http://jwarren.co.uk/blogged/demotix-press-pass/ Freelance photojournalist based in London Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:13:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://jwarren.co.uk/blogged/demotix-press-pass/#comment-154 David Stares Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:13:15 +0000 http://jwarren.co.uk/?p=665#comment-154 Are the NUJ worried about competition or maintaining standards? Maybe they want to know that journalists know their ’there’ from their ‘their’? Are the NUJ worried about competition or maintaining standards? Maybe they want to know that journalists know their ’there’ from their ‘their’?

]]> http://jwarren.co.uk/blogged/demotix-press-pass/#comment-153 tony kent Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:19:15 +0000 http://jwarren.co.uk/?p=665#comment-153 Looks nothing like the UK Press card (except for the word PRESS in black on yellow background - is their a copyright on this colour scheme?). I am not a member of Demotix but I am a working journalist. Seems like the NUJ and their ilk are afraid of a little competition from "citizen" journalists and other independents. I have never carried a press card and have never had the need of one, even in sensitive areas. I carry my passport and that is good enough ID. Looks nothing like the UK Press card (except for the word PRESS in black on yellow background – is their a copyright on this colour scheme?). I am not a member of Demotix but I am a working journalist. Seems like the NUJ and their ilk are afraid of a little competition from “citizen” journalists and other independents. I have never carried a press card and have never had the need of one, even in sensitive areas. I carry my passport and that is good enough ID.

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