| February 7, 2005 Vol.6, No.3:
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New Website Promotes Sunshine Week March 13
The Sunshine Week project debuted a new website this week, sunshineweek.org, that offers a number of resources and tools to journalists and others looking to cover or participate in this year’s activities. The intent of Sunshine Week is to highlight the importance of open government through news stories and other media during the week of March 13. Reporters and editors can find at the website an array of op-eds, story ideas, reports, links to participating groups nationwide, and other resources.
Sunshine Week is a new national initiative that builds on the success of past Sunshine Sundays, which began in Florida. Sunshine Sundays resulted in the publication of stories, cartoons and editorials on the importance of open government and how government information is used on a daily basis by both the public and the media. The initiative is already receiving enthusiastic responses from news and other media outlets across the country.
The American Society of Newspaper Editors is leading the project with help from the American Library Association and a 54-member Steering Committee.