join the 21st century and let the people film meetings
Newspaper editors, journalism academics, bloggers and the public across Britain should campaign for the right to film and record council meetings.
They should follow the lead of a group of journalism lecturers working at three universities in Leeds who are urging council leaders to accept that the filming and recording of public meetings is in the interests of open democracy.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/oct/28/localgovernment-press-freedom
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