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The Florida Society of Newspaper Editors launched Sunshine Sunday in 2002 in response to efforts by some Florida legislators to create scores of new exemptions to the state's public records law. FSNE estimates that some 300 exemptions to open government laws were defeated in the legislative sessions that followed its three Sunshine Sundays, because of the increased public and legislative awareness that resulted from the Sunshine Sunday reports and commentary (www.sunshineweek.org....week/about)
Anyone can be a part of Sunshine Week. In the first two national Sunshine Weeks, not only journalists, but also students, teachers, private citizens, librarians, civic leaders, public officials, bloggers, non-profit groups were involved (www.sunshineweek.org....week/about)
Examples of the myriad ways journalists, students, lawmakers and public groups marked Sunshine Week in 2005 and 2006 are collected in Bright Ideas for Sunshine Week 2007" and Bright Ideas for Sunshine Week 2006" (www.sunshineweek.org....week/about)
The coverage, commentaries and activities promoting open government during Sunshine Week have led to some tangible, meaningful changes to people's lives and the laws that govern them. (www.sunshineweek.org....week/about)
The genesis of Sunshine Week and its goals are reported by Cox Newspapers Washington Bureau Chief Andy Alexander, chairman of the American Society of Newspaper Editors FOI Committee, in "Sunshine Sunday: Making the Case for Open Access," The American Editor, January-February 2005. (www.sunshineweek.org....week/about)
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