NUJ Press & PR

Branch officers


Press and PR branch c/o NUJ HQ 308 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1.
email nujppr@googlemail.com


Branch chair: Monica Foot 0207 503 4123 and Carmel McHenry 0207 226 5501 (job share)


Branch vice-chairs: Mick Holder 0208 223 0712 and Mick Gosling 0208 806 2683


Branch secretary: Debbie Smith 07769 705361


Asst branch secretary:Sian Jones 07793 314249


Branch organiser: Mark Whitehead 0208 348 3101


Branch treasurer: Charles Harkness 07745 127814


Branch events organiser: Vacant


Branch news editor: Mick Holder 0208 223 0712


Branch equality officer: Carmel McHenry

Sector NEC member: Anita Halpin



Email

Please help build our branch database by sending your email address to: nujppr@googlemail.com



Branch meetings 2013


All on Tuesdays starting at 6.30pm: on 5 March, 2 April, 7 May, 4 June, 2 July, 6 August, 3 September, 1 October, 5 November, 3 December.
Venue: NUJ HQ, 308-312 Gray’s Inn Road, London, WC1X 8DP. The building is fully accessible. The nearest tube/station is King's Cross/St Pancras International.



NEWS


NEW Unpaid internships: moves to bolster crackdown on minimum wage breaches
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Ministers to encourage reporting of bad employers after HMRC success in helping 167 people reclaim nearly £200,000 in unpaid wages
NEW Barroso urged to end lobbyist's membership of EU 'ethical committee'
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Transparency campaigners say that a recent Olaf report "underlines" the need to end a lobbyist's current membership of the European commission's ad hoc ethical committee.
NEW Survey suggests one in four local newspaper editors have received commercial threats from local authorities
Monday, May 13, 2013
More than a quarter of local newspaper editors have received a threat from a public body to suspend advertising as a result of editorial activity, a new survey has suggested.
NEW Lobbyists press for more regulation of their industry
Monday, May 13, 2013
Some of Britain's biggest lobbying firms are urging ministers to impose legal controls on their industry after the Government failed to include plans for a compulsory register of their members in the Queen's Speech.
NEW EU 'Transparency Register' launches while Austria and Ireland prepare laws on lobbyists
Monday, May 13, 2013
As lobbyists working in Brussels acclimatise to the new ‘Transparency Register’, two more EU member states are preparing laws demanding greater transparency.
Queen's Speech saw bills on dodgy MPs, smoking, sleazy lobbyists, boozy yobs and international aid ditched
Thursday, May 09, 2013
There was a damning blank space where there should have been action on living standards, the economy and child poverty
Lobbyist dictating alcohol and tobacco policy, says Labour
Thursday, May 09, 2013
David Cameron today faced questions over top aide Lynton Crosby and his links to alcohol and tobacco firms.
New row flares over EU's register for lobbyists
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
The body representing the public affairs industry has made a robust defence of the EU's transparency register code of conduct.
David Cameron breaks election pledge to crack down on lobbying after advice from lobbyist
Monday, May 06, 2013
A Whitehall insider admitted it will probably never happen despite being in the founding Coalition Agreement
Statutory register of lobbyists faces axe
Friday, May 03, 2013
Senior Tories are determined to axe the “Lib Dem hobbyhorse” of a statutory register of lobbyists.
Getting Away With Murder
Thursday, May 02, 2013
CPJ’s 2013 Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and the killers go free
Welsh assembly lobbyists face tighter scrutiny but no register
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Lobbyists in the Welsh assembly should face tighter scrutiny but not a full official register, a committee of assembly members says.
Beware the rise of the government scientists turned lobbyists
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
From badgers to bees, government science advisers are routinely misleading us to support the politicians' agendas
Snoopers' Charter: a threat to journalists that must be stopped
Thursday, April 25, 2013
The government is planning to include its Communications Data Bill, otherwise known as the Snoopers' Charter, in the Queen's Speech which will pose a great threat to journalists and their sources.
Lords pass defamation bill
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Impending reform introduced by Lords McNally and Lester could end London's status as 'libel capital of the world'
Mixed messages from Amnesty’s annual meeting
Monday, April 22, 2013
There were mixed messages from Amnesty International UK’s annual conference about the future direction of the unresolved dispute between staff in Unite and management over cuts, restructuring and redundancies.
MSP fears looming lobbying scandal
Sunday, April 21, 2013
A Holyrood lobbying scandal is the only sure thing in Scotland's future, a Labour MSP has warned as the independence debate grinds on.
Why libel reform is needed to stop companies bullying their critics
Thursday, April 18, 2013
An 11th-hour amendment to the defamation bill could strip it of any power to stop corporations abusing libel laws
Outside agency to deliver Waterloo Road PR for the first time as Wire Media wins contract
Monday, April 15, 2013
PR for BBC One drama Waterloo Road will be delivered by an outside agency for the first time after London-based Wire Media won the contract for the programme.
Old and new media used to attack women at work
Monday, March 25, 2013
Text of a speech given by Branch Secretary Debbie Smith at the recent TUC Women's Conference

I like to think of myself as a strong independent woman and therefore it can be hard to a admit that sexual harassment affects you and is still having a large impact on the lives of women, but there is no point denying that it is. And since the Savile enquiry, we have seen thousands of women coming forward and saying this happened to me in the past and things have not changed.