Sunshine Week is March 16 - 22, 2025
Sunshine Week is a nonpartisan collaboration among groups in the journalism, civic, education, government and private sectors that shines a light on the importance of public records and open government.
Join MPA in celebrating this event in Michigan by promoting the First Amendment and government transparency in your community.
Activities that newspapers can use to promote Sunshine in their community.
Put it in the paper
- Write about the state of access to public records in your community.
- Write a news story, editorial, or column about freedom of information.
Events
- Host a community conversation or training session about open records and government transparency.
- Participate in a webinar or live event.
Online discussions
- Host/participate in online discussions about Sunshine Week.
Encourage learning more about why transparency is important.
- Suggest a movie binge with All The Presidents Men, Spotlight, and The Post.
- Do a book review on your social media about a book that used sunshine to get the story, like She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, or Bad City by Paul Pringle.
Below is a list of Op-Eds by members of the Michigan newspaper community, and past winners.