President’s Platform

[NUJ President 2016-2018 - Tim Dawson; © Lucy Adams]

Image © Lucy Adams

LONDON FREELANCE Branch member Tim Dawson took up the position of President of the National Union of Journalists at the 2016 Delegate Meeting in Southport. The Freelance is pleased to offer him this platform.

The President's views are entirely his own - though he has been elected President of the organisation, so they hold a little weight. You can read more of his writing on his blog at tim-dawson.com and on Twitter as @timdawsn.

Taking stock the outgoing President's submission to the NUJ's annual report 2018_05
* Say 'no' to handing NUJ funds to political parties
2018_04
* Collective action is key to better terms
2018_04
* Charging boosts photographers - the NUJ says amateurs should demand payment 2018_04
* Shoe-leather journos required for government press review
2018_03
* On the source - surveillance threatens journalism
2018_02
* Chain male - sizing up the NUJ's livery collar
2018_02
* Flushing out government lies - The Post review
2018_01
* He who made the Lamb: Murdoch as saviour
2018_01
* Europe's new free-press policeman
2018_01
* BBC Pensions case - why fighting was better than folding, despite the cost
2017_11
* Yesterday forever - using history as a tool
2017_10
* Resist the raid on union funds
2017_10
* Stand upright and be strong: TUC 2017
2017_10
* Corbyn hails the end of tabloid might
2017_09
* Let fairness drive out the fakes
2017_09
* Emir faces the popular will - defending Qatari press freedom
2017_08
* Taylor tells TUC good work is the hallmark of a fair society
2017_07
* Defending press freedom should be our response to Jo Cox's murder
2017_06
* Byline festival - hacks in the woods
2017_06
* The fight for a free media divides the OSCE
2017_06
* A manifesto for journalism
2017_05
* Jailed colleagues preoccupy Turkey's journalists
2017_05
* BMW's security lets down its guard
2017_04
* Unreported bike theft spins fake news cycle
2017_04
* Self-employed must seize chance to stop Hammond's hike
2017_03
* Let shoe leather be the stamp of truth
2017_03
* Only journalists can save journalism
2017_02
* A union forged in a fleapit
2017_02
* I dreamed I saw George Mac last night
2016_12
* Free Egypt's jailed journalists
2016_12
* Press freedom - act now!
2016_11
* Exposed photogs resist gloom
2016_11
* Local news photography matters
2016_11
* Newsquest desk-jockeys revolt
2016_10
* Self-exposure key to TV storytelling
2016_10
* Licensing danger - free is expensive
2016_10
* Riding an iceberg - at TUC
2016_10
* Freelances are an evil cartel, no?
2016_10
* Fighting for freelances
2016_09
* Irish freelances on road to justice
2016_08
* Music-hall operatives; a lament
2016_07
* View from the top
2016_07
* Summit: feasting and suffering
2016_06
* Sing a song of solidarity
2016_05

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