Sunshine Week coverage in Ohio newspapers

Sunshine Week ran from March 13 to 19, 2016. Many thanks to all the ONA member papers who published news and opinion pieces about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Below is a partial listing of open government articles and editorials published in Ohio newspapers during Sunshine Week.

Akron Beacon Journal

• Editorial: Be open about public records

Canton Repository

• Editorial: Celebrating victories, lamenting setbacks of government transparency
• Sunshine in Schools: Here are the public records you can request from your school

Chillicothe Gazette

• Chillicothe Gazette uses public records to tell powerful story about drug raid gone bad

Columbus Dispatch

• Editorial: Clouds over Sunshine Week
• Many state legislatures exempt themselves from records laws
• Ohio’s public universities often balk at providing public records

Gallipolis Daily Tribune

• Ohio AG releases 2016 ‘Yellow Book’

Gongwer

• Yost: First year of Sunshine Audit Program a ‘small but significant success’; DeWine releases new Open Records Manual

Highland County Press

• Editorial: Sunshine Week

The Lantern

• Ohio State works to improve response to public records requests

Morrow County Sentinel

• Sunshine Week: Protecting Ohioans’ right to know

Toledo Blade

• Editorial: Bring the sunshine
• Auditor says he can help in ‘sunshine’ disputes; so far, few Ohioans have used program

The Vindicator

• Open-government forecast: Cloudy conditions persist