Editor at Amnesty International
London, United Kingdom
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- Senior Site Editor, amnesty.org at Amnesty International, International Secretariat
- New Media Representative - National Executive Committee at National Union of Journalists
- Past
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- Editor, news.amnesty at Amnesty International, International Secretariat
- Chair, Online Media Joint Council at National Union of Journalists
- Online/Interactive Journalist at RTE
- Education
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- Dublin City University
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Donnacha DeLong’s Summary
I've been working as a professional journalist online since 1998, initially with RTÉ in Ireland, then in a number of short-term positions. Since 2003, I've been working with Amnesty International, initially editing their news website and I am now Senior Editor of www.amnesty.org. I'm also a committed and experienced trade unionist.
Donnacha DeLong’s Specialties:
Content editing, web-site layout and coding, strategic thinking, union negotiating.
Donnacha DeLong’s Experience
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Senior Site Editor, amnesty.org
Amnesty International, International Secretariat
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
November 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)
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New Media Representative - National Executive Committee
National Union of Journalists
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
April 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)
I represent the New Media sector of the media on the NUJ's National Executive. I'm also on the Policy Committee of the NEC. Contact me at: donnacha.delong@tiscali.co.uk
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Editor, news.amnesty
Amnesty International, International Secretariat
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
October 2003 — November 2006 (3 years 2 months)
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Chair, Online Media Joint Council
National Union of Journalists
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
2001 — April 2005 (4 years)
Before the establishment of New Media as a formal sector of the union, I chaired the OMJC, the union body responsible for forming policy and guiding the union's activities in the still-emerging online media sector. This body was replaced by the more formal New Media Industrial Council, of which I am a member.
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Online/Interactive Journalist
RTE
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
November 1998 — April 2002 (3 years 6 months)
I was one of the two original online news journalists who started working on the new RTÉ News Online website in 1998. In 2001, I became the Senior news journalist, concentrating primarily on features and major projects. Both roles required the ability to rework broadcast copy for the web, write original feature content and work with html code, as well as audio and video content.
Donnacha DeLong’s Education
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Dublin City University
BA , Journalism , 1994 — 1998
My experience as an online journalist began in 1996, half-way through my course. As part of the Journalism society, a number of my classmates and I began a low-budget music magazine called Sorted magAZine. After printing and distributing the first issue for free, we had no budget left, so we linked up with a colleague doing Computer Studies and sortedmagazine.com was born. I remained editor of the online magazine until 2004, making it the Ireland's longest running online music magazine.
- Activities and Societies:
- Journalism Society, Publishing Society
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Donnacha DeLong’s Interests:
music, comics, politics, new technology, trade unionism
Donnacha DeLong’s Groups:
National Union of Journalists
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Donnacha DeLong’s Contact Settings
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