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¶April 2007
* You can be stopped for no reason 'camera can be a weapon'
* Information wants to be free Commons debate 16/04
* No pictures! says Npower - injunction overturned
* The Gong Entertainment Weekly
* Arrest apology for Andy Milton Keynes is sorry
* BBC strike suspended
* LETTER 0 for appearance
 

¶March 2007 mini issue
* Time to Free Information deadline 08/03/07
* Conduct becoming? code debate
* Get libel insurance and keep fighting those clauses
 

¶February 2007
* Pray for Freedom of Information! submissions by 08/03/07
* Mail on Sunday - payment when? members get in touch
* Interactive innovation progress report
* Informers "killed ten" now NI police want search powers
* Evening Standard rights grab members get in touch
* BACS to basics no more excuses
 

¶January 2007 - double issue with Dec 2006
* The Trireme Award Mélange magazine
 

¶December 2006 - printed with January 2007
* All go with Adobe photographers' directory is live
* Money from stock photos prepare for constant change
* Copyright grab alert Johnston Press
* Equality For All training 12/01/07
* British Library Readers' Group (a week later: 04/12/06)
* The Freelance issue issues
 

¶November 2006
* An injury to one... LFB photographer injured
* What subs want! and how to get it?
* Healthcare ahoy! calling EMAP
* Library of bauble? British Library mystery
* Rock and rôle! writing course 10/11/06
* The Gong Platinum Entertainment
* Remember Martin O'Hagan prosecute his killers 28/09/06
* The Gong Trinity Mirror Group
* Strike alerts Telegraphs & Guardian
* On the move the Freelance on mobile phones
 

¶October 2006
* New musical excess don't sign that contract!
* Barking and snapping council chamber pix
* Low Pay in the Media summit 04/11/06
* Gaza job, then? our correspondent doesn't report
* The Gong Elle & Grazia
* Attention! Madafu Publishing
* LETTER No college confusion there
 

¶September 2006
* College confusion over copyright
* Pay battle moves to S Yorks strike 12-18-19/07/06
* Social and informal Ukraine speaker
* BBC consultation over radio shifts agreement
* Agents in the clear Treasury speaks
* Life not thru a Lens snappers, paper boycott Robbie Williams
* Attention! TickTock Media
* Student membership come 'n' get it!
* ADVERT DACS Payback 2006
 

¶August 2006
* Submit to the Code conduct of a review
* Avoid phish with chips don't get caught
* No hedgehogs please... perils of BBC privatisation
* REVIEW I'm dealing with the cat litter
* The Gong Profile Pursuit
* Opting your photos out DACS deal detail
* Sorry to Safari browser users try other browsers, please
* ADVERT DACS Payback 2006
 

¶July 2006 (or June/July)
* Re: Proposal pitching plan
* A new way to sell photos NUJ on Adobe directory
* Creating rights... Copyright matters
* Source bottle eighth hearing to protect informant
* Liability limited talking pays
* Q/Mojo working! new agreement
* Unsettling news US copyright action
* Vests and libel signs of Press Freedom Day
* Do as we say, not... Freelance apologises
* Leeds alert balloting now
* The Gong Sunday Times
* Bolton bursary for photographers
* Ice-cold in Alex diversity prize
* LETTER We're worth the money
 

¶June 2006 - online only
* Red card for Trinity Mirror 04/05/06, 10:30am, Liverpool St
* New news network now QualityStreet to share
 

¶May 2006 (or May/June)
* Quality networking - sweet! sign up to talk now
* Paddick's promises right to report
* Rates on the move Fees Guide launched
* 'One shit-hot negotiator' Guide gets results
* Photo matters at Annual Meeting
* Nailing Northcliffe Bristol bonding
* Are we a 'business cartel'? threats to organising
* Attention! Push Hockey Ltd
* The Trireme Award Euromonitor
* Uncontempt member exonerated
* LETTER Free file locking and more
 

¶April 2006
* Doing our Job full Brian Paddick debate report
* Copyright grabbed and returned again
* Make nice! Make false! barmy book brief
* New Fees Guide launches 23 March
* Eurocult no, it's a bursary
* Attention! Pagemedia Publishing
* New news network meets 20/04/06
* The Gong Glasgow City Council
* Forms for fun and profit ALCS registration kit
 

¶March 2006
* A 'vital public interest' Robin Ackroyd wins
* Lexis alert have you had the new contract?
* Only doing our job! Commons debate notes
* LETTER Socialist realism
 

¶February 2006
* Sacrosanct sources? Robin Ackroyd back in court
* What, then, is to be done? make your concerns union matters
* League lockout get in touch if football's sent you home
* Have we a right to report? March Commons meeting
* Give us a flash! OK by us, says TUC
* Posh paper people's place network meetup 20/04/06
* A Guardian non-exclusive! snappers' licence
* The Gong Haymarket Publications
* Only connect charity contacts
* Attention! Highbury House Communications
* LETTER Euro payment tips
 

¶January 2006
* Seasonal survival tips for a trying time
* Show me the money the rewards of copyright
* Greed's the word Bristol resists - protest 20/12/2005
* Justice for Eileen Tower Hamlets action - strike 11/01/2006
* Peace and conflict Stop the War starts a row
* Familiar new face Assistant Organiser
* The Gong Didsbury Magazine
* Freelance assistant post election 09/01/2006
* Berlin journalism fellowship deadline 20/01/2006
 

¶December 2005
* Go to Stop the War... conference place going spare
* Free love, fair dealing debate on "citizen witness" reporting
* Bristle con pain Northcliffe protest 06/12/05
* Go West Country! Northcliffe campaign soars
* Colombia calling solidarity mission report
* Linear regression? rates for women
* New emergency numbers in case of arrest
* City Life in the balance Manchester meanies - write now!
* O Canada! CBC workers return with wins
* Ask Kate! © advice sessions
* Your Branch needs you! Committe jobs to consider
* Belonging to a branch which one for you?
* A bone to pick... osteoporosis writing awards
* Guardian rise new agreed minimum
* LETTER Bye-bye dodgy cheques!
 

¶November 2005 - online only
* Citizen can notes for a debate 14/11/05
 

¶October 2005
* Brought to book US authors sue Google
* Getting our souls back no to 'no compete' contracts
* The Freelance new post and apologies
* Attention! TPL Realisations, formerly Ticktock Publishing
* Trireme Award Hackney Gazette
* LETTER Singapore Tax
* LETTER Keep clear
 

¶September 2005
* Slam-dunk for snapper settles for £45,000
* ©laim & ©ounter ©laim 30/09/05 US deadline
* Citizen hack? diversity and dangers
* He's a fair cop, guv Paddick's promise
* Is Auntie fair to you? tell us if the BBC's bad to you
* Stay safe, stay together public order training trial
* Opting your photos out DACS deal detail
* What does it take? debate at the Commons
* Solidarity, eh? Canadian lockout call
* Is the cup half full? Pay in the Media gig 19/11/05
* They're back South London & Coventry return
* Express arrives minimum rate agreed
* The Trireme Award Motorsport News
* Video nicey © show for your branch
 

¶August 2005 - virtual Freelance
* Public Order law at the G8 notes from a talk
* More Indymedia seizures can computers drop rocks?
* What does it take? our debate at the Commons - in full
 

¶July 2005
* Journalists are all overpaid, right? discuss - at the Commons
* Fresh Fees Guide discussion fora launched
* Good news! C4 doesn't want universal rights...
* LETTER Dire Straits
* ADVERT Guild of Health Writers awards
* ADVERT DACS Payback 2005
 

¶June 2005
* BBC strike postponed no longer 31 May/1 June
* Victory in Scotland snappers win £20k
* Annual Delegate Meeting mostly harmless
* Sell it again, Sam syndication sagas
* Bohemian threnody Queen want snappers' souls
* Don't get PINned down Press Card checks
* Attention! Another Generation
* Attention! SA Publishing Ltd
* Attention! Motorcycle Voyager
* The Gong Nursing Standard
* LETTER Late payment law works
* ADVERT DACS Payback 2005
* ADVERT Guild of Health Writers awards
 

¶May 2005 - online only
* Fight photo free-for-all! can TV use pix for "review"?
* Attention! Tramp magazine
 

¶April 2005
* Print-on-demand guidance to authors
* Brought to book nonfiction authors' bind
* Time for a treasure hunt Guardian looses grip
* Our exiled friends at home Zimbabwean organisation
* The Gong BBC Online times out
* In the middle attacked from all sides
* Your cheque is in the dog the ultimate excuse?
* Court at last for Scottish snappers
* LETTERS If you don't ask, you don't get
* Attention! Pictorial Post
 

¶March 2005 - online only
* Indy accept offer 3% on salaries & shifts
* Glittering Prizes and Fellowships
 

¶February 2005
* Please release me... beware small print
* Trinity reincarnated deal done, no strike
* Payback pays out £2.25M for images
* The Trireme/Gong Heritage Magazine
* What it's worth snap unhappy
* Perfect Pitch course on making deals
* California dreaming Fellowship fantasy
 

¶January 2005
* Indymedia puzzle who took it?
* Kiev, we have a problem international rescue
* Freelances activated conference excitement
* Reuters wire watch for strike
* Days of your number press card PINs needed
* The Haymarket rite late payment - & a network?
* The Gong Front magazine
* LETTER Warning!
* Attention! Pullout Promotions Ltd
 

¶December 2004 - online only
* Photographers' meeting digital costs09/12/2004
 

¶November 2004
* Who is the censor? Who took Indymedia down & why?
* MEN make peace dispute settled
* Quite another country notes from "Iraqi Kurdistan"
* Ethics on the table conference 04/12/04
* Exile on mean street What do exiled journalists need?
* LETTER Tapes & tribulation
* LETTERS In solidarity with whom?
* LETTER Rates testimonial
 

¶October 2004
* Visa views revised US 'clarifies' advice
* The attempt to cut off my voice Ewa J writes from detention
* Call for tenders Updating the Freelance Fees Guide
* MEN behaving badly support sought
* LETTER Two kinds of freelance, no contradiction
* LETTER Photographers' Fees Guide
* LETTER Lecturers wanted
* LETTER A small irony
* Attention! Asian Woman & Asian Bride
* The Gong Press Gazette & EMAP Performance
 

¶September 2004
* Seek a better deal negotiations course 27/10/04
* Ewa Jasiewicz is ejected from Israel LFB member silenced by security services
* Kiev leak hits Web Gongadze papers released
* The joy of the deal to wellness via the kasbah
* Football's going home... got a Premiership licence?
* The Gong Daily Record magazine
* Attention! Tense magazine
 

¶August 2004
* All together now... organising contradictions
* Coventry not out offer accepted
* The first amendment annoying book bans
* Subterranean editors wellness and its opposite
* The Gong Q: expenses from 20 months ago
* LETTER Wall-paper
 

¶July 2004
* Less trouble at t'mill Blackpool strike suspended
* NotFromBrum photos from protest in Nottingham
* Visa waver maybe you need an 'I' after all
 

¶June 2004
* Hacks on the Mersey beat NUJ annual conference
* Junis Kuthair is free! after London protest 24/05/04
* In visa veritas doing work in the US? You could be a business
* Freelance wellness members facing the downside
* Attention! Network Lifestyle Magazines
* Attention! Pacific Publishing Ltd
* Trireme Award www.myvillage.com and its cashless economy
* Attention! ASG Marketing Reality Ltd.
* Attention! Indobrit Magazine Ltd.
 

¶May 2004 - online only
* Defend the BBC! Send your Charter Review responses
* A run for your money for Members in Need
 

¶April 2004
* Angry Haringey locked-out press officers protest
* Performance performs agreement struck
* Manchester offline network forming 31/03/04
* Fiction's flexible friends How the other half live
* The Gong TV production company DoRo: 25 months
* Volunteer time Branch Equality Officer wanted
* Attention! New York Times
* Attention! Touch Magazine
* Attention! West Africa Magazine
* Face to face with racism meeting, Leeds, 13/03/04
 

¶Mar 2004
* A cautionary tale how not to protect a source
* Sources of anxiety debate at the Commons
* Strike alert Telegraph, German papers & French radio
* We're winning on rights not quite there, but advancing
* Set out your stall... in the Freelance Directory
* Getting started as a freelance course, Manchester 06/03
* Opting your photos out of the DACS money collection
* LETTER Live now, pay later?
* The Gong Los Angeles Times: £500 owed for over a year
* Political fund proposal Members' meeting 12/02
 

¶January 2004
* The political fund it's how, not whether, we campaign
* Go to jail Go indirectly to jail, to protect a source?
* Silence Not an Option Belfast conference on protecting sources
* Infernal machines scrub that drive to protect your sources
* The Gong The Business
* Worldwide worry waiting for Walden
* Fair use? photographers let us know
* Branching together NUJ London branches forum
* London calling do the BBC survey
 

¶December 2003
* Dread in Babylon report from Iraq
* Policing incident report form don't just mutter, grumble!
* Only doing our job... meeting with the Met
* The Beeb front do that survey please!
* Recycling win for ex-Melody Makers
* The Gong Sweet & Maxwell and Lexis-Nexis
* Friends of the court for Paul Trummel's appeal
* LETTER Us are not amused
 

¶November 2003 (online only)
* Still out but not down support Abdul & Adli
* Stop the lies NUJ on the demo 27/09/03
 

¶October 2003
* Dear Independent nice campaigning, but this injustice at home...?
* Emap's tiny terror and an answer
* The BBC respects rights The BBC has always respected rights...
* Courseucopia training for you
* Attention! Indigo Publications
* The Gong Fiesta - took three months to come
* Not forgetting Martin... killed 28/09/2001
* Dear Independent... nice paper, shame about the terms
* Record rate? £29,000 for one character...
* LETTER Oarsome! But no thanks...
 

¶September 2003
* Out but not down Abdul & Adli confront Dyke
* Better deals can be yours free course 15/10/2003
* Sweet things in life LFB member is 92
* Beer, no skittles Guy welcomed back
* Moving on copyright consultant ceases
* BBC freelances, tell us... do this survey now, please
* Attention! Saleworld Publishing
* LETTER Thanks for the solidarity
* Library to go WW2, steel, Eastern Europe books
 

¶August 2003
* Geneva grenade grief Guy grills government
* NME Unoriginals NME & Melody Maker contributors' alert
* Battle of the Titans Corbis v Amazon
* Case closed member's investigation hits the mark
* Remember Gyorgi public meeting 16 September
* LETTER Tax credit credit
* AD Creators' Rights Alliance: administrator
* LETTER State of © Play
 

¶July 2003
* Geneva, city of grief LFB member maimed by police...
* Independent variable giveth with one hand...
* Snap to it! photographers' meeting
* Meetings mean money the importance of being networked
* Copy right cash coming but beware the catch!
* Tell MPs about freelancing consultation until 09/06/03
* APPEAL our member must not be deported
* Still remembering May Day in Belfast
* LETTER O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
* Dale debate ethics in Hebden Bridge 24/06/03
* Kiev off UK government on Gongadze
 

¶June 2003
* Stop Digging in the dirt boycott Gabriel!
* Special photographers' meeting tell the GS what you need
* Mojo keeps working agreement at EMAP
* Winning ways Annual Delegate Meeting 2003
* NewsQuest continues support strikers
* Baghdad café support indy media in Iraq
* Support Abdul and Adli against BBC's peremptory dismissal
* AirNet stops that flyaway feeling broadcasters network now
* Travel writing its part in saving the world
* Picture this £000s for you?
* The Gong Rolling Stone: nine months to deliver a kill fee
* Votes for all! including temporary members
* We are restless photo exhibition
* Attention! India Today
* LETTER How the giants really work
 

¶April/May 2003
* The job of the rates how to get better pay
* Chop, starve or build? freelances need representation
* A world to win photographers need global reach
* Euromoney? get in touch
* 'The media is reality' war coverage notes
* Baghdad blues don't do this, kids...
* Trireme Award Cat News races to the bottom
 

¶March 2003
* Whistleblower vows justice for Gyorgy Gongadze
* Battle in Bradford & Kendal watch for strike calls
* Rough at the top Guides chapel forms
* Underdogs bite back IndyNet launched
* Calling all subs network now!
* LETTER On whose behalf do you think you rant?
 

¶February 2003
* Reinstate Mark at the Rotherham Advertiser
* Rupert in the line of fire picket Wapping 28/01/2003
* Who owns that? database launched
* Appealing decision Robin gets his day in court