Statement on Recent Remarks from the Hopkins Feminists Organization
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “sga”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers the paper’s response to the Hopkins Feminists organization’s objections to a reporter recording an open meeting.
- The paper reported that the organization objected to the recording, while saying its reporter followed internal policies and the law.
- The article says the paper’s legal counsel agreed that recording an open meeting did not violate Maryland’s wiretap law.
- The reporter writes that the meeting was open to the public, advertised on Facebook, and concerned sexual assault on campus.
- The article adds that private meetings could be held for sensitive matters, but says an open meeting under an SGA-approved “Advocacy and Awareness” group could not be treated as private afterward.