: Kicking off Day 2 with motions on Government policies, #pressfreedom, and health and safety. "I think it might get a bit heated today." #NUJDM25
April 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
#Blackpool: NUJ #DM25 ‘25 LIVE 📢

This morning: DM Matters, motions on AI & copyright, plus training.

"Never underestimate the difference you can make - even with the smallest of actions." - @natashahirst.bsky.social, NUJ President.

Be excellent to each other. Happy voting all!
April 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Happy #WorldBookAndCopyrightDay 📚 Celebrating the stories that connect us & the rights that protect us.

Write to your MP asking them to support the vital changes to the Data Bill - currently going through parliament - to protect creators. They'll be voting on this soon! 🙏https://buff.ly/gSHWu4t
April 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
It's NUJ Delegate Meeting Week! 25-27 April in #Blackpool.

Here's the final agenda - AI & Digital is a big theme this year. We're looking forward to catching up with colleagues & welcoming Laura Davison to her first DM as general secretary! #DM2025

Read now: www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
April 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📢 Happening at 1 pm - Dear BBC, Pay Fair!

"Join us at the University of Westminster for our Living Wage Assembly. It's time the #BBC becomes a Living Wage Accredited employer & ensures taxpayers' money is spent fairly, let's stand up for fair pay!"

Come dressed as your favourite BBC character :)
April 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
👩🏻‍💻 Webinar - Poverty and the Press. Join us at 5.30 pm as we explore how to report on poverty and what language and ethical considerations should be top of mind. Book now: www.nuj.org.uk/learn/ems-ev...
April 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Tortoise trouble - @carolecadwalla on the strikes, the state of freelancing, AI and more at our March meeting. “My great claim to fame is that I managed to get sacked twice in one day, which even by my own standards was quite impressive." www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2504carol...
April 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
NUJ signs letter to Meta objecting to use of unlicensed authors' work to train AI. Protests outside Meta's London HQ over 'unlawfully scraped' content. @Soc_of_Authors. @lisanandy. #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing

Sign the petition. buff.ly/2eALOQP
April 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Freelance journalists, local reporters & news fixers - get your entries in for the Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism. $5,000 cash prize to be won! Deadline: 15 June. Good luck!
Apply here: www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2503award...
April 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Getting ready for a new tax year - doing the return early! Super important to check your state pension if you're self-employed - top up your NI contributions if you need to. @moneysavingexp reckon you may get back 40x what you pay in. buff.ly/gKjMDMx
March 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Tim Kalvis: 1966-2024. Our thoughts are with Tim's family. Thanks to Phil England @ClimateRadio for a lovely write-up. 🙏 “I remember him as a calm presence, liked and respected by all, doing whatever he said he’d do.” - Phil Sutcliffe.
www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2503tim-k...
March 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
✍️ The Journalist Feb/March

- It's the 3rd anniversary of the Ukraine war and we have the remarkable story of a journalist who became a freelance war reporter because of it.
- The changing face of local news + our fabulous Freelance supplement!

Enjoy!
buff.ly/3XfKkvT
March 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM