NewsGuild members and and a guest are invited to kick off and celebrate the holiday season with The NewsGuild of New York at the Bourbon Street Bar & Grille on Wednesday, Dec. 5 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Learn more here.
Read the Executive Committee's letter to the local's membership on the union's commitment to protect and defend any member who might be dealing with harassment in the workplace. Additionally, find out how the Guild can be of service to its members in such situations and how, as coworkers, we can comfort and assist anyone dealing with harassment.
Get to know Stephanie Brumsey of Reuters, how her careers has evolved as a producer, and why the Guild community of peers is vital to her professional development.
Democracy depends on journalism, and there’s no better time for media organizations to unionize.
“One of the NewsGuild’s biggest strengths is that they understand the journalism business so well. We all want to do the best journalism we can. And it’s important to know that it’s not just about a contract… the Guild wants to make sure that their journalists are doing the best work that they can. And that’s important to me because I care about the quality of the work that I do.”
"Guild membership is important to push back on management policies that affect our members’ financial well-being, health care, and work-life balance."
"...The value of our work is always in danger of being undermined or taken for granted, and the only way we can protect it is together."
"With the Guild, you have such a strong community you can turn to, both in your workplace and in the larger network of like-minded people."
"Unity is critical in a business where the bosses are trying to slash costs, take away benefits and gut morale with continuous layoffs and buyouts."
"The Guild’s a structure connected to my work, but not aligned with the interests of my employer, which means I know they have my back. Unions are just the word we use to describe the power that comes from workers acting collectively, and that power is multiplied way beyond what my small shop could achieve because we’re connected to all the other publications represented by the Guild. And that’s a hell of a lot better than trying to navigate this industry on my own!"
"At a time of cutbacks and layoffs in corporate-controlled media organizations, journalists need reliable support infrastructure to protect functional working conditions and to give them a feasible way to seek recourse if needed."
"Union protections allow us to speak our minds at work, whether or not we think our boss will agree. That makes for a far better and more interesting newsroom."
Nomination meeting on October 16, 2018. The nomination and election of officers shall be conducted in accordance with the Bylaws of The NewsGuild of New York, as amended April 30, 2015, Federal Law, and rules adopted by the Local Election Committee.
Read more … Rules for Nomination and Election of Local Officers - Executive Committee member
Meredith Corporation announced today that it will sell Fortune to Fortune Media Group Holdings Limited, owned by Chatchaval Jiaravanon, for $150 million.
Read more … NewsGuild of New York Statement on sale of Fortune Magazine
President Donald Trump chose to pick a fight with the media again yesterday, further exposing a dangerous mindset toward the press and the necessary role of journalism in our society.
Read more … NewsGuild of New York Statement on President Trump's Recent Press Conference
“I often think about our duty to warn. Mostly because, when we’ve neglected to, it’s ended up being a shitshow.” Thrillist has a fascinating piece from James Beard Award-winning food writer Kevin Alexander about how his rating of a small Portland, Oregon restaurant, Stanich’s, as Thrillist’s best burger in America inadvertently contributed to the restaurant’s...
This week, the BBC devoted attention to a series on the spread of false information: The BBC is launching a series today on disinformation and fake news, with documentaries, reports and features on TV, radio and online. There are conferences in Delhi and Nairobi, and new research from India and Africa into why people spread...
Notifications every 2 minutes. The most interesting real-news-about-fake-news this week was the BBC’s in-depth research into how information — and misinformation — spreads via WhatApp in India. Read all about that here. (Also elsewhere on Nieman Lab, be sure to check out this piece by Francesco Marconi and Till Daldrup on how The Wall Street...
