Putting union minutes online

Official records of the union's meetings will now be made available online.

Members narrowly voted in favour of making minutes accessible to only to members, who have password-protected access to most of the NUJ's website.

One speaker against the motion objected because he said contact details are widely available for committee members. Journalists have to be able to pick up the phone and ask questions, he said, which they have done "since time immemorial".