Journalists at BYM - preview
If we do not allow journalists to be present at Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), are we behaving as a secret society? The fact that our business method, held in worship, may be unfamiliar to some journalists is no reason to close our doors to them We do not, after all, disallow anyone from attending Meetings for Worship If we are afraid that we might behave differently if they are present, that surely is a sad reflection on us?
When BYM was at Warwick University some years ago, May Youett and I were co-press officers: a difficult task I felt then that reporting of YM for the national/regional media should not exclusively be done in-house So much of what we now read in newspapers, hear in the news or collect online comes from in-house press handouts This ‘churnalism’ restricts democracy in a fundamental way which is insidious because it is unseen by all not directly involved Journalists need opportunity to engage actively and intelligently with institutions, councils and organisations
Ruth I Johns
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