Quakers and the press move a little closer
Meeting for Sufferings considers if and how journalists should be allowed into Yearly Meeting sessions
Journalists may be allowed to report on future Yearly Meetings (YM), while texting and blogging in Yearly Meeting business sessions are set to be banned. Meeting for Sufferings gave a cautious thumbs-up to the proposal that outside media be invited to Yearly Meeting, recommending that open sessions should become the norm. However, explained Sufferings’ clerk Susan Seymour, YM Agenda Committee has discerned that live electronic communication during Business Meetings is not appropriate and should not happen.
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