Notice of Special Election for NMG Executive Committee
and Representative Assembly
Notice – March 21 2025
THIS IS NOTICE that a special election will be conducted for vacant seats on the News Media Guild’s Executive Committee (whose members shall also be jointly elected as TNG and CWA convention delegates) and the Representative Assembly.
These terms office will run until Feb. 22, 2027.
The nominating period opens on March 31, 2025. Completed Nominating petitions must be RECEIVED by Wednesday, April 9th 2025, and the “willingness to serve statement” must be RECEIVED not later than Monday, April 14, 2025.
You may use your own petition or a downloadable form here
***In the event only a single nomination is received for an office, that person shall be declared elected, per NMG bylaws.***
Balloting will be conducted via the Internet by a third-party e-balloting provider under direction of the NMG Elections Committee. Ballots will be emailed no later than May 6, 2025 at 9 a.m., ET. Balloting will close May 21, 2025 at 5:00 P.M., ET, the day the ballots will be counted.
It is the responsibility of every member to keep a valid postal address and email on file with the Guild. You may update your information by contacting the Guild office. Please contact the NMG for a full copy of the election rules.
—– The following offices will be elected ——
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE / TNG SECTOR CONFERENCE/CWA CONVENTION DELEGATE
- First Vice President and 2nd delegate. Any member in good standing, including at-large members, may run for this office and cast a ballot.
REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY (RA)
The RA is divided into districts. You must work within a district to represent that district.
AP Editorial Unit
- Photographer Alternate
- AP East Alternate
AP Technology Unit
- Delegate
Democracy Works
- Delegate
- Alternate
EFE News Service
- Alternate
Financial Times
- Delegate
- Alternate
Guardian US
- Delegate
- Alternate
Oxford University Press
- Delegate 1
- Alternate 1
- Delegate 2
- Alternate 2
UPI
- Delegate
- Alternate
CAMPAIGNING: Use of the News Media Guild stationery for campaign literature is prohibited. Upon their request, one campaign statement from each qualified EC, TNG Convention, or RA candidate shall be sent with the list of candidates mailed to all branch chairpersons for bulletin board posting. Such statements of no more than 200 words shall arrive at the News Media Guild office no later than the deadline set for candidate acceptance, five days after the close of the nominating period. NMG shall print these candidate statements, if provided, in all annual elections, and special elections if possible, before the mailing of ballots. Stories should strive for equal space or balance about candidates in election stories, and solicit statements, background, and photographs from all candidates. The language in this section shall be carried in all election notices, including lists of candidates.
News Media Guild Elections Committee
For additional information, contact the Guild at guild@newsmediaguild.org or 212-869-9290.
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