RULE 138 (a)


News Correspondents and Reporters: Any person accorded the privilege of the press gallery or press table must be a news correspondent or reporter for a newspaper, a radio or television station, or of a recognized press association . . . no more than one representative of each shall be admitted to the press table or press gallery at one time.

Members of the media have limited privileges of the floor as seen here, Mannix Porterfield a reporter with the Herald Standard newspaper in Beckley interviews Delegate Ron Thompson-D Raleigh County prior to the floor session, but members of the media may not visit members in their seats during a session of the House. Those members of the media who fail to abide by the rules of the House are subject to revocation of their press credentials and privileges of the floor.