The NUJ Commission on Multimedia Working: reading the report

The long-awaited report of the NUJ commission on multimedia working was published today on the union’s freshly-redesigned website. This is the final version of the document that caused a bit of a furore back in October when excerpts were published in the union’s in-house magazine alongside a comment piece, provocatively entitled “Web 2.0 is rubbish“, by [...]
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NUJ freelance branch confirms first blogger member

The of National Union of Journalists has formally admitted its first member who describes himself as a full-time blogger, the secretary of the union’s London Freelance Branch, Tom Davies, has confirmed. Although many NUJ members blog as part of their job with other media outlets, Conrad Quilty-Harper, who writes for the blog Endgadet, is believed [...]
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NUJ may get ‘first full-time blogger’ member tonight

The National Union of Journalists may tonight admit its first member to list ‘blogger’ as his job title. The union’s London Freelance branch will tonight consider an application from Conrad Quilty-Harper, who is taking a year out from Hull University and is a freelance contributor to Engadget, the widely-read gadget blog ultimately owned by AOL. However, Quilty-Harper’s case [...]