| I spoke with Rep. Jeff Hayden (DFL- Mpls) about what's going on with the Minnesota House of Representatives' media policy. The House currently doesn't have a policy on how to deal with bloggers or any other kind of new media.
"We're going to open up the committee hearings for new media," Hayden said. He said it was only a matter of making sure that everyone who wanted to attend a committee hearing could. "There will be an area for all media and we'll just make sure that there's room for everyone else, too."
Floor sessions are another matter, but that mainly has to do with space. For example, at a popular session like the opening session it is simply a matter of there only being so much space for the media.
The bottom line: Hayden is hopeful that the policy will treat new media, like bloggers, equitably. |
