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The Chartered Institute of Journalists is a professional association for journalists and is the senior such body in the UK and the oldest in the world.


History

The ''Chartered Institute of Journalists'' was proposed during a meeting in Manchester and later became known as the National Association of Journalists at a meeting in the
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in October 1884, "to promote and advance the common interests of the profession of journalism." It changed its name to the Institute of Journalists in 1888, and received a
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in 1890. It petitioned for, and was granted, an additional Royal Charter in 1990, to become the Chartered Institute of Journalists, usually abbreviated as CIoJ. It also operates as a form of
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for journalists although it is strictly apolitical. It set up a benevolent fund for distressed journalists in 1898, and an orphans fund in 1891, and also operates a pension fund and another for convalescent members.
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were introduced in 1910 although such benefits, if granted, later became handled by the Benevolent Fund. These charities are all registered with the Charity Commission as number 208176. Disaffected members left in 1910 to form the rival
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, and unsuccessful attempts to merge the two bodies were made in 1921, 1928, 1943, and 1966. The last introduced a period of dual membership, but the experiment ended within 5 years. The CIoJ created the Media Society in 1973, and was a founder member of the
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. Although based in the UK, it also has an international division for members outside the UK. It also includes groups for freelance journalists, press photographers, journalists working in
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and press relations.


Journal of the Institute of Journalists

The Journal of the Institute of Journalists .


See also

*
John Thackray Bunce John Thackray Bunce (11 April 1828 – 28 June 1899) was a British journalist and author. He served as editor of '' Aris's Birmingham Gazette'' from 1860 to 1862, and of the ''Birmingham Post'' from 1862 to 1898. Early years Bunce was bo ...
*
James Nicol Dunn James Nicol Dunn (12 October 185630 June 1919) was a Scottish journalist and newspaper editor, best known as the editor of London newspaper ''The Morning Post'' from 1897 to 1905 and as London editor of the ''Glasgow Evening News'' from 1914 unt ...
, President of the then-Institute of Journalists in 1904 *
Thomas Sowler Sir Thomas Sowler (7 July 1818 – 4 April 1891) was an English newspaper proprietor in Manchester. Early life Thomas Sowler was born in Manchester to Thomas and Helen Sowler, one of three sons and three daughters. He bore the same name as h ...
* Charles Frederick Williams


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* 1884 establishments in the United Kingdom Organizations established in 1884 United Kingdom journalism organisations Journalism-related professional associations Journalists Professional titles and certifications Rotherhithe Trade unions based in Essex {{UK-trade-union-stub