Supporters include...
Gerry Curran, joint Vice President
Fran McNulty, joint Vice President, Presenter, Prime Time, RTÉ
John Barsby, Honorary General Treasurer, Member of Honour
Jim Boumelha, Member of Honour, past president
Anita Halpin, Member of Honour, past president
John Toner, past president
Jeremy Dear, past president, former NUJ General Secretary
Pete Murray, past president, former FoC BBC Scotland
Chris Morley, past president (personal capacity)Michelle Stanistreet, past president, NUJ General Secretary
Donnacha Delong, past president
Barry McCall, past president
Tim Dawson, past president, NEC Freelance, London Freelance Branch
Sian Jones, past president, Head of Communications, Equity, PR & Communications Branch
Pierre Vicary, past president, NEC London, BBC World Service Branch
Francis Beckett, past president
Alex Pascall, Member of Honour, Black Members’ Council
Pat Healy, Member of Honour, former SOC, London Freelance Branch
Pauline Norris, Member of Honour, former Chair SOC, Solent Branch
John Lister, Member of Honour, former Chair SOC, Birmingham Branch
Mary Curtin, Member of Honour, Dublin Broadcasting Branch
Anna Wagstaff, secretary Oxford Branch, Member of Honour
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Emily Pennink, PA chapel Co-chair
Jonathan Brady, PA chapel Co-chair
Natasha Wynarczyk, Daily Mirror, Nationals Rep, Reach Group chapel
Kate Cronin, National World rep
David Gallagher, Joint FoC, BBC Radio Future Media Chapel, BBC London Branch
Dominic Cotter, BBC acting Secondee Nations and Regions
Sian Harrison, co-author McNae’s Essential Law for Journalists (former PA rep)
Maytaal Angel, Thomson Reuters chapel rep
Carolyn Cohn, Thomson Reuters chapel rep
Catherine Usher, Reach Magazines rep
Keith Miller, Telegraph rep
Nick Dermody, Chair BBC Wales chapel branch
Martin Fisher, FoC ITV Yorkshire, Chair of Broadcasting Industrial Council
Martin Shipton, Nation.Cymru, former Reach group chapel chair
John MacInnes, Scottish Weeklies National World FoC, former group chapel co-chair
Mohammed Elfeniche, Presenter & Producer, Al-Ghad TV
Shohreh Joulan, MoC, Iran International
Oren Gruenbaum, Guardian committee rep
Brian Ging, FoC, Al Jazeera English
Alan Jones, PA industrial correspondent and former FoC
Emma Boyde, FT rep
Brian Vokes, former joint FoC Usborne Books
Brid Fitzpatrick, former MoC, BBC Newcastle
Matt Spivey, BBC, former rep MyLondon, Reach
Philip Bradfield, rep, The Newsletter, National World
Mark Ellis, former FoC and industrial correspondent, The Mirror
Sarah Standing, Photographer, rep, Portsmouth National World
Henry Widdas, National World group chapel committee, Chair North West Lancashire Branch
Pritha Sarkar, Thomson Reuters
John Hess, former political editor, East Midlands BBC, Nottingham Branch
Judith Mora, chapel rep EFE
Nick Morrison, chapel rep Agence France-Presse
Michelle Adamson, MoC BBC Radio Manchester
Ursula Milton, chapel rep, FT
Sam Tobin, UK Legal Reporter, Thomson Reuters
Bob Dale, FoC BBC Radio Kent
Marc Gaier, FoC BBC Radio Merseyside
Jo Palmer, MoC, BBC Solent
Nic Rigby, FoC, BBC East
Colin George, Health & Safety rep, BBC Studios
Patrick Gearey, FoC BBC Sport
Matthew Hill, FoC BBC West
Fiona McCarthy, MoC, BBC Sussex and Surrey
Gerry Jackson, Acting FoC, BBC TV Newcastle
John Clark & all the chapel committee, Racing Post
Frances Whittaker, former rep Buzzfeed
Kelly Oakes, freelance and former rep, BuzzFeed
Aileen Moynagh, BBC rep, Belfast
Sam Volpe, rep, Newcastle Reach chapel
Estel Farell Roig, Bristol Reach chapel
Steve Bird, Chair, FT chapel branch
Jackie Craft, rep, Newsquest Northern Echo
Joe Harrigan, chair, Newsquest Group Chapel
Abbie Wightwick, rep, Cardiff Reach chapel
Carmelo Garcia, LDR rep, Reach
William Telford, Plymouth Reach chapel
Mel Cullinan, former joint FoC Racing Post
Elgan Hearn, LDR rep, Newsquest
Nino Bantic, FoC, Associated Press Television Network, Broadcasting Industrial Council
Simon Rocker, chapel rep, Jewish Chronicle
Richard Alcock, chapel committee, Guardian
Mark Sleightholm, PA chapel welfare officerToby Chopra, Reuters NUJ repAndrew Brassleay, Newsquest striker
Jeremy Britton, BBC Old Bailey producer
Anna Cookson, BBC radio presenterRuby Lott-Lavigna, former Vice repGemma Ryder, Daily RecordDon Mort, JPI Media, co-chair Leeds Branch, NIAC
Gerry Curran, joint Vice President, NEC Republic of Ireland
Fran McNulty, joint Vice President, Presenter, Prime Time, RTÉ, NEC Republic of Ireland
John Barsby, Honorary General Treasurer, Member of Honour
Georgina Morris, NEC North East & Yorkshire, former Group Chapel Chair, National World
Tim Dawson, NEC Freelance
Jim Boumelha, NEC South East
Kathryn Johnson, NEC Northern Ireland, Irish Executive Council, Belfast & District Branch
Roger McKenzie, NEC Black members, Black Members’ Council
Laura Downes, NEC Magazines (jobshare)
Pierre Vicary, NEC London, BBC World Service Branch
Christina Zaba, NEC, Chair New Media Industrial Council
Cearbhall Ó Síocháin, RTE, Chair, Irish Executive Council
Debbie Cavaldoro, Chair SOC, PR& Communications Branch
Tim Gopsill, Chair London Freelance Branch, former Editor of The Journalist
David Baines, treasurer Newcastle Branch, former FoC Newcastle Journals
Matt Capon, Chair London, Digital Media Branch (ProfCom, former Reach group chapel and Mirror rep)
Andy Comfort, Chair of the NUJ East Yorkshire Branch, former BBC Local Hull FoC
Donnacha Delong, treasurer London, Digital Media Branch
Georgina Morris, co-chair Leeds & West Yorkshire Branch, NAIC member
Richard Palmer, Chair London Central Branch, former FoC Express, Reach group chapel
Martin Fitzpatrick, Chair Dublin (Newspapers) Branch
Ronan Brady, Dublin P&PR, former Chair, Irish Executive Council
Jim Symons, chair Dundee Branch
Ray King, former FoC Express Newspapers, London Central Branch
Steve Usher, former FoC Daily Star, London Central Branch
Paula Dear, Brussels Branch
Di Peasey, Nottingham Branch
Sally Chidzoy, Chair Cambridge Branch
Julian Swainson, vice chair, New Media Industrial Council
Simon Hinde, Programme Director for Journalism & Publishing, London College of Communication, London Central
Phil Mac Ghiolla Bháin, IEC, New Media Industrial Council, Derry & North West Branch welfare officer
Ahmed Elsheikh, New Media Industrial Council, former FoC BBC Arabic Service & Al Arabiya
Kieran Fagan, Dublin Freelance branch, former NEC member
Adam Bowen, co-chair BBC Newsnight chapel, NEC broadcasting
John Harris, Photographer, Report Digital
Andy Aitchison, Photographer, Photographers’ Industrial Council
Mark Thomas, Photographer, London Freelance Branch
Andrew Wiard, Photographer, London Freelance Branch
Colin McPherson, Photographer, Edinburgh Freelance Branch
Mark Pinder, Photographer, Chair Newcastle Branch
Chris Wheal, London Magazine Branch
Datshiane Navanayagam, freelance Presenter and Reporter
Barry McCall, past president, Dublin Freelance
Paul Mason, investigative reporter and presenter
Barrie Clement, industrial correspondent, Brighton Branch
Eugene Costello, London Freelance Branch committee
Mike Wilson, former secretary Edinburgh Freelance
Ian McKenzie, London Freelance Branch
Lisa Hughes, Magazine editor, Welfare officer, LFB
Richard Shrubb, New Media Industrial Council, Disabled Members Council
Sylvia Edwards Davies, New Media Industrial Council
Paul Box, photographer London Freelance Branch
Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ General Secretary
Natasha Morris, NUJ Legal & Equality Officer
David Ayrton, NUJ Senior Organiser, Freelance
Andy Smith, NUJ Freelance and Newspapers Organiser
Mostafa Rajaai, NUJ London Organiser
Jeremy Dear, former NUJ General Secretary
John Fray, former Deputy General Secretary
John Toner, Former NUJ Senior Organiser, Scotland
Paul Siegert, Former NUJ National Broadcasting Official & BBC secondee
Sian Jones, former NUJ National Broadcasting Official
Eoin Ronayne, former general secretary Fórsa, former NUJ Irish Secretary, former chair Dublin Broadcasting Branch.
Samira Ahmed, Presenter
Susie Fowler-Watt, Presenter, BBC Look East
Pam Royle, Presenter, former MoC ITV News, Tyne Tees & Border
Anthony Bellanger, IFJ General Secretary
Alex King, editor at large Huck magazine
David Beake, former NEC
"Negotiating alongside Laura
over many years has convinced
me that she will make a
great General Secretary."
John Toner, former Scotland,
Freelance and Northern Organiser
“I’m backing her as I know first-hand her skill in negotiating and organising, and her experience and commitment to members and to recruitment. Laura understands the vital importance of digital to our industry, and will stand up for journalists and journalism in all its many forms. The NUJ needs a General Secretary who can keep her nerve in a turbulent and shifting industrial space. Laura is that woman.”
Christina Zaba
Chair, The New Media Industrial Council
"I am proud to endorse Laura’s candidacy for the role as general secretary. In the increasingly challenging media world Laura has fought tirelessly on the key issues such as pay and redundancies, gender equality, terms and conditions at work and union recognition. I am sure she will be an outstanding GS as she is principled and tough, but fair in all negotiations. Above all, she never loses sight of the fact that all she does is for NUJ members and that every single one matters."
Mark Ellis, former Mirror FOC and NUJ life member.