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Fireworks predicted as NUJ rallies in Manchester on 5th November |
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Thursday, 04 October 2007 |
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The NUJ is planning to stage a rally this Bonfire Night in an effort to persuade the Society of Editors to stand up to the country’s “greedy media owners.”
Journalists from all across the UK are being urged to join the union as they descend on the five star Radisson Hotel to petition the society’s conference. Protesters will meet outside the MEN’s HQ on Hardman Street at 12.30pm (they may be disappointed - the MEN has moved - ed), before marching off to the Peter Street location in an effort to lobby the editors. Speaking about the plans Union president Michelle Stanistreet, a Sunday Express journalist, said: "The media is owned by a smaller and smaller group of extremely wealthy corporations. "They make big profits but they want more. So journalists face a constant round of job cuts and dwindling editorial budgets. This means that more and more news is just recycled press releases. "We want our editors to join with us and stand up to the culture of cuts. If they believe that journalism is important for democracy and for local communities they must take a stand.” The Manchester event is the centrepiece of Stand Up For Journalism Day which will involve events all over Europe. Following the march there will be a rally ‘in defence of journalism’ at 1.30pm in the Friends Meeting House on Mount Street. http://www.nuj.org.uk/
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