The NUJ CEC (Continental European Council) launched at the end of 2018 a new programme – Who’s your Plus One? The intention is not, as one member suggested, to improve the image of your golfing…Read more…
EU Parliament’s JURI committee rules whistleblowers should be protected at EU level
Brussels, 20/11/2018. The JURI committee of the European Parliament today decided overwhelmingly that whistleblowers in the European Union should be entitled to protection from retaliation or…Read more…
EFJ survey of its communications effectiveness with regard to NUJ members
The EFJ (European Federation of Journalists) is carrying out a survey of the effectiveness of its communications with regard to NUJ members. As members of an NUJ branch, you are kindly asked to take…Read more…
Use it … pay for it …
Or … don’t give away that photo. If you’re supplying an image for free, then someone else is paying for it. NUJ Brussels is backing the NUJ’s #Useitpayforit campaign to encourage amateurs to…Read more…
Tax on journalists’ fees in Belgium – new position since 1 July 2017
Freelance journalists in Belgium can have their work paid as 50 % ‘author’s rights’ and 50 % for ‘fees’, since 1 July 2017.
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Support the Save Flanders Today campaign
Brussels, 17/05/2017. According to the paper’s journalists, the Flemish government has announced that it will not continue to publish Flanders Today, meaning this English-language newspaper –…Read more…
NUJ Brussels whistleblower protection meeting – Tues 25th April, 19.15
The Brussels branch of the National Union of Journalists (Britain & Ireland) is holding a special meeting on Tuesday 25th April – focusing on the challenge of whistleblower protection. As…Read more…
Is there ‘Life after Brexit’ for NUJ Brussels members?
Brussels, 21/01/2017. While Brexit is making headlines for journalists all round the world, few of those actually writing the headlines have had time to give consideration to their own likely status…Read more…
Greens propose new whistle-blower protection law for Belgium
Two NUJ Brussels branch officers attended a Brussels round-table on whistle-blower protection organised by the Belgian Groen and Ecolo parties on 21 December 2016. Groen and Ecolo (Belgium’s two…Read more…
NUJ Brussels sponsoring membership of Brussels Press Club
Brussels, 15/06/2016. NUJ Brussels at its AGM today decided to help sponsor membership of Brussels Press Club for branch members. The branch is itself a member organisation of the Brussels Press…Read more…
UK surveillance Bill: Parliament swallowing an iceberg, says NO2ID
Brussels, 04/11/2015. The new draft surveillance bill is like an iceberg, with a vast bulk of technical change obscured beneath the surface, according to civil liberties organisation NO2ID[1]. UK…Read more…
Twenty-first century local news – professional career or latter-day sweatshop?
The “draft” approach to local journalism in the UK has become easier with the rise of the “central subbing hub”, where in local-news offices up and down the country large numbers of…Read more…
Cyber security tips for journalists (The List)
Updated 04/05/2015. This page is an attempt to compile some of the online resources available to help journalists improve their cyber security. That journalists need to think about such matters is…Read more…
Cyber security tips for journalists
“Journalists face an increasing challenge to secure their communications in a digital world,” the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) warns. It has produced a list of Tips &…Read more…
Author’s rights fees for Belgian freelances
10/03/2015. 100% of publishers’ fees to freelances in Belgium can be treated as payment for “author’s rights”, Finance Minister Johan Van Overtveldt has confirmed. This can…Read more…
NUJ members challenge illegal surveillance by UK law enforcement
The IFJ (International Federation of Journalists) has joined the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in supporting six members who have taken legal action against the Metropolitan Police and the Home…Read more…