March 14-20, 2010

Sunshine Week is a national initiative to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include print, broadcast and online news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public’s right to know.

Sunshine Week is led by the American Society of News Editors and is funded primarily by a challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation of Miami.

Locally, check for daily updates from the League of Women Voters Minnesota at: http://www.stateofdemocracymn.org/

Read more about what’s going on nationally to celebrate Sunshine Week: http://www.sunshineweek.org/About.aspx

Join the News Council on Tuesday, March 16 for a FOIA Day Celebration at Minneapolis Central Library.