Sunshine Week 2015 is celebrated March 15-21 but the annual project's goals – open government, transparency and accountability – should be sought every day of the year. Begun in 2002 by Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of … Continue reading Colorado Pro recognizes importance of Sunshine Week

By Ed Otte Lisa Kennedy would like to move beyond the recent Academy Award nominations controversy. But it isn't easy to avoid the topic. The Denver Post film and theater critic was asked about the lack of diversity at this year's Oscar awards ceremony during the March 11 Fireside Chat at the Denver Press Club. … Continue reading Denver Post film critic loves both stage and screen

Note: This is one in a series of articles in the SPJ Colorado Pro Chapter's 2015 Sunshine Week project. Sunshine Week is March 15-21. By Nancy Watzman In 1998, civil rights advocate Amos Brown, now a board member of the NAACP, learned the extent to which the government had followed him in the late 1950s, … Continue reading ‘Sunshine in government is not a natural phenomenon, as it is in nature’

Note: This is one in a series of articles in the SPJ Colorado Pro Chapter 2015 Sunshine Week project. Sunshine Week is March 15-21. The Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition is a non-partisan alliance of groups and individuals dedicated to ensuring the transparency of state and local governments in Colorado by promoting freedom of the … Continue reading Colorado Freedom of Information director: Strengthen open meetings laws