📆 It's our monthly branch meeting this eve and we'd love for you to join us. The meeting will take place via Zoom starting at 6.30pm. There's lots of interesting stuff on the agenda, so come along and get involved! Full details, including the link, have been sent via email. See you there! 😊

On #WMHD25 a reminder to freelancers to prioritise self-care. YOU are your business. Routinely reporting and writing about human suffering can take its toll on your mental health. Here's what support is available (for those hiring us too!) 👇 Journalists' Safety Tracker:

🔊 It’s (nearly) that time again! This is your friendly reminder that our next meeting of the NUJ Paris branch, for all NUJ members throughout France, will take place via Zoom on Tuesday September 30 from 6:30pm. Check your inbox for details and hope to see you there! 💻

🔊 We are delighted to announce our all-singing, all-dancing new website! Take a look here and let us know what you think: nujparis.fr Thanks to our chair, @alidabbs.bsky.social, for all his brilliant work in making this happen. 🙌 @nujofficial.bsky.social @nujlfb.bsky.social

England’s swimming waters five times more likely to be polluted than in EU, research finds @theguardian.com "Experts warn country is in danger of becoming 'dirty man of Europe.'" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Entries for the 31st Rory Peck Awards have closed and now the search is on for the world’s best freelance journalism. The Awards, are a vital celebration of courage and independence in journalism. Read more 🔗

We are having the best, most beautiful storm in Paris ⚡

Our Digital News Report 2025 is out! 📊48 markets 🌏Almost 100K respondents 📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers 📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg 🧵Findings in thread #DNR25

We're looking forward to seeing some of you at our summer social this evening in central Paris! Here's to the start of the summer. Cheers! 🍹

More than 1 million people took a 🇫🇷 night train in 2024. I did this in 2023 and it was lovely - dinner in Paris, sleep on the train, wake up to see the Mediterranean outside the window and then into Nice in time for coffee and a croissant on the seafront

📆 A reminder that it's the monthly members’ meeting of the NUJ Paris branch tomorrow (Tuesday May 27) starting at 18:30 CEST. Yes, that’s tomorrow evening! This one will be online and the link is now in your inbox. Hope to see you there 😀 @alidabbs.bsky.social

*MISSING PERSON IN PARIS* Just sharing this with my network here to help spread the word. The gentleman below is missing in Paris. He is a British citizen visiting France and has advanced Parkinson’s. The family are in touch with local police and searching the streets.

📕 A deadly mission: how Dom Phillips & Bruno Pereira tried to warn the world about the Amazon’s destruction. An extract from the book Dom was writing at the time of his death. 'Missing in the Amazon', new podcast series about what happened, launches on 5 June.

☕️ Members - join us online at 1pm! We'll be chatting about FOIA and GDPR ahead of our workshops with @mattsalusbury.bsky.social on 23 & 30 May. Bring your questions. Zoom link sent. More info: buff.ly/QlfVxOf

#ijf26: join us next April to celebrate our 20th anniversary www.journalismfestival.com/news/ijf26-2...

📆 A reminder that our monthly branch meeting is coming up this Tuesday evening. Check your inbox for full details. Hope to see you there 😀 CC: @alidabbs.bsky.social

UK journalists are getting older, more left-wing and increasingly freelance. New @reutersinstitute.bsky.social survey provides snapshot of UK journalists in 2025 including gender, race and age. Interesting read - great to see union membership is up! Read the report: buff.ly/v9QW7hH

Pleased as punch to announce the FWJ New Directions Bursary winner. Jessica Holland is such an incredible talent! freelancewritingjobs.substack.com/p/winner-ann...

🚨 NEW on our website Our summary piece on #ijf25, with takeaways on journalism in exile, local news, reader revenue, news avoidance and AI and the future of news. We'll keep updating the article in the next few days Click to read reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/interna...

🇮🇹 Heading for the International Journalism Festival in Perugia? You'll find dozens of talks and panel discussions you shouldn't miss in this piece buff.ly/JCs0AL5 📍 Five talks featuring our journalists and researchers on AI, news avoidance, influencers, product and local journalism in thread

👩🏻‍💻 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...

Here are the talks we think you shouldn't miss @journalismfestival.com this year! Featuring our own @mitalilive.bsky.social, Nic Newman, @richardfletcher.bsky.social and @felixsimon.bsky.social as well as many others on topics including climate change, AI, trust and local news.

Super-excited to be attending the International Journalism Festival in Perugia next week. Once again, along with @lojournalist.bsky.social, we'll be co-flying the flag for the Society of Freelance Journalists. If anyone fancies a coffee, let me know.:) @journalismfestival.com 🔗 shorturl.at/jsWYw

Minimum wage for a 9-5 full time job (40 hours a week) is, as of today, £25,396 a year for anyone over 21. Which is why it's amazing to see journalism jobs requiring a degree, job experience, and driving licence advertised at a "competitive salary" of £22,380. tindlenews.co.uk/careers/jour...

🙌 Thanks so much to everyone who came along to our branch meeting and AGM last night - and congrats to all our new committee members! Also, special thanks to our guest speaker, Jim Pollard, for an informative and interesting talk about self-publishing. See you all next time ✨

Wrote about my favourite place in Paris – the city's fabled flea market 🛍️ – for ethical travel website Resonate. It's quite a personal piece, which are always the most scary to do, but it comes from the heart. Sort of like the opposite of an AI listicle 🤖 resonate.travel/the-french-c...

☕️ LFB New Members Meetup - Thurs 27 Feb, 6-7 pm A chance to discuss any professional issues you’d like to re the hows and how-muches of making a freelance living… and also find out more about LFB, the union, how you can take part for the benefit of yourself and colleagues.

🎉😀🎉 Our first post on Bluesky! 🎉😀🎉 It's our monthly branch meeting this evening and all members are welcome. Taking place on Zoom, it starts at the usual time of 18:30 CET and the link has been sent via email. Look forward to seeing you there 👍 #NUJ @alidabbs.bsky.social

Happy weekend ✨ #mood www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Vq...

Fascinating and terrifying in equal measure... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Three months sans Twitter. I miss the old days there and Bluesky doesn't feel quite the same yet. But it will, right?

I'm so excited to share this: The Freelance Writing Jobs New Directions Bursary is open for entries! freelancewritingjobs.substack.com/p/the-freela...

On Tuesday we are launching this report on how audiences follow news about climate change. Based on data from 8 countries, it includes insights on misinformation, the role of journalism and perceptions of extreme weather If you don't want to miss it, join our mailing list now eepurl.com/dt-Q3H

I made a starter pack for NUJ London Freelance branch members, committee, and union officials. NUJ members on Bluesky - please join and share! #StrongerTogether #JoinAUnion go.bsky.app/JyaRxx

🎧 Listen to our podcast episode with authors of our Trends and Predictions report Nic Newman and Federica Cherubini on how media leaders plan to address the challenges of 2025. 🧩AI, influencers, platforms, products and much more 🎙️Audio and transcript

Here's something lovely – and free! – for writers today. A brilliant collection of pitching guidelines for UK publications. Go get 'em. 👊 ✨ freelancewritingjobs.substack.com/p/pitching-g...

This is what I was writing about 20 years ago as a terrifying but far off prospect, a key tipping point in the climate crisis. Now it’s here. Report by my colleague @patrickgreenfield A third of Arctic’s vast carbon sink now source of emissions, study reveals www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Finally got to see inside the restored Notre Dame and it's *beautiful* - the colours, the light, that cleaned-up cream-coloured stonework, just stunning ❤️

This is real. I just turned it off. They track you everywhere, because they can.

Wrote about Cannes without the clichés for France Today magazine. Spoiler alert: There's a whole lot more to this place than just its red carpet ⛵🤿🏝️ #LongLivePrint #BuyAMagazine

🌿 For my first piece this year, I interviewed leading vegan influencer (and all-round excellent human) Franck Adandé about the best plant-based hotspots in Paris. There are SO many great places now 🫶 @vegantouristparis.bsky.social bonjourparis.com/food-and-dri...

I love compiling the first Freelance Writing Jobs of the year. A full-on burst of optimism! The freshly squeezed orange juice of newsletters. Get it in your inbox this week. 🍊🍊🍊https://freelancewritingjobs.substack.com/

No downside, only upside, we hold all the cards, etc etc

💻Write At Home | journalist & writer jobs newsletter💰 Dozens of pitch calls, ad-hoc gigs, & ongoing roles for #freelance journalists, content writers, & copywriters shared each week. All paid, (almost) all remote. Join 12k+ subscribers! writeathome.beehiiv.com

Haven't had much time to engage here yet, but promise to try to do so more in 2025! For now, just wanted to wish all who celebrate a very Merry Christmas and to everyone a happy and peaceful New Year. ✨

The grad trainee programme at the FT is extraordinary. We train you for THREE years you get decent money and an overseas placement. I've seen other news trainee schemes and this one is exceptional. It's open now. Pls share with anyone you know who would benefit d/l 14/1/25 www.ft.com/content/314f...

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