Da Karen Garrett
 Mai daukar hoto yana kallon sama-sama game da abincin rana na Ƙungiyar 'Yan Jarida ta 'Yan'uwa, wanda ya ninka a matsayin taron shekara-shekara. Hotuna daga Regina Holmes |
 Editan Rayuwa da Tunani Julie Garber ta nuna kwafin mujallar, yayin da Frank Ramirez ya duba. |
Kungiyar ‘Yan Jarida (BJA) ta hadu a ranar 4 ga watan Yuli don taron ta na liyafar cin abincin rana, inda mutane kusan 55 suka halarta. Mai gabatar da shirin Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm ya soke saboda matsalolin lafiya.
Hukumar BJA ta zaɓi yin amfani da lokacin shirin don faɗaɗa rahoto. Taron na shekara-shekara shine memba / masu biyan kuɗi zuwa "Rayuwar Rayuwa da Tunani" don tabbatar da kasafin kuɗin BJA da kuma sanya sunayen mutane a cikin hukumar.
A wannan shekara hukumar ta raba dabarun da aka tsara don makomar mujallar “Rayuwa da Tunani na ’yan’uwa.” Tsarin dabarun yana mai da hankali kan sauye-sauye masu zuwa da hanyoyin don haɓaka gaba.
An fara da Vol. 56, Na 1, “Rayuwa da Tunani ’Yan’uwa” za su ƙaura daga fitowar kowace shekara zuwa littafin da ba a ke so a shekara. Mujallar za ta ci gaba da buga kusan adadin labarai kamar yadda ake bugawa kowace shekara.
Mujallar ta fara aikin buga wani yanki na labaran ta hanyar amfani da tsarin bitar takwarorinsu. Edita Julie Garber ta bayyana cewa mujallar za ta yi amfani da nazari na makafi sau biyu, wanda ke nufin marubucin ko takwarorin da suka yi nazarin labarin ba za su san sunan juna ba. Tun da sashe ne kawai na labaran da ke cikin kowace fitowa za a yi bitar takwarorinsu, za a yi amfani da gunki domin masu bincike su san waɗanne labaran da aka yi bitar takwarorinsu. Ana bege cewa ƙaura zuwa nazari na tsara zai burge ’yan’uwa, Mennonite, da sauran malaman Anabaptist. Za a ci gaba da buga wakoki, gajerun kasidu, da sauran gajerun labarai tare da kasidun da takwarorinsu suka duba.
Hukumar BJA tana tsammanin yin amfani da dandalin kafofin watsa labaru na dijital kamar Facebook don haɗa sabbin masu karatu zuwa abubuwan da ke cikin mujallar. Hukumar tana kuma bincikar ɗaukar hoto inda za a iya buga labarai da amsawa, da kuma inda za a iya buga gajerun labarai, hotuna, da sauran kafofin watsa labarai kamar bidiyoyi waɗanda ba za su yi aiki sosai a cikin mujallar bugawa ba.
A cikin sauran kasuwancin, an tabbatar da kasafin kudin 2011-12. Mike Hostetter, Haley Goodwin, da Denise Kettering Lane an tabbatar da su a karo na biyu a kan hukumar.
Rufe taron shekara-shekara na 2011 shine ta Ƙungiyar Labarai ta Jan Fischer-Bachman, Mandy Garcia, Karen Garrett, Amy Heckert, Regina Holmes, Frank Ramirez, Glenn Riegel, Frances Townsend, da edita da daraktan labarai Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford. Wendy McFadden tana aiki a matsayin babban darekta na 'Yan Jarida. Tuntuɓar cobnews@brethren.org