Oxford NUJ

15/09/2026

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We're urging everyone to stand up for human creativity and we need your help: please add your voice by signing the petition below. https://buff.ly/uoiFArJ

15/09/2026

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We’re asking for your help to get Burnham’s Government to act on AI and copyright. Alongside fellow members of the Creators’ Rights Alliance, we’re sharing the We Are Better Than This video animation which outlines the fears and concerns shared by many creators and society at large. 🧵

24/06/2026

Too hot to work? What are your rights? What are your options? We've posted on our blog the advice we circulated to our members.
You can find the link in the comment below.

23/06/2026

Huge thanks to Hugh Warwick & Penny Kiley writer for sharing their skills & experiences of making a go of their own Substacks.

We had great feedback from our members who got a taste of both the highly organised & the 'muddle through' approach.

In case you missed it, Penny has blogged about it. The link to her blogpost is in the comment to this post

22/06/2026

A "concrete, practical guide for journalists and newsrooms who cover populist authoritarianism" compiled by journalists on the basis of long experience and research. Valuable tips for our times. We're all invited to the launch. June 23. Register here👇

A concrete, practical guide for journalists and newsrooms who cover populist authoritarianism

22/06/2026

The stories may merit reporting, but not this way and why now? We let the Editor know our dismay at these two articles.
Check out our blogpost on why we felt the journalism undermines Oxford Mail/Times' historic reputation as a fair and trusted source of news.
Link in comment.

17/06/2026

The New Internationalist, founded in Oxford in 1973 , need support to help secure their future.

Still published from premises down the Cowley Road, their critical and independent journalism has been shining a light on big global issues for more than 50 years.

They are owned by their readers, run by a journalists' cooperative, and have more than 20,000 subscribers across the world.

You can check out their coverage here https://newint.org/about

If you'd like to help them secure their future, then chipping in to the crowd funder would be a good way, and now would definitely be a good time
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-new-internationalist-more-than-a-magazine

08/06/2026

Three cheers for Anna Maloney Deputy Comment and Features Ed
CityAM for refusing to be complicit in giving space to AI slop sent by PRs, business people/'experts' and churnalists. That's how we

City AM's inbox is drowning in AI pitches. Anna Moloney, who spends her days copy and pasting them into detection software, has had enough.

22/05/2026

"For the sake of this city and its peace" ~Oxford leaders are calling on the to reconsider giving a Stephen Yaxley-Lennon aka Tommy Robinson, a platform to promote division and hatred.
https://oxford.anglican.org/news/faith-leaders-statement-on-oxford-union-invitation-to-tommy-robinson.php?fbclid=IwdGRzaAR8IrFjbGNrBHwid2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHqzYcEGVP2CiPo43MfPG4VAxAInphbTcqTWIXMdt89H9IbgMMURz6yq2tsaX_aem_qB-X1tvpX769wedIGvXfiw&sfnsn=scwspwa

08/05/2026

Oxfordshire's / international workers' day celebrations continue.
Details on Levellers Day, Saturday May 9 in Burford are here.
https://levellersday.wordpress.com/whats-happening-2026/
Details on “the General Strike in Oxford” play, Saturday 16th May at Oxford Town Hall are here
https://museumofoxford.org/event/the-general-strike-in-oxford/

2026 marks 100 years since the 1926 General Strike. Discover the history of the strike in Oxford through two community performances.