Cabinet Office secretary Darren Jones now spent half an hour plus trying to defend government over Labour Together's hiring of a corporate intelligence firm to dig dirt on journalists who reported on the think tank's undeclared funding Democracy for Sale's journalism having real impact 😀

'More luck than good judgement' Don't be fooled by the headline. The story told in this BBC article on the 'Andrew car snap' is about skill, experience, contacts, and an ability to respond rapidly and make good decisions after a cold six-hour wait. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #StandUpForJournalism

🚨 Cabinet Office investigating Labour Together and Josh Simons over campaign to smear journalists But...ministers overseeing inquiry have received £150,000+ from Labour think tank Experts and MPs demand 'full independent investigation' New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-g... 🧵

Yay! Great example of branching out across media skills & sectors that is so useful to earning a living (and having fun) as a freelance. Other @pennykiley.bsky.social firsts this year: started a substack (will do a skills share session for our branch) and is launching a book fixr.co/event/penny-...

Nice article about my book in the latest The Journalist mag. Thanks @markffisher.bsky.social @mschrisbuckley.bsky.social If you can't read the image, the mag is downloadable from the @nujofficial.bsky.social website at www.nuj.org.uk/resource/the....

"In several cases, freelancers who reported using generative AI said automating some of the grunt work allowed them to focus more on editorial decisions and big-picture thinking" Some interesting insights on how #AI is transforming #freelance #journalism www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/how-...

Hello neighbours! Great to see Northamptonshire NUJ branch has relaunched. Not so great to hear about the personal threats and abuse faced by working journos in your patch. Difficult times. #SafetyOfJournalists #StandUpForJournalism www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nor... @nujofficial.bsky.social

Go Leeds! Subscribing to independent reader-supported local papers is a way we invest in ourselves and our community. Its where we find out about the wonderful things and not so wonderful things that matter to us and those around us. Its where voices get heard. Make it happen!

It's good to see @nujleeds.bsky.social join Bluesky - to mark the occasion, here's a pic of the old Leeds NUJ branch banner alongside the lesser spotted Leeds Other Paper one, from a picket outside YPN HQ on Wellington Street back in the day. #HeartUnions

The NUJ challenges work cultures that lead to bullying. We will represent members who experience this behaviour. Criticism during the creative process should be constructive. Are you keeping good company? Join a union! nuj.org.uk/join #HeartUnions

Juggling a family and working life can be tricky. The NUJ negotiates progressive approaches to flexible working for workers in the media and lobbies for improvements to employment law. Are you keeping good company? Join the union! nuj.org.uk/join #heartunionsweek

"I had things I wanted to say, and I’ve always felt it’s important that women tell their stories" @pennykiley.bsky.social blogs about her journey from misfit punkrock journo to published author of a colourful memoir that makes sense of her life & those times oxfordnuj.wordpress.com/2026/01/31/a...

C– Consent first L – Licensing, not scraping E – Ethical use of training data A – Accountability R – Remuneration & Rights Creators are asking for a CLEAR framework to allow innovation to develop in ways that respect their creative work #JusticeforCreators societyofauthors.org/2026/01/30/b...

Today, we join forces with other creator-led organisations to co-launch Brave New World?, a groundbreaking report that shows the onset of a creative jobs crisis in the UK. buff.ly/vIuLqfn #JusticeForCreators

Tickets out now for the Oxford launch of Atypical Girl - a memoir by our very own music journalism star Penny Kiley, about "Liverpool, punk rock, and trying to be normal". It tells her story of covering Liverpools vibrant punk and post-punk music scene in the late 70s and 80s fixr.co/event/penny-...

The BBC has said director general Tim Davie will stand down on 2 April and current BBC director of nations Rhodri Talfan Davies will take over the role on an interim basis until a permanent successor is found www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Inequality is moving fast. We've got 20,000 supporters to keep informed, MPs to lobby, research to promote, narratives to build, and community organising work all over the country. Be a part of that! Apply to be our next Senior Digital Engagement Officer: https://ow.ly/8WzP50Y3GsP

Thames Water wants permission to pollute for the next 15 years. Don't let them get away with it. @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social - MP for Hayes & Harlington - has signed our open letter to Ofwat and the Environment Secretary urging them to reject the proposal. 1/2

Neat little equation showing how pressures need to line up to create a climate of truth. Presented by @mikebernerslee.bsky.social and @jennifernadel at the Truth in Politics show in #Oxford last night #Trust #Politics

A shout out to Oxford-based techie @joxn.bsky.social , co-founder & national officer at @utaw.tech, who's leading efforts to unionise workers across the #tech industry. TikToks treatment of its moderators shows why a collective voice is so important www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Want to work in #publishing but don't have a degree? Bloomsbury are offering apprenticeships in Editorial, Audio and Marketing that could give you the opening you are looking for. Give it a go! careerhub.ldnapprenticeships.com/s/opportunit....

Congratulations to the #freelance music #journalists contributing to Kerrang! for forcing the company to pay up and pay on time. Great to see collective action works. Not great that freelances have to take action simply to ensure they get paid within a month of their work being published

Hooray for these US TV broadcasters, waking up to the value of investing in "a massive expansion in local news.”

Anyone up for "an open, intelligent conversation about how political deception has shaped our democracy... and what we can do to restore honesty, #accountability and #trust"? @mikebernerslee.bsky.social and Jennifer Nadel will be at The North Wall Oxford Jan 27 & the Kenton Theatre, Henley, Jan 28

Warm solidarity greetings from the Oxford NUJ branch to our wonderful colleagues on the #STVStrike picket lines in Glasgow and Aberdeen, holding the line against further cuts to vital and valued local news services. #localnewsmatters #standupforjournalism www.nuj.org.uk/resource/sup...

"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...

Happy New Year! Don't let troubles at work cloud the year ahead. We’re here to help you stand up for your rights to be treated with #fairness #respect, and due #care for your #health and work-life #balance. Want to know more? Look out for our tailored training sessions in 2026.

“That rare space where intimacy and community collide”. Beautiful writing by David Lloyd in @liverpoolpost.bsky.social about the friendly connection with the world around that is being lost as the BBC ‘stealthily but surely’ takes the ‘local’ out of ‘local radio’ www.livpost.co.uk/losing-local...

A magnificent shout out to @oxfordnuj.bsky.social member @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social , currently heading to London to receive the Clarivate Award for Communicating Zoology, from the Zoological Society of London, for his book ‘Cull of the Wild’ #oxford #journalism @zslofficial.bsky.social

Coming up via NUJ Training Wales - Negotiating #Freelancer fees; essential #mobile #video skills; how to make #AI your content co-pilot; maximising your presence on LinkedIn; media #law for social media creators. Huge discounts for all NUJ members, some free. www.nujtrainingwales.org/events/7885/

We've had a very busy year, responding to the challenges of our changing #media environment, developing a #recruitment strategy, and pivoting to focus more on the priorities of under-served sectors of our changing #membership. Take a look! oxfordnuj.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/p... @NUJofficial

So, I wrote a book. It's out in February but there's an offer on this week if you pre-order it from Waterstones. www.waterstones.com/book/atypica...

We asked: How can we help #freelancers earn more from what we do and branch out into new types of media work? Thanks to all the freelancers who joined us yesterday, online and in person, with great suggestions of the training, panel discussions, and networking they'd like to see.

💻 Making Tax Digital webinar: New HMRC system explained 24 Sept, 10.30 am Learn about the key elements of MTD and get your questions answered. Free workshop for NUJ members. @Equityuk.bsky.social Book now:

Great coverage of our protest by Charlotte Coles in @theoxfordmail.bsky.social www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2542176...

The NUJ has responded to Reform's refusal to speak to Nottinghamshire Live by affirming journalists’ right to report without fear or favour. Media scrutiny of elected politicians is fundamental to the functioning of a healthy democracy. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

"We're here in solidarity with journalists who have been killed [in Gaza]... We want Israel to stop deliberately targeting journalists." @Justajourno speaking at the @oxfordnuj protest today @NUJofficial

Oxford NUJ @oxfordnuj.bsky.social protest in #Oxford Stop killing #journalists in #Gaza @nujofficial.bsky.social

Today @oxfordnuj protested against the killing by Israeli military of 219 Palestinian journalists in Gaza and called for those responsible to be held to account. Journalists must not be targeted for reporting on what is happening in Gaza. Killing journalists is a war crime! @NUJofficial

STOP KILLING JOURNALISTS IN GAZA! #Oxford protest and vigil tomorrow 1.00pm in Bonn square. Please join us to remember more than 200 Palestinian #journalists killed in #Gaza by the Israeli military. The killing must stop! Killing journalists is a war crime! oxfordnuj.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/s...

✍️ Protecting journalists, defending truth in Gaza Add your name to the open letter from UK journalists to @Keir_Starmer @DavidLammy. @IFJGlobal.bsky.social @InfoPJS @warchilduk.bsky.social #pressfreedom Read in full here:

URGENT ACTION: letter to send to MPs re UC bill via Disabled People Against Cuts. dpac.uk.net/2025/07/urge...

Disabled People Against Cuts are launching in Oxford tonight, 2 July. 7pm, online. [email protected]

Disabled Members’ Council calls on journalists to scrutinise UK government claims as welfare reform bill is rushed through parliament. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

I made it clear from the start I could not support the proposals on personal independence payments. It is an in-work benefit, designed to ensure disabled people can live independently. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

UPDATE - Day of action is 1 July not 3rd. More info: dpac.uk.net/2025/06/abou...

Calling NUJ members 📢 - here's our starter pack to connect you with other union members and officials on Bluesky so you can keep up to date with happenings. More folks are joining! DM me if you want to be added & let us know what branch you're in. go.bsky.app/JyaRxx

#Gaza: “It’s all out with the British media. I feel it’s dawning on the people, that actually they’ve been part of the complicity, and they’ve got blood on their hands.” Full report on our May meeting with @OborneTweets on complicity in genocide.

Useful info for members: courses from NUJ Training Wales are open to NUJ members not resident in Wales, at very low fees. Several are online. Topics include: Survive and thrive as a freelancer; Making green claims; Strategically choose your social media platforms. www.nujtrainingwales.org

The Equality Act 2010 gives disabled employees protection against discrimination and the right to reasonable adjustments at work. Find out about reasonable adjustments and neurodiversity at NUJ legal training session coming up on 28 May. Vital info for union reps. www.nuj.org.uk/learn/ems-ev...