Guest speaker announced for 2025 Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture
The NUJ Black Members’ Council has announced that Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP will give this year’s Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture.
NUJ Black Members’ Council holds successful General Meeting
Members met online and in-person, joined by guest speaker Carol Ferguson, TUC equality and strategy support officer.
DM2025: equality
Lively debate on motions spanning equality took place on Friday afternoon.
Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture 2024
Registration is now open for the lecture hosted by the NUJ's Black Members Council on 5 December. Book a place to hear from Margaret Kimberley, executive editor and senior columnist of Black Agenda Report.
Equal pay and the gender pay gap
A yawning gender pay gap favouring men has been revealed in recent years by media companies forced to publish data under new regulations.
TUC Black Workers Conference 2023
NUJ delegates attended this year's conference as union members debated issues including representation and fair opportunities.
Gary Younge gives Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture
NUJ members gathered in London to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of the lecture.
Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture 2022
The NUJ and its Black Members’ Council is hosting a free special event celebrating the life and work of trailblazer Claudia Jones on 14 November.
Black History Month
Find out about the work of the union including our support for the TUC's Anti-racism taskforce.
How gender-based violence is silencing women journalists
Natasha Hirst told the TUC Women’s Conference that female writers are self-censoring or withdrawing from online spaces as a result of the abuse they suffer.
NUJ says government cheerleaders should stop petty, personalised attacks on journalists
The NUJ has responded to a further attack on HuffPost reporter Nadine White, this time by Conservative MP Neil O'Brien.
NUJ condemns online and offline abuse of Nadine White
Politicians should be working to boost standards of public discourse, not indulging in petty outbursts that deepen hostility towards journalists.
BBC “defended the indefensible” by spending more than £1m fighting discrimination cases
The corporation has disclosed it paid more than £1 million to external barristers and solicitors to deal with tribunal claims brought by staff in equal pay and race discrimination cases.
TUCG: Trade unions fighting racism and the far-right
Building solidarity in workplaces and communities.
Francesca Sobande gives Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture 2020
This year's lecture is on Black Women’s Digital Media and Activist Experiences in Britain.
BMC Black History Month statement
Media reporting showed the youth, who defiantly marched on the streets of Britain in protest at the murder by US police of unarmed Black man George Floyd, were the heart and soul of the massive Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement this summer.
George Viner Memorial Fund 30th anniversary ceremony scholars
George Viner Memorial Fund scholars – presentation for the charity's 30th anniversary
Media guidelines: reporting on Muslims and Islam
Ethical reporting guidelines produced by the Scottish parliament’s Cross Party Group (CPG) on tackling Islamophobia and endorsed by the NUJ.
Media guidelines: reporting on Muslims and Islam summary
Summary pamphlet of guidelines produced for the those working in any form of media, including print, broadcast and digital by the Scottish parliament’s cross-party group on tackling Islamophobia and endorsed by the NUJ.
Three decades promoting media diversity
Journalism needs black and minority ethnic journalists not just reporting the news, but also shaping the news agenda, the latest recipients of the NUJ's charity the George Viner Memorial Fund were told.