Tim Dawson
@TimDawsn
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Freelance Organiser @NUJofficial, Former Deputy General Secretary @IFJglobal. Personal work and details: https://t.co/xNZWSq7nSY
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Joined December 2009
US media unions have led the way with agreements ensuring that #AI implementation does not damage journalism. @newsguild #NewsNotSlop is a great campaign that deserves all our support:
newsnotslop.org
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The key issue for journalists in the Government consultation on facial recognition is watch-list transparency:
tim-dawson.com
Article originally published in the December 2019 editor of NUJ Informed. Each September, Porthcawl is alive with white jumpsuits, improbable sideburns and gyroscopic hips as 40,000 Elvis impersona…
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Delighted to represent @NUJofficial at @ALCS_UK's meeting in Parliament last night. Creators must work together if AI theft is not going to deny us a livelihood.
alcs.co.uk
Parliamentarians and industry figures came together to discuss issues affecting authors and hear about new research into the impact of AI on novelists at yesterday's All Party Writers Group (APWG)...
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.@NUJofficial Organiser @TimDawsn: "I fear we're saying too little about some of the other implications of AI. We have seen a degradation of the quality of work in news reporting. We've also seen an erosion of people's ability to make a living from news reporting."
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Police public order training will be revised in the light of interventions made by NUJ members during a visit to the Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre. https://t.co/5PKaa0cXsD
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Police public order training will be revised in the light of interventions made by NUJ members during a visit to the Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre.
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Amazing victory for @newsguild journalists in Pittsburgh after three years on strike:
newsguild.org
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'Kill fees' damage journalists and journalism. If you agree, the Government wants to know...
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McCullough Review highlights need for government to blow the whistle on illegal surveillance, says NUJ. NUJ's Séamus Dooley said the NUJ views the Review as "a valuable starting point with key recommendations which, if adopted, would help ensure strict adherence to best practice
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Strong stand taken by @trevorbirney and Barry McCaffrey @NUJofficial vindicated by McCullough Review. @AmnestyUK CAJ and @NUJofficial continue to demand action on other surveillance in Northern ireland. McCullough just one chapter.
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Freelance journalist or any other kind of sole trader? – if you have ever felt unfairly treated by much larger companies, act now! https://t.co/bSdQfuOqpK
#freelance #journalism #stoppop
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Freelance journalists – life made unbearable by late payments, kill fees, ‘payment on publication’ and unfair contracts? The UK Government says these are unfair practices and wants to hear from you… https://t.co/mNG4LV3VGv
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Govt consultation provides opportunity for freelance journalists to improve their pay terms. The NUJ's Tim Dawson explains.
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Trump’s supporters defund public-interest broadcasting. A grim reminder of populist instincts towards journalism:
nytimes.com
President Trump’s request to claw back $9 billion in congressionally approved spending passed despite objections from Republicans who said it abdicated the legislative branch’s power of the purse.
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Turkey is reasserting its role as a leading jailer of journalists. When a judiciary is bent to the will of an autocratic leader, this happens. Demand freedom for unjustly jailed journalists, and be watchful for the rise similar abuses elsewhere… https://t.co/ZQuOk5JTLv
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Journalists Dicle Baştürk, Yavuz Akengin, Eylem Emel Yılmaz, and Sendika.Org contributor Ozan Cırık, who were detained during house raids in Istanbul on 13 June, were put under arrest pending trial...
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Great to see Irish trades unionists committing to action on the #surveillance of journalists:
nuj.org.uk
Séamus Dooley, NUJ assistant general secretary, proposed motion three on the surveillance of journalists.
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Congrats too to @HirstPhotos and Pennie Quinton NUJ FIC’s incoming vice chair and treasurer.
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Congratulations @alidabbs on election to chair @NUJofficial’s Freelance Industrial Council. Just the activist the sector needs!
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The UK government's decision to make funding cuts to journalism courses sends a damning message. Use our tool to write to your MP today, and help support @NCTJ_news Save Quality Journalism Education campaign backed by the NUJ. https://t.co/2InyTpTDog
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An important commitment from @metpoliceuk to @NUJofficial about their duty to enable journalists and photographers to do their jobs in 'public order' situations... https://t.co/wVSqDhd62c
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Senior London Metropolitan Police officers have provided reassurances to the NUJ ahead of the Football Lads Against Grooming Gangs demonstration on 28 June.
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