According to a Sunshine Week survey by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University, 74 percent of American adults view the federal government as secretive, and nearly nine in 10 say it's important to know presidential and congressional candidates' positions on open government when deciding who to vote for. The findings indicate a "significant increase" in the percentage of Americans who believe the federal government is very or somewhat secretive, up from 62 percent of those surveyed in 2006. Sunshine Week, a non-partisan open government initiative, is this week.
Metro and Boulevards are joining forces with a Bay Area NBC affiliate, two leading local citizen journalism sites, and the news aggregator Topix to create "a wide-ranging community-based news initiative ... that will span print, web, citizen journalism and broadcasting." Stories from Metro will be available for the broadcast partners to use, and stories from the citizen journalism sites and the TV network will be excerpted in a new section called "Mashup!" in Metro's print edition. "We are concerned about the consolidation, layoffs and disinvestment in local publishing and want to make sure that communities here are well covered," Dan Pulcrano, executive editor of Metro and CEO of Boulevards, says in a statement. "We will be expanding our news coverage and adding resources."
The Gazette won a total of 38 awards during the last two weekends, including a sweep of the Best Reporting Portfolio category in the annual Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) awards. The paper took home a total of 24 honors in the SPJ contest, including a second-place finish overall in the Best Newspaper competition and eight first-place finishes -- in the Best Reporting Portfolio, Feature Writing, In-Depth Enterprise Reporting/Team, In-Depth Enterprise Reporting by an Individual, Health Reporting, Feature Headlines, Feature Page Layout, and Best Use of Graphic Illustration categories. The Gazette also took home 14 awards at this year's Oklahoma City ADDY Awards, including Gold ADDYs in the Publication Design (Magazine or Book) Series and Newspaper Self-Promotion Single categories.
A series of broadcast and print public service ads featuring 13 actors speaking about the importance of open and accountable government has been produced for Sunshine Week and can be used by any Sunshine Week participant throughout the election season in conjunction with the Sunshine Campaign. All of the ads are posted on the Sunshine Week website. Sunshine Week, which is March 16-22, is a yearly non-partisan open government initiative. This year's campaign is designed to spur campaign conversation -- and commitment -- to open government during this election year.
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