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Chartered Institute of Journalists

The Chartered Institute of Journalists is the oldest professional body for Journalists in the world. It was founded - as the National Association of Journalists - in 1884 and six years later was granted its Royal Charter by Queen Victoria, to protect and serve those employed in the field of journalism.

The Institute combines the role of professional society with that of a trade union - known as the IoJ(TU). The Institute’s union section protects its members' interests in the workplace and campaigns for better conditions for working journalists.

The Institute’s professional side is concerned with the standards and ethics of the media, the protection of journalistic freedom, training and administers the Institute’s many charities.

The International Division has members in over other 30 countries who joined to be members of the senior professional organisation of journalists and who support the Institute's principles of honest reporting, independence and being apolitical.

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CURRENT:

Sami al-Haj is free
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Reuters cameraman films Israeli tank shooting him
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The CIoJ remembers Farzad Bazoft
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CIoJ visit to Strasbourg - click here for more details

Institute brands Prince Harry report 'reckless opportunism'
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Institute remembers journalist colleagues who died in the Munich air crash
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Make 2008 a free New Year for Sami Al-Haj
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Chinese blogger killed
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HISTORICAL:

Chartered Institute of Journalists backs Fowler over BBC appointments
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Institute welcomes the release of Alan Johnston
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More barriers to journalists’ investigative rights
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Trauma Self-help Website Launched for News Media Staff
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Journalists urge PRs to ‘get wise’ to Press card situation...
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New V-P announced...
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HSE backs Institute over safety...
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