Bright Ideas for Sunshine Week 2007
The new edition of "Bright Ideas for Sunshine Week," a collection of examples from Sunshine Week 2006, features a variety of news and opinion from print, broadcast and online outlets, photos from events, creative graphic presentations, examples of student work and, new to this edition, The Big Picture, which shows how several newspapers incorporated Sunshine Week into print and online packages.
In addition to showcasing the myriad ways open government was celebrated in 2006, Bright Ideas is designed to be a source of ideas for participation in Sunshine Week 2007, March 11-17.
The entire book is posted below, broken out by section for easier downloading. Click on each chapter heading to open the PDF file.
Introduction
Remarks from ASNE's FOI co-chairs and the table of contents
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News
A model Sunshine Law, how-to information, weeklong series, what it all means, FOI heroes, audits, broadcast reports, in-paper support
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Opinion
Editorials, commentary, opinion packages, cartoons
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Visuals
Effective use of redacted text images, Page One design, informational graphics, packaging the page, charts and special pages
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Online
Special reports, interactive FOIA requests, dedicated Web pages, resource links, blogs
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Events
National and local discussion forums with journalists, lawmakers, educators, FOI experts, lawyers, analysts and the public
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Groups
State press associations, professional organizations, open government advocates, civic organizations
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Government
Lawmakers' and public officials' proclamations and declarations supporting open government
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Student
College and high school student-created broadcasts, podcasts, T-shirts, Web resources and traditional news pages
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The big picture
Four newspapers integrate Sunshine Week coverage and events throughout their pages and Web sites and into the community
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