“It's a privilege to pay tax. It means you're earning money. It also means you're helping other people.” - Eric Longley, accountant to the stars. How to hang on to whatever you earn as much as possible...

"Viewers, staff, business leaders, politicians and unions all know STV's plans are desperate, shortsighted, damaging to Scottish journalism and in complete disregard of the viewers and communities in the north of Scotland who depend on local coverage from STV News." #STVstrike

Freelance Jan26: Member Adil Raja burgled, then convicted in absentia. @soldierspeaks.bsky.social

Freelance running story: Remembering journalists killed in the Israel-Gaza war.

LFB vice chair @graceliv.bsky.social is giving a talk on the history of US interventions in Latin America. 13 January, 8 pm in London and online. Register here: buff.ly/XYLrRSx

The Freelance Jan26 - LFB chair’s report '25 Thanks to our excellent members and committee for a super active year! Topic and speaker suggestions welcome - let us know what you want and need.

"You can ignore AI, and risk irrelevance in your career; or... engage with it critically, using a journalist’s critical mindset” Thanks @nujlfb.bsky.social for sharing helpful tips from @harrietmeyer.bsky.social on how to use AI while avoiding the pitfalls www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2512harri...

Colleagues have paid wonderful tribute to NUJ Member of Honour, Roy Jones, who recently passed away aged 95. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

Freelance Jan26: Wapping at 40: the strike that made the modern media - symposium 24 Jan in Clerkenwell. Register here:

The 2026 @AmnestyUK Media Awards are open! Full sponsorship available for freelancers which are not for profit, campaigning, or serve small, targeted audiences on tight budgets. Tick the box on the entry form and explain the circs to waive the entry fee. Good luck!

Freelance Jan26: Keeping public trust and our sanity - in the age of 'AI'. Best practices for freelancers via @harrietmeyer.bsky.social www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2512harri...

Happy New Year! 🎉 Some sound financial advice from Eric and Ion ahead of Self Assessment deadline and #MakingTaxDigital. “It's a privilege to pay tax. It means you're earning money. It also means you're helping other people.”

Freelance Dec25: Defend Adil Raja! - Pakistan presses UK to extradite him. #pressfreedom @nujofficial.bsky.social www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2512adil-...

Freelance Dec25: The Trireme Award - DJ magazine 👀 www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2512trir....

NUJ members at STV will hold a one-day strike on 7 January over compulsory redundancies and the broadcaster’s plans to axe the north edition of its News at 6 programme. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

NUJ reps at the BBC have voted in support of an independent inquiry into “any allegations of inappropriate interference by board members in editorial matters.” www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

📸 Amnesty Media Awards - call for entries! 10 categories (written, broadcast, radio, photo journalism) - celebrating media workers' role in highlighting human rights abuses. Deadline is 26 Jan and the awards ceremony will be held @BFI Southbank next May. Apply here:

📢 The #IFJ and the Union internationale de la presse francophone (UPF) have launched the annual Shireen Abu Akleh Prize to honour the courage and commitment of women journalists worldwide. 📅 Deadline for submissions: 1 March. Don't miss it! @abellanger.bsky.social

NUJ AI licensing survey 2025 Freelance members - share your views on how we can protect your rights and seek compensation for secondary forms of digital use, outside of contracts. This will inform our work with SCOOP. Take the survey (5 mins):

NUJ welcomes the passing of the Employment Rights Bill through the Lords, bringing a new law that will provide better protection for workers a step closer www.nuj.org.uk/resource/emp...

The NUJ and sister unions have written to UK culture minister Lisa Nandy to reiterate the key principles that must underpin the BBC Charter Review, including the need for the broadcaster to be universally available and properly resourced. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/bea...

NUJ Informed - Dec 2025 📣 Strike ballots at STV and Reach; BBC Charter Renewal; Online Safety Act; the campaign to save journalism education; 2025 Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture, and more. Read online:

London Freelance Branch chair's report 2025 (also see the latest issue of the Freelance for what's coming up in '26) Thanks to all our excellent members for your support. Happy holidays from Team LFB. ✨

Freelance Dec25: Defend Adil Raja! - Pakistan presses UK to extradite him. www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2512adil-...

NUJ signs joint letter opposing plans to break end-to-end encryption www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

“The future of journalism is human-led and AI-assisted. And using our scepticism to steer how we use it. It’s not to stop it: we’re not going to get very far with that. But it’s about keeping the public trust and our sanity in the process.” - @harrietmeyer.bsky.social

The photographer and film producer Michele Singer Reiner, who died this weekend, was an "an irate citizen," her husband said once. It was this anger which drove much of her activism. www.thepersistent.com/a-legacy-of-...

#GMMP2025: Women represent more than half of the world's population but only make a quarter of news' subjects, says the Global Media Monitoring Project 2025. Unions have a key role to play in shifting newsroom mindsets toward greater gender equality www.ifj.org/media-centre...

The NUJ’s Welsh Executive Council (WEC) has strongly condemned recent attacks by Reform UK on journalists in Wales. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

The NUJ responds after STV “watered down” plans to cut news programming following immense pressure from viewers, politicians and the unions. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/wat...

“It's a privilege to pay tax. It means you're earning money. It also means you're helping other people.” - Eric Longley, accountant to the stars (he did Paul McCartney.) Tips for your tax return: buff.ly/5zkLNLR #MakingTaxDigital

Journalists' Carols tonight in aid of @JournoCharity Amazing choir, readings, refreshments and more - at the stunning @stbrides.com Fleet Street. See you there! ✨

#Brazil: Journalists under threat in Latin America @graceliv.bsky.social speaking to Ali Rocha @brazilmatters.bsky.social on the fight for justice following the murders of journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous rights campaigner Bruno Pereira in 2022. #NoImpunity Buy the book:

#Gaza: the mirror in which every government's hypocrisy is reflected. @tayabali.bsky.social speaking at our #NoImpunity event on 2 Nov.

Defend Ajil Raja! "We urge the UK government to continue its protection of our member Adil Raja. Should Adil be forcibly returned to Pakistan his life would be in great danger.” @soldierspeaks.bsky.social @nujofficial.bsky.social @rosesrebellion.bsky.social Full story:

No to Impunity - LFB symposium Write up of our event to mark @UNESCO day: #NoImpunity for crimes against journalists. Excellent speaker contributions , thank you all - please give them a read. 🙏 @sangitamyska.bsky.social @rosesrebellion.bsky.social @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social

At a debate on the future of the local media in parliament last week, MPs from across the political spectrum called for urgent investment, reform, and regulation. Many cited the NUJ's News Recovery Plan as a roadmap for reviving the industry. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/mps...

Freelance Dec25: No to impunity - full report of a London Freelance Branch symposium to mark the UNESCO day calling for an end to impunity for crimes against journalists www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2512un-da...

Sharing on behalf of FT NUJ Chapel ✨ All members and those curious about joining the union welcome :)

Human Rights Day 2025: 111 journalists killed this year, say @ifjglobal.bsky.social "We owe all those colleagues an enormous collective debt and express our deep condolences to their families." We demand justice. #OurEverydayRights

Love this, some thoughtful Xmas gifts here ✨ - ethical licensing via @dacs.org.uk

#Russia: The whereabouts of former @rferl.org.web.brid.gy contributor Nika Novak have reportedly been re-established after her lawyer warned she had disappeared from a Siberian penal colony. No journalist should be imprisoned for doing their job. We demand her release! @europeanjournalists.org

🌱 Your voice matters! We launched a global survey on #climate disinformation and misinformation to better understand the challenges that journalists face when reporting on environmental issues. Share it widely! 📅 Deadline: 10 December 🌎 Available in EN, FR, ES 🔗https://fr.surveymonkey.com/r/Q2NZDJ7

#China🇨🇳: Chinese independent writer, photojournalist and filmmaker Du Bin has remained incarcerated by the Chinese authorities since being taken from his Beijing home on October 15. @ifjglobal.bsky.social

TONIGHT: NUJ Winter Party! 🥳 6.30 pm - 9 ish Come and catch up with colleagues and friends before the Christmas break. We'll be paying tribute to member Duncan Campbell - readings, music and more. @NUJMags.bsky.social

Freelance Dec25: Wapping at 40: the strike that made the modern media - symposium 24 January. Signed up! www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2512wappi...

Freelance Dec25: Defend Adil Raja! - Pakistan presses UK to extradite him www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2512adil-...

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

#USA: “This is a victory for journalists and workers around the world. The NUJ commends Newsguild-CWA and its members for their remarkable tenacity and courage.” @newsguild 👏

Looking forward to seeing you on 9 Dec for our seasonal soiree @StAnnesSoho from 6.30 pm. A cosy church hall - and Soho's best-kept secret! Teaming up with @nujlfb.bsky.social to bring you music, mince pies, readings, a tribute to the wonderful Duncan Campbell and more! 🙏 buff.ly/EazA47k