The newsletter for the Oxford & District branch of the National Union of Journalists
During my time on the branch committee, I campaigned against job cuts in traditional media while also trying to recruit new members in the growing digital sector. I set up a website for the branch, which is still going seven years later. I also used my links with the Oxford Geek Nights to connect with the Oxfordshire tech/digital community.
During my time as chair and vice-chair, I also:
- Co-organised and chaired a public meeting with Nick Davies and other guest speakers about how "churnalism" threatens democracy
- Campaigned for quality in academic publishing and helped to organise public meetings about this
- Represented the union at three national delegate meetings
- Campaigned against cuts to regional broadcast journalistm
- Wrote regular articles for the branch newsletter (a monthly print publication)
- Helped to run the branch Twitter account.
I was branch vice-chair from October 2008 to October 2010, then I was elected branch chair and stayed in the role until January 2013.
Work teaser
As well as campaigning for journalists in Oxfordshire, I created a digital presence from scratch