NUJ London Magazine branch

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  • Join us at the NUJ LMB/LFB winter party on Tuesday 9 Dec!

    Join us at the NUJ LMB/LFB winter party on Tuesday 9 Dec!

    We are delighted to invite you to this year’s London Magazine Branch and London Freelance Branch’s winter party.

    When: Tuesday 9th December from 6.30pm until 9.30pm ish (we’ll need to clear and vacate the venue by 10 pm).

    Where: St Anne’s Church Hall, 55 Dean St, Soho, W1D 6AF (Soho’s best-kept secret!)

    The nearest tube is Piccadilly Circus but Leicester Square and Tottenham Court Road stations are also at a short distance from the venue, as well as many local buses. Here’s the location in Google Maps.

    Food and drinks: There will be vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free food choices as well as soft and alcoholic drinks.

    Accessibility: The church hall at St Anne’s is fully accessible for wheelchair users and there is an accessible toilet in the venue.

    If you can help out setting things up, please come a bit earlier – we will also need volunteers during the evening and for clearing up.

    We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday!

    In solidarity, The London Magazine Branch committee

  • EVENT: End impunity for crimes against journalists – 2 Nov 2-5pm

    EVENT: End impunity for crimes against journalists – 2 Nov 2-5pm

    Panel Discussion on the United Nations international day to end of impunity for crimes against journalists. 

    The National Union of Journalists London Freelance Branch is partnering with King’s College London Global Digital Cultures Research Group and King’s College London Universities and Colleges Union branch to hold a symposium to mark the UN Day to end Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.

    We will be hearing from John McDonnell MP; CEO of Basement Films, Ben De Pear;  broadcaster Sangita Myska; Neve Gordan, professor of human rights law at Queen Mary University of London; Tayab Ali, of Bindman’s solicitors; Dr Moosa Qureshi of Health Workers 4 Palestine; and Joseph Willetts, the Parliamentary Liaison Officer for CAABU – for what promises to be an in-depth examination of how to protect the messenger.  

    UNESCO – the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – states that “ending impunity for crimes against journalists is an essential precondition to guarantee freedom of expression and access to information for all.” The unprecedented number of journalists slaughtered in the Gaza genocide gives this new urgency. As UNESCO continues: “journalists, media professionals, and associated media personnel exercise their duties in highly dangerous contexts. Too many pay an unacceptably high price, including death, enforced disappearance, torture, unlawful detention, and kidnapping, for producing independent, reliable, and verifiable information. Whether reporting on conflict, humanitarian disasters, climate or health crises, journalists continue to face disproportionate threats and higher levels of impunity for extrajudicial killings, torture, en- forced disappearances and arbitrary detention, as well as intimidation and harassment, both offline and online.”

    We invite journalists and students to join us from 2-5pm at the Nash Lecture Theatre on the Strand Campus at King’s College London for a panel + reception.

    Book now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/londonfreelancebranchnationalunionofjournalists/1900658

  • 🚨 Israel, Stop Killing Journalists – NUJ LFB Vigil 13 August

    🚨 Israel, Stop Killing Journalists – NUJ LFB Vigil 13 August

    Dear London Magazine Branch colleagues,

    The London Freelance Branch (LFB) of the National Union of Journalists has called an emergency vigil at Downing Street on Wednesday, August 13th at 17:30, following Israel’s targeted assassination of Al Jazeera journalists. 

    The London Magazine Branch Committee is supporting the London Freelance Branch protest vigil tomorrow evening, and we encourage all members to join if you can.

    The most recent deaths of journalists in Gaza are those of five Al Jazeera journalists killed in an Israeli airstrike. The attack reportedly struck a tent used by journalists outside the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.The journalists killed were Anas al-Sharif, a prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, Mohammed Qreiqeh, a fellow reporter, Ibrahim Zaher, a camera operator, Mohammed Noufal, a camera operator, and Moamen Aliwa, a camera operator.  

    The NUJ has condemned the “horrific attack” as a violation of international law.

    Please join us – we will be holding signs of all the journalists killed in Gaza. Please do come early if you would like to hold a sign and say the name of one of our murdered colleagues. 

    Solidarity,

    Niall Mulholland

    Chair LMB