Mancunion Extra

21/01/2016

The NUJ's Manchester & Salford branch is offering a £4 film screening open to members and non-members on the last Thursday of each month at Afflecks Palace.

07/12/2015

Parts of a story written by an investigator from The Sun who claimed to have travelled from Turkey to Paris without having to show his passport were made up, the Croatian Interior Ministry has said.

03/12/2015

The press has introduced new rules to give transgender people the same protections from “prejudicial and pejorative reporting” as other minority groups in society. The change to the discrimination clause of the Editors’ Code of Practice followed by the vast majority of newspapers, magazines and news…

01/12/2015

With media freedoms increasingly curtailed under military junta, local printer removes critical piece on stagnant Thai economy

01/12/2015

Human rights magazine Lacuna - A Writing Wrongs Project, aims "to fill the gap between the short-term immediacy of daily journalism and long-term academic analysis." It is produced by the Warwick Centre for Human Rights in Practice and submissions are welcome.

Elections are always an exciting political moment and this one has been particularly special. It was the first free and open election in Myanmar in twenty-five years – and not only open for the people of Myanmar, but for foreigners too.

24/11/2015

Student journalists are using freedom of information requests to hold universities to account

17/11/2015

The Times and The Sunday Times Graduate Trainee Scheme is now open to anyone interested in getting amazing experience in journalism.

We are looking for candidates with a love of journalism who have ambitions to become writers and editors

16/11/2015

Creative Access helps creative BME graduates secure paid internships. Check out what's on offer here:

09/11/2015

University of Manchester Students' Union is running an afternoon trip to the BBC at Media City UK next Monday, from 2 – 5pm. Buy a ticket here!

Join us on a tour of the BBC at MediaCityUK and walk in the footsteps of some of your favourite celebrities! Our new home in the North of England is one of the most ambitious projects in the BBC's history.  Media City is home to a whole host of BBC channels and programmes including favourit…

04/11/2015

"No journalist anywhere should have to risk their life to report the news. Together, let us stand up for journalists—and stand up for justice."
—United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

03/11/2015

In the past 10 years, 700 journalists have been killed for doing their job.

03/11/2015

On the 19th of November, investigative journalist Meirion Jones, who broke the 2011 Jimmy Savile scandal, will be speaking at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. Student tickets £6.

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