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WAS BUSH CONSIDERING A WAR CRIME?

NEWS RELEASE
Thursday 17 May : Release time immediate
Journalists support Al Jazeera demand for information
The Chartered Institute of Journalists (CIoJ) gives full support to the Al Jazeera request that the British authorities …

NUJ does not speak for British journalism

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Saturday 21st April : Release time immediate
Britain’s senior professional organisation for journalists, the Council of the Chartered Institute of Journalists, expressed its dismay on Saturday, 21st April, at several unprofessional …

Journalists urge PRs to ‘get wise’ to Press card situation

NEWS RELEASE

Tuesday 12th March : Release time immediate
The Chartered Institute of Journalists is asking exhibition and conference press office organisers to ‘get wise’ to the structure of journalism and press cards by appreciating …

Daily Express Political Editor elected Vice-President

NEWS RELEASE
Monday 11th March : Release time immediate
Macer Hall, Political Editor of the Daily Express, has been elected Vice-President of the Chartered Institute of Journalists.
Hall, aged 40, pledged to preserve the Institute’s “timeless …

HSE backs Institute over safety

NEWS RELEASE
Tuesday 18th December : Release time immediate
Britain’s journalists must be provided with adequate safety equipment when covering dangerous stories, the Health and Safety Executive has ruled.
It means newspaper offices should provide items like hardened …

BRITISH JOURNALISTS RAISE FUNDS FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN’S HOME

News release
14th October, 2006
More than £1,000 was raised in an ad hoc raffle for a local handicapped children’s home by members of the Chartered Institute of Journalists at their annual conference and AGM in …

INSTITUTE GRIEVES MURDERED JOURNALIST

News release
10th October, 2006
Members of the Chartered Institute of Journalists stood in a minute’s silence this morning (Tuesday, 10th October) in memory of the murdered Russian journalist, Anna Politikovskaya, at the opening of …

PROF. GUIDO DE MARCO TO OPEN BRITISH JOURNALISTS’ CONFERENCE IN MALTA

News release
6th October, 2006.
The streets of St. Paul’s Bay will be buzzing with senior British journalists next week. The journos will be attending the annual conference and annual general meeting of the Chartered …

PROPRIETORS AND EDITORS CRITICISED FOR TAKING RISKS WITH STAFF

News release
25th September, 2006
Annual conference of Chartered Institute of Journalists
Strong criticisms is expected of proprietors and editors next week for taking unnecessary risks with the lives and safety of staff journalists and photographers.
Members …

Institute condemns taxing fashionistas

News release
Tuesday 11th July 2006 : Release time immediate
The Chartered Institute of Journalists is urging photographers – and editors – to resist paying a ‘picture tax’ after organisers of the London Fashion Week …