Having been party to some very interesting debates about where the NUJ's magazine The Journalist should be headed under its pending new editorship, I felt I needed to know more about the candidates and that some of the debates surrounding this appointment deserved a wider audience than just current NUJ members.
While non-members may not be able to vote, many candidates state they wish to use The Journalist to reach potential new members and it struck me that an open online debate might just be one way to get that particular ball rolling.
We will attempt to moderate this debate lightly; however any plainly abusive or potentially defamatory posts will be removed as will any spam. If you spot anything of this nature before we do, please use the 'report this post' button.
If you are new to bulletin boards,
read this guide, it includes useful tips on how you can monitor replies to your posts.
Finally, please be aware that you may not get immediate responses to your questions to the candidates and not all candidates may take part (most have expressed an interest, but they are busy people!).
When you post a new question, please create a new topic. That way each issue will be threaded nicely!
We will keep this board open until Friday 6 November 2009 (the final deadline for ballot papers) after which it will most likely become read only.
