Leading journalists and members back Steve Usher

Aidan White, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists; Barry Fitzpatrick, NUJ Head of Publishing; John Fray, former NUJ Deputy General Secretary; Pierre Vicary, NEC London member and Secretary BBC World Service Branch; John Barsby, NEC member East Anglia; Ray King, NEC elect representative for Newspapers and Agencies; Chris Howe, FoC The Telegraph; Michael Roddy, FoC Reuters; Francis Wheen, Writer and broadcaster; Richard Wray, Communications Editor, The Guardian; Lena Calvert,Equality Organiser, NUJ; Hélène Mulholland, Public policy correspondent, The Guardian; Simon Rocker, FoC Jewish Chronicle; Brian Williams, FoC The Guardian; Rachel Baird, Christian Aid; Simon Hinde, Sky.com; Frank Prenesti, former FoC Thomson Reuters; Andy Bruce, Economics sub-editor, Reuters; Robin Gibson, Racing Post; Suzanne Roberts, Johnston Press Peterborough, former MoC Spalding Guardian; Pan Pylas, Associated Press; Jon Hopkins, Stefano Ambrogi, Maytaal Angel, Jessica Mortimer, Toby Chopra, Simon Jessop, Thomson Reuters; Haoyu Zhang, NEC SE England member, Chair of BBC WS Branch and FoC, BBC Chinese Chapel; Michael Workman, Chair BBC World Service Branch, FoC Bush House News & Current Affairs Chapel; Nahed Abouzeid, FoC BBC Arabic Chapel; Tory Blair, Full-time BBC Secondee (lay official); Olex Hyrb, FoC BBC Ukrainian Chapel; Anna Mainwaring, MoC BBC TV News Channel; Nina Killen, MoC Express Newspapers Broughton; Emma Herring, Former NEC member, Newsletter Editor and Branch Secretary of London Press and PR Branch; Steve Miller, Head of Journalism Courses at UCA Farnham, formerly Head of Publications at Amicus/Unite; Ferne Arfin, National Co-ordinator, Writers In Prison Network/NUJ Pathways to Journalism; Bill Bowder,FoC Church Times; Sarah Chambers, MoC Archant Ipswich; Keith Webster, Daily Mirror; John Carey, Press officer, Fenland Council; Jeff Apter, Paris Branch/NEC member elect Continental Europe; Kevin Moore, Secretary, Dublin Newspapers' Branch, former FoC of Independent News and Media; Peta Van den Bergh-Steel, former NUJ Freelance Officer; Michael Cronin, Member of Honour, former FoC, Irish Press Group; Brendan Foley, former Chair, Press and PR Branch; Simon Coss, NEC Member, Continental Europe; John Foley, former FoC Independent Newspapers Chapel, Treasurer Irish South East and West of Ireland Branch, Stephen Brookes MBE, Chair, NUJ Disabled Members' Council