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Sunshine Week shines through Saturday


Sunshine Week 2016, the 11th anniversary, keeps shining and shining with hundreds of participants fighting for open government and freedom of information. Thanks for producing, publishing and promoting magnificent work and organizing and hosting various events to raise awareness of this important nationwide initiative.

A quick Google search brings up uncountable Sunshine Week news entries from numerous media organizations around the nation. If you've been following the #SunshineWeek hashtag on social media, then you'll know what we mean by "uncountable"! Here are just some stories and opinion pieces, including the uplifting news about the Senate's passing of the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 by unanimous consent Tuesday, March 15.


Sunshine Week 2016, the 11th anniversary, keeps shining and shining with hundreds of participants fighting for open government and freedom of information. Thanks for producing, publishing and promoting magnificent work and organizing and hosting various events to raise awareness of this important nationwide initiative.  

A quick Google search brings up uncountable Sunshine Week news entries from numerous media organizations around the nation. If you've been following the #SunshineWeek hashtag on social media, then you'll know what we mean by "uncountable"! Here are just some stories and opinion pieces, including the uplifting news about the Senate's passing of the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 by unanimous consent Tuesday

"SUNSHINE WEEK: Shine Light on Major Donors to Help Democracy
(Jackson Free Press, Jackson, Mississippi)
"Spotlight dimming on disclosure" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
"Sunshine Week couldn't come at a better time" (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
"Angie Muhs: Openness in government is critical"
(The State Journal-Register, Springfield, Illinois) 
"Sunshine Week should turn up the heat" (The Washington Times) 
"Sunshine Week dawns, but it's cloudy here"
(Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Cheyenne, Wyoming)

Sunshine Week 2016 will continue to shine until Saturday. Be sure to check out the growing participants list and events calendar. Don't miss out on the opportunity to attend all kinds of events planned this week. 

In case you missed it, the Sunshine Week Toolkit features free resources, including stories, op-eds, cartoons, a graphic and more, that you can use to create strong packages for your print and online publications this week. A new story by The Associated Press was added to the special reporting package Wednesday, and one other AP story will be added today. All of the content is available to anyone and everyone free of charge, thanks to AP, The McClatchy Company, The Sacramento Bee, Tribune News Service, and many more participating organizations and individuals. 
 
Sunshine Week 2016 is made possible thanks to an endowment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and generous donations from Bloomberg and The Gridiron Club and Foundation. 

Sunshine Week is a national celebration of access to public information that ASNE launched in 2005 to coincide with the March 16 birthday of James Madison, the father of the U.S. Constitution and a key advocate of the Bill of Rights. Since 2012, ASNE has partnered with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to oversee the national coordination of resources and provide support for participants. For more information, visit 
sunshineweek.org, and follow Sunshine Week on Facebook and Twitter. Please use the hashtag #SunshineWeek.

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