📢 📢 Here’s our new campaign highlighting the vital role of journalists during these tumultuous times.
Many put their lives on the line for truth. Others routinely face abuse.
Imagine a world without journalism?
Show your support & like/share/donate
📢📢 Congratulations to
@BowenBBC
Winner of the Outstanding Contribution to Journalism Award at the 2023 Wales Media Awards 🏆 🏴
Nearly 40 years of taking risks to report what’s going on the world.
Legend.
@Onejen
Hi Jenny, I appreciate this isn’t a solution to the issue of being paid late, or not at all, but I just wanted to say that if you’re struggling, you could qualify for support. Check out of website for info, or dm if you’d like to ask more. James
Journalists are risking their lives to bring you facts about war in
#Ukraine
Thank you to Orla, her crew & every journalist covering conflict for your commitment to truth.
Stay safe. 🙏
Thanks to all who are expressing concern and support for the safety of
#BBC
teams here in
#Ukraine
. It is very much appreciated. Thank you for following our reporting on this frightening new war in Europe
🎉🎉 ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉🎉
Today we are excited to declare the launch of the
#FirstJobsFund
!
A crucial resource that will help new journalists stay focused on their career path, undeterred by the costs of starting out.
Read more about the initiative here:
If you’re struggling to cope because of rising costs, no work, or other money worries...
We’re here to help with CASH support.
For info, scan the code or go online.
Please share 🙏 🙏🙏
Congratulations to
@dannycarrier
from the
@NewJournal
WINNER of our Special Award
@EditorsUK
Regional Press Awards
Covering Covid-19 & delivering emergency aid to vulnerable readers takes outstanding commitment & dedication. Great work.
👏 🗞🏆📰🏆🗞🏆📰👏
#lovelocalmedia
Journalists & their crews are risking their lives to report the
#facts
about the
#UkraineWar
A free & fair press to shine a light on truth has never been more important.
#supportjournalism
A tragic reminder that journalists put themselves in danger to report truth.
❤️ to all those who knew Dom & Bruno.
Journalism has never been more important.
Earlier this month,
@Nadine_Writes
joined the
@Independent
as its first Race Correspondent, reporting on issues affecting the lives of POC- we will be sure to keep an eye on her work this year!
#IWD2021
Journalists are risking their lives to report the facts about war in
#Ukraine
Has shining a light on truth ever been more important?
Thank you & stay safe.
Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was our Patron throughout her reign.
Her support for journalism was unwavering, especially during the challenges of recent years.
The
#FirstJobsFund
is the charity's new initiative aimed at helping early-career journos cover the some of the costs of starting out in the industry.
To celebrate this new fund, we have launched the
#FirstJournoJob
campaign. Here
@BBCNews
@sima_kotecha
shares her advice...
How many of you have been here before?
We know being a journalist can sometimes be tough, especially during a pandemic.
If you are a struggling journalist like Stef, you can receive financial aid from us- helping you to focus on your next career steps👣, not the unpaid bills.
Last year
@alexandraheal
won the
@PrivateEyeNews
Paul Foot Award for exposing how police forces handle domestic complaints against their own officers. She continues to work passionately for
@TBIJ
to research and uncover systemic wrongs and spark change
#IWD2021
Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the ‘gentle, innocent soul’ Lyra McKee, who’ll celebrate her life this afternoon at St Anne’s cathedral in Belfast.
#WeStandWithLyra
📣📣Fleet St legend MAC has donated his original sketch of our late patron, HM Queen Elizabeth II, for a special one time fundraiser.
Submit your best bid in the next 5 days!
More info ⬇️ Good luck!🤞
@londonpressclub
@theroyaleditor
We may no longer be ‘verified’ by Twitter, but we’re still here to help journalists struggling through tough times…
…something we’ve been doing for 159 years!
That’s worth more than any tick.
Thanks to
@mariannaspring
for joining our
#FirstJournoJob
campaign to raise awareness of the First Jobs Fund- our new scheme supporting early-career journos access + stay in the profession, by giving them practical support 💰
The perfect break from the Newsroom. Go alone or bring your favourite colleagues for a team bonding session you won't forget! 😅🥊💢🥊😜
@Selfridges
@BxrLondon
Congratulations & thank you to our Patron HM Queen Elizabeth II who marks 70 years as Monarch today.
👑 👑 👑
HM has supported the charity since becoming Queen in 1952, seen here helping mark our 150th anniversary a few years ago.
The Journalists’ Charity Special Award for outstanding commitment and contribution to journalism is dedicated to Lyra McKee.
#RegPressAwards
#westandwithlyra
Thank you
@jessbrammar
🌟for sharing your
#FirstJournoJob
advice in support of our
#FirstJobsFund
-supporting the next generation of journalists, by helping them cover the costs of starting out.
Are you a new journo? Stay in touch + apply for our support:
There are loads of new journalism graduates searching for jobs right now...
Please share the
#FirstJobsFund
and let them know support is available to them as they start out!
👩💻💰👨💻
Thanks to
@CisionUK
for its long term support.
🎊We're excited to announce a new partnership with the
@NCTJ_news
, aimed at boosting support for journalists and trainees!
After the recent launch of our First Jobs Fund, we're extending our support offer to new journos with a donation to the
@The_JDF
👇
Lyra McKee said she ‘found her calling’ in journalism. Her life was taken in the pursuit of truth. Help honour Lyra’s legacy by creating and valuing great journalism, and never underestimate its impact.
#WeStandWithLyra
Fancy being part of the slow news revolution?🐢
Grapple with the live news agenda, identify what matters, what's missing + what focused
@tortoise
reporting + analysis could add. Have YOUR say.
The Open Newsroom is just one of the membership perks, open to all JC beneficiaries⬇️
📢📢We are very pleased to announce that we have partnered with
@tortoise
, to offer all new Journalists' Charity beneficiaries (including recipients of the First Jobs Fund) a free 12-month membership to the 'slow news' company!🐢
Find more info here:
📢📢We are very pleased to announce that we have partnered with
@tortoise
, to offer all new Journalists' Charity beneficiaries (including recipients of the First Jobs Fund) a free 12-month membership to the 'slow news' company!🐢
Find more info here:
Want to make media in the developing world or bring an underreported story to light? Apply for the
@onewm
#ProductionFund
! £1000 grant + mentoring support for selected applicants. Details here:
For any journalists struggling, we are ready to help🚑
To apply for emergency support, financial assistance or advice, visit
Please share and help us to support the industry
#supportjournalism
Don’t miss tonight’s documentary ‘Under the Wire’ BBC 4 at 10pm -Paul Conroy’s unseen footage with Marie Colvin in Syria - ahead of A Private War released on Friday
@WIJ_UK
Great to celebrate the
@The_JDF
from
@NCTJ_news
- supporting talented young people & boosting diversity in our industry 👏 👏 👏
Thanks to
@BloombergUK
for being very generous hosts.
Our First Jobs Fund helps new journos cover essential costs to help with starting out.
We helped Maibh fix her 🚗 so she could take a job as a reporter. 📻 🎤
Please spread the word. Go online/DM for deets. 🙏
Sending warm wishes to our Patron, Her Majesty the Queen on her 95th birthday.
Her Majesty has supported the charity throughout her reign, seen here at our 150th with supporters from across the industry.
#QueensBirthday
Young reporters- you need extraordinary tenacity to do well in this industry according to James! Amazing turn out tonight and some wise words!
#inspo
💫
Celebrating our fantastic new (& growing!) line-up of ambassadors!
From newspaper editors to TV news legends & stars of the future.
Thank you for backing our mission to help journalists and support journalism.
🙏 🙏 🙏
Full list here -
Amazing insight into the world of foreign reporting and the the many great rewards, lessons and experiences of working in the journalism industry, from
@BBCkatyaadler
.
Thank you
@MirrorAlison
and
@WIJ_UK
for a wonderful zoom this evening!
#supportjournalism
Join the NCTJ's sponsored walk 4th Aug to raise money to help people with disabilities train as journalists. Proceeds go to the Thomas Read bursary, set up by the family of Sky Sports News journalist, Thomas Read, who died unexpectedly in 2015, aged 25. -->
It's time to submit your questions (via the link) for
@bryony_gordon
ahead of tonight's free session, covering mental health, working from home, coping during isolation, and lots more. Join
@WIJ_UK
and
@JournoCharity
from 5.30 - 6.30pm. Register here:
.
@sophiasgaler
is
@bbcworldservice
's first ever Visual Journalist in Faith + Ethics.
Sophia passes on the
#FirstJournoJob
insight she received on video journalism from a cameraman she worked with at
@NBCNews
👇 reminding us to consider new perspectives!
So far...
Our support has prevented 12 journalists & their families impacted by
#COVID19
from losing their homes.
Dozens of others have received life-changing support.
#supportjournalism
#JournalismMatters
We stand ready to do more.
We’re on to Local/Weekly brethren. The Sports writer of the year is Callum Law of the Aberdeen Evening Express. Glad he won, it’s a long way to Glasgow from the Banks o’Dee.
Humbling to see appreciation of the JC's work from overseas. We are proud to support the needs of journalists and the role of the media in society. It is even more gratifying knowing our work is influencing ideas on welfare practices for journalists nationwide
#supportjournalism
Sports journalists have been particularly hard hit by the impact of
#COVID19
⚽️ 🏉 🏏 🎾 🗞 📻 🎤
We’ve provided essential support to journalists like Ross since March & stand ready to do more.
#supportjournalism
@SportSJA
The kids may returned to school this week, but we know for many journalists this means confronting the many issues that have built-up from weeks of juggling a career and childcare.
Has the "double shift" left you feeling anxious about work and reduced income?
We can help!
📢📢 Great to be back with journalists from across Scotland to celebrate the best of the industry & raise funds to help those who are struggling.
Huge thanks to
@campbellclaret
&
@RoryStewartUK
for their support. 🙏
Thank you
@CarolineWyatt
for sharing your journalism journey at the
@WIJ_UK
event tonight. An honest + inspiring account of the highs + lows of working in the industry 👏👏
Care about journalism? Sign up to become a free supporter of the charity here-
Today
@CagilKasapoglu
shares her
#FirstJournoJob
wisdom for new journos.
Before joining the BBC in 2012, Kasapoglu's work appeared in Turkish, French + Lebanese media.
❗️The
#FirstJobsFund
can help early-career journos with some of the costs of starting out >link in bio! 😊
📣 Join colleagues from across the industry to pay tribute to journalists who lost their lives bearing witness to war.
Journalists’ Service: Under Pressure at St Bride's Church, Fleet St ⬇️ ⬇️
@stbrideschurch
#supportjournalism
NCTJ has opened an additional summer application round for Journalism Diversity Fund. Bursaries go to aspiring journalists from socially/ethnically diverse backgrounds without financial means to support themselves through NCTJ journalism training Wed 8 Aug
“Be curious and ask questions. Be brave and speak up. Work on your skills, soak up every bit of feedback you receive – and ask for more...”
Thank you
@pollycurtis
for a bit of Monday morning
#FirstJournoJob
inspiration!
New journo? Need💰support? The
#FirstJobsFund
can help🤝
'Broadcasting gold dust' In 2020
@sallynugent
helped share the accounts of two influential sports figures in their quest to raise awareness of their respective cause in 'My Year with MND' and 'Feeding Britain's Children'
#IWD2021