The arrival of “Sunshine Week” provides an opportunity to reflect on the value of transparency as a tool to hold government accountable for its actions — and inactions.
“Sunshine Week” this year runs from March 10-16 . It overlaps the March 16 birthday of James Madison, father of the U.S. Constitution and a key advocate of the Bill of Rights.
Marking Journalism’s Annual “Sunshine Week”
Sunshine Week is organized and sponsored by the American Society of News Editors and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, with support from John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and The Gridiron Club and Foundation. It is an annual reminder that “democracies die behind closed doors,” a phrase used by federal judge Damon Keith in […]
Government transparency draws broad support at meeting here
By David Gordon, associate editor Strong bi-partisan support for transparency and open government was on display Tuesday night on the UW-Eau Claire campus, mixed with sporadic but clear political and ideological differences on topics ranging from anonymous political speech to Gov. Scott Walker. It was all part of a “Sunshine Week” three-day tour of eight […]