Newspaper and magazine publisher Archant, with profits of over £2.6 million, has announced a major new initiative aimed at encouraging its readers to submit photos for publication and syndication. Their iwitness24 scheme is described as giving ”users the chance to share their news, photos and videos”, and appears to be offering contributors the opportunity to profit from an international syndication scheme. Read the rest of this entry »
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Archant iwitness24 Rights Grab
18th January, 2012
Archant, iwitness24, NUJ, rights, Rights Grab
Posted in News by Larry Herman | 
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2012 LPB AGM and NEC Photographers’ Seat Elections
11th January, 2012The Tuesday 31 January 2012 London Photographers’ Branch meeting will host two important events.
First, it is the LPB AGM* where we elect our committee members & discuss the work of the branch for the coming year.
With the prospect of tighter restrictions resulting from the Leveson Inquiry, we will also be having an introduction by Paris based photographer Nigel Dickinson about the impact of Privacy Law on photography in France. Read the rest of this entry »
AGM, LPB, NEC, NUJ, photographers seat
Posted in News, Reports by Jason Parkinson | 1
Branch Xmas Party
11th December, 2011
photo Jess Hurd/ design Jason Parkinson
7pm, 14th December 2011 at the Queens Head Pub near the NUJ.
66 Acton Street, London, WC1X 9NB – Map
Print Exchange
This Christmas we are coming together as a branch in a celebration of our year. Over the last 12 months our members have reported and documented everything from revolutions to civic engagements. Though our commitment to the highest standards of ethical journalism we continue to stand and fight together for the future of photography in the UK and Abroad. To celebrate this last years achievements the branch is running a print exchange at the party. To enter you can either buy raffle tickets on the night or donate a print to the exchange and get them free. All financial proceeds will be donated to a journalist’s charity to be announced.
If you would like to donate a print for our raffle then please bring it along to the party on the night, otherwise Matt can offer a quality (giclee) A3 print for £12 inc. VAT. Please Email him your image file in the form of a JPEG to matt@matthewaslett.com.
FB Event - Please do RSVP on here if you can!
Look forward to seeing you there! Santa outfit optional 
christmas, London, London Photographers' Branch, NUJ, Party, Photographers
Posted in News by Jules Mattsson | 0
Met Apology for Photographer’s Parade Arrest
9th December, 2011
Police officers block Jules's camera, dislodging a lens hood, during the incident. photo Jules Mattsson
The London Photographers’ Branch congratulates its member Jules Mattsson in winning his case against the actions of the Met police when he was covering an Armed Forces Day parade in Romford last year. Jules kept calm, recorded the incident and argued for his rights in an intimidating encounter with the police. During the encounter he was abused, assaulted and threatened under the Terrorism Act and falsely imprisoned. Jules was 15 at the time and a student but had the support of branch officials at the scene and the national union in successfully pursuing justice with the help of leading civil rights solicitor and friend of the NUJ, Chez Cotton.
NUJ Legal Officer Roy Mincoff said:
“This was very poor and unlawful behaviour by a senior police officer, trying to intimidate a young NUJ photographer. It is not acceptable conduct, has no place in the police force and is hardly likely to gain respect for the police amongst the youth of the UK. The police have now recognised this, apologised and compensated our member. The NUJ will continue to hold the police to account to ensure that the vital rights of journalists, enshrined in law, are upheld, to enable reporting and photographing to continue, as part of the democratic framework of our society.”
Read the full Bindmans statement:
Bindmans, Chez Cotton, Homophobia, Homophobic, Human Rights, Jules Mattsson, Justice, Metropolitan Police, NUJ, Phnat, Police, Policing, Press Freedom, Roy Mincoff
Posted in News by Jess Hurd | 1
November Branch Newsletter
22nd November, 2011
November Branch Meeting: The Art of War
Project Griffin Training
Archant Contracts Meeting
Branch Christmas Party
branch, london photographers, november, NUJ, press
Posted in Newsletter by Jules Mattsson | 0
Archant Contract Meeting
26th October, 2011Freelances who work for Archant titles are invited to a meeting at NUJ
HQ to discuss a new agreement issued by the company. It insists on assignment of copyright, and included a clause that transfers the publisher’s full liability to the freelance. We are asking members not to sign.
The meeting will take place on Thursday, October 27 at Headland House,
308 Gray’s Inn Road, WC1X 8DP, beginning at 6pm.
Any freelance who is affected, or who might be affected, will be made welcome.
Please contact freelanceoffice@nuj.org.uk to let us know you wish to attend.
Archant, Contract, Freelance, LPB, NUJ, Photographers
Posted in News by Jess Hurd | 0
Police Powers Seminar
11th October, 2011Police powers of arrest, detention and seizure for journalists.
An NUJ members only event with Bindmans Solicitors
Date: Thursday 17 November 2011 Venue: 275 Gray’s Inn Road, London Time: 5.20 pm to 7.10 pm
Introduction
This free seminar organised by Bindmans LLP and the NUJ will explore the issues surrounding ‘a free press’ and the protection afforded to journalists in relation to the criminal justice system. It will offer practical guidance on police powers and investigations. Read the rest of this entry »
Bindmans, Law, NUJ, Photographers, Press Freedom, rights
Posted in News by Jess Hurd | 5
Rates For The Job
7th October, 2011This page links to the various NUJ rates guide pages and rate submission page, vital resources for all photographers’ and other lens-based media.
The importance of maintaining the NUJ advised rates cannot be reiterated enough. In order for freelances to hatch out a living wage, these rates are constructed to form a minimum rate from regular updated information from union members. In order to maintain, improve, update and continue to validate these rates, members are urged to take a minute to supply information on the rates they are earning. You can do this here at the Rate For A Job submission page.
The Freelance Fees Guide is a good place to start, with rates for all aspects of writing, photography, video and audio.
Photography Rates can be found here.
Videography, a section of the Photography Rates rates can be found here.
LPB, NUJ, Rates, rates for the job
Posted in Rates by Jason Parkinson | 0
Journalists Not Evidence Gatherers
15th August, 2011
7th August 2011. Police Evidence Gathering Team in Tottenham during disorder. © Jules Mattsson/LNP
The disorder that swept England recently has calmed, leaving untold destruction, injury and a number of deaths in it’s wake. Lens-based journalists are often in the frontline of these situations to report, receiving aggression from all sides.
Already a number of photographers have been injured and mugged while covering disturbances, radio cars burnt and TV networks have had to pull their crews out of entire areas. The risk to media workers in this sort of situation is massive, especially to those who have to work with visible equipment.
Ethics, Evidence, NUJ, PACE, Police and Criminal Evidence Act, Policing, Press Freedom, Riots, Safety
Posted in News by Jules Mattsson | 2
Solidarity Message for Injured Belfast Journalist
22nd June, 2011The London Photographers’ Branch sends a message of solidarity and best wishes to injured NUJ member Niall Carson, who was shot in the leg while covering sectarian clashes in East Belfast on Tuesday 21 June.
The NUJ website reported NUJ Irish secretary Séamus Dooley said: “Niall Carson was injured while doing his job. It is vital that journalists should be allowed to carry out their duties without fear of attack from any quarter. This incident is part of a sinister assault on the people of Northern Ireland. The riots of the past two days represent a wider attack on the community, who have a right to live in peace. Our thoughts are with all those who have suffered as a result of the riots over the past 48 hours”.
NUJ general secretary-elect Michelle Stanistreet said: “This shooting is a sharp reminder of the dangers faced by media workers in conflict situations. Journalists and their employers must be mindful of the safety implications of covering conflict situations, while there is also a responsibility on the police to ensure that the media are allowed to carry out their duties in the public interest”.
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Posted in News by Jason Parkinson | 0