Amnesty International has condemned a death threat made against a Northern Ireland journalist, reportedly by loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Defence Association.
The National Union of Journalists has backed Carrie Gracie who has quit her post as the BBC China editor and written an open letter to licence fee payers accusing the corporation of “breaking equality law” and creating a “crisis of trust” at the public service broadcaster.
The National Union of Journalists' Disabled Members’ Council has supported calls on the UK government to take urgent action to address the human rights violations of deaf and disabled people.
The National Union of Journalists has called on the press watchdog, the Independent Press Standards Organisation, to carry out an immediate investigation into the prevalence of Islamophobia, racism and hatred espoused in the British press.
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) joined in international condemnation of the killings of media staff at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo
There are now just under two weeks to go for entrants for the first Jan Fairley Award, sponsored by the the National Union of Journalists and supported by The Scotsman newspaper. The deadline is midnight on Sunday 30th November 2014.
'The Scottish Media, the Referendum and Beyond' is the title of an important meeting to be held at the Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace EH1 2JL, at 7.30pm on Monday 17 March.
An award for newer arts journalists with an Edinburgh connection and an international outlook has been established in memory of a writer who was a passionate campaigner for human rights, a lifelong promoter of world music, and had strong connections with Latin America.