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The past year's stories are listed below. Older ones are here - and see the special sections below.
* Unclassified ads from the current issue
 

¶July 2013 - online only

* Tax for freelances free seminar 01/07/13
* Defend Freedom of Information! yes, write to your MP
 

¶June 2013 - in press / PDFs: p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 ALL

* Copyright a-go-go battle re-joined, again
* Friends with benefits? paper plug pals
* War, peace & the media meeting 04/06/13
* Policing update a mixed bag
* My NME's enemy IPC caught out again
* Defend London's NHS march 18/05/13
* Make Your Local News Work campaign launch 06/06/13
* The Gong Pomp magazine
* LETTER Haymarket details
 

¶May 2013 - online only

* Can games writers still make money?
report from The NUJ Presents: Game Over?
* Can you make a living in games scriptwriting?
report from The NUJ Presents: Game Over?
* The sins of the publishers... AU$ 55,000 for using 'pick-ups'
* Call on unfair contracts for World Copyright Day 23/04/13
 

¶April 2013 / PDFs: p1 p2 p3 p4 ALL

* The NUJ presents: Game Over? about games - 18/04/13
* ADVERTISEMENT backupbod.com - half price for NUJ
* The Trireme Mail online
 

¶March 2013 - online only

* Biographical details meeting report
* Copyright under review unfair contracts examined
* Sign up for media pluralism European Citizens' Initiative
* Science writing awards deadline 24/03/13
* Fight for copyright in Cardiff 13/03/13
* Trade Union Freedom campaign launch 23/03/13
* BBC working to rule, striking 15/02/13 and 18/02/13
 

¶February 2013 / PDFs: p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 ALL

* The press after Leveson a debate 28/02/13
* Pander to quality demand! benefits of being human
* Daniel Morel wins a round Twitpix not fair game
* Work your proper hours celebrate on 01/03/13
 

¶January 2013 - online only

* Private copying, maybe... not so sure about © squatting
* Links in chains Irish newspapers in quoting row
* Party piece LFB seasonal party / meeting report
* Support colleagues in Turkey and China
* Rate for the Job survey please keep 'em coming
* Attention! Newsdesk Media
* The Gong Accounts Dept. with no contact number
* LETTER ALCS elections
 

¶December 2012 / PDFs: p1 p2 p3 p4 ALL

* ERRor message Parliament meeting on ERR Bill
* How to survive Xmas tips and links for profitable downtime
* Pitch and Deal bargaining course 18/01/13
* Tax time deadline 31/01/13
* Solidaridad! with El Pais colleagues
* Collect your vote! ALCS ballot looms
* I-less in Guernsey strange new IP right
* Atex anecdata? Credits required, aren't they?
* The Trireme- a county mag
* LETTER Reply to 'Battle of Alamy'
 

¶November 2012 - online only

* Clean up our media lobby 29/11/12 & myth-busting
* BBC freelances: lunch on the NUJ and organise 05/12/12
* Vital insurance offers for NUJ members
* 'Fair trade' for creators international call
 

¶October 2012 / PDF: p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 ALL

* To the lighthouse! meeting on being a brand
* A Future that Works TUC demo 20/10/12 - details
* A Freelance Lifeboat In The Perfect Storm New Ways to Make Journalism Pay - 17/11/12
* Payback for photographers claim cash by 31/10/12
* Your clips online? copyright warning!
* Google settles with publishers re-launches micropayment
* Copyright update please write to your MP now
* New members' meeting for recent LFB members 25/10/12
* NUJ survey please complete it now
* Getting Started as a Freelance course returns 16/11/12
* Attention! Interactive Investor - Money Observer, Moneywise...
* LETTER Battle of Alamy
* ADVERTISEMENT courses from journalism.co.uk
 

¶September 2012 - online only

* LETTER An alarmist article on the Society of Authors
* Made of Stone? NUJ photographers boycott Stone Roses
* New Ways to Make Journalism Pay Brussels version - report
* Recruitment drive how you can help
 

¶August 2012 / PDFs: p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 ALL

* Copyright change again write to your MP
* Universal Credit: universal stitch-up
* Google goes around libraries swap arguments
 

¶July 2012 - online only

* Copyright change again Please write to your MP now
* Public Lending's alright leave it alone - respond by 30/07/12
* New Lewisham NUJ Branch tell HQ if you want to stay in LFB
* Us and Them exhibition review - open 'til 28/07/12
* Who watches the wardens? Parliament Sq photos allowed
* A Future that Works TUC demo 20/10/12
* The Gong Evans creditors
 

¶June 2012 / PDFs: p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 p8 ALL

* Reporting's future the NUJ at Leveson: meeting report
* Defamation defences due Bill in Parliament
* Bow down before us missile madness
* Make Journalism Pay - diarize 17/11/12!
* Strike-watch Associated Press & Newsquest
* The Trireme Award WEC magazine
 

¶May 2012 - online only

* May Day - end unpaid work! NUJ LFB demo call-out 01/05/12
* Protest to defend journalism 19/04/12 and 25/04/12
* Jobs at the NUJ deadline 20/04/12
 

¶Apr 2012 / PDFs: p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 ALL

* Tweeting meeting branch how-to report
* Rights ranks rearrange in copyright campaign
* Small Claims on track court come soon
* Report policing incidents 'right to report' update
* Judicial Rewiew for Jason (and the BBC and ITN and...)
* Attention! Korean Air
* The Trireme & Gong Awards South China Morning Post
 
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