The UJF has been assessing the impact on journalism of the EU’s new General data Protection Regulation, which takes effect this week. The regulation covers data protection and privacy for all individuals in the EU and EEA. The regulation has more implications concerning the way business operations are run, not journalistic practices. It doesn’t giveRead More
The eagerly awaited biennial event for UJF members will this year take place 12 October. Guest speakers will be announced soon and tickets will go on sale in June. The Day of Journalism is a chance to debate and hear about the most pressing issues facing the profession, both in Finland and internationally. It’s anRead More
The UJF has bestowed its shop stewards awards for 2017 on Jukka-Pekka Porola, chief shop steward at I-Media, and to public broadcaster Yle shop stewards Anu Pylkkänen, Juha Romppainen and Timo Löppönen. The awards were presented at the session of the UJF council held 17 May. Jukka-Pekka Porola is described in the award citation as as a “peacefulRead More
“It would have been a hundred times harder if the union hadn’t supported me”, says journalist Linda Pelkonen, who was the target of a wave of online harassment in 2015.
On Tuesday May 15, the 1700 journalist members of the Norwegian Union of Journalists at the Norwegian Public Service Broadcasting NRK went on strike, after negotiations and mediation did not lead to a new collective agreement.
Parliament now has before it a wide-ranging package of legislation on military and civil intelligence. In its statement to the Parliamentary Committee on Defence, the UJF has pointed out errors and problematic issues in the draft legislation that could in practice erode source protection for journalists.
Finland’s ranking in Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index has taken a beating for the second consecutive year.