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Editorials

• Boca Raton News
• Bradenton Herald
• Cape Coral Daily Breeze
• Daytona Beach News-Journal
• Florida Times-Union
• Florida Today
• Lakeland Ledger
• Lake City Reporter
• Northwest Florida Daily News
• Orlando Sentinel
• Palm Beach Post
• Pensacola News Journal
• Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers
• South Florida Sun-Sentinel
• St. Augustine Record
• St. Petersburg Times
• Tallahassee Democrat
• The Villages Daily Sun

Cartoons

• Boca Raton News by Ray Rusotto
• Daytona Beach News-Journal by Bruce Beattie
• The Florida Times-Union by Ed Gamble
• Florida Today by Jeff Parker
• St. Augustine Record by Ed Hall
• The Villages Daily Sun by Bill Landis

Columns

• Open Government is Good Government by Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida
• Attorney General helps keep state in the Sunshine by Bill McCollum, Florida Attorney General
• The Value of Transparency by Charles N. Davis, executive director of the National Freedom of Information Coalition
• Letter to Snowbirds by Jane E. Kirtley, Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota
• As bad as Nixon by John J. Glisch, Florida Today Editorial Page Editor
• Shielding names of companies offered relocation incentives is nothing new by Matt Reed, Florida Today Assistant Managing Editor
• Home of sunshine by Ron Cunningham, The Gainesville Sun
• To our readers — we’re giving you tools to get government records by Anders Gyllenhaal, Miami Herald
• Shedding light on the hidden by Michael Goforth, Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers
• Whining? No, just a call for open records by Phil Lewis, Naples Daily News
• Florida’s Pride: The Sunshine Law by Rosemary Goudreau, The Tampa Tribune

More information

Links, video and basic information about Florida's Sunshine Law, the federal Freedom of Information Act and why they matter to citizens and journalists.

• First Amendment Foundation 2008 State agency audit for public record law compliance by Barbara Petersen, First Amendment Foundation
  
• The Watchdog Guide to Freedom of Information Q&A with Barbara Petersen, First Amendment Foundation and links to information about public records access.
• Office of Open Government by Brendan Farrington, Associated Press
• Spot checks highlight poor access to gubernatorial e-mail by Tom Hester, Associated Press
• Audit: Agencies want to provide records, but sometimes slip up by Brendan Farrington, Associated Press
• Goals being met — and more — at Office of Open Government by Brendan Farrington, Associated Press
• Open Government Mediation by James Miller, Daytona Beach News-Journal
• Audit reveals problems by M.C. Moewe, Daytona Beach News-Journal and Brendan Farrington, Associated Press
• Open records can be pricey by Ryan Lengerich,The News-Press (Fort Myers)
• Public records available to those who file requests by Ryan Lengerich, The News-Press (Fort Myers)
• Local agencies comply, but not always to the letter by Suevon Lee, the Ocala Star-Banner
• Records-access cases drop, McCollum says by Aaron Deslatte, Orlando Sentinel
• Some cell phone records lacking by Tony Bridges, Panama City News Herald
• Staff reports on open government Sarasota Herald-Tribune
• Reader feedback on open-government laws Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers
• Sunshine Week illuminates free-speech issues by Bill Cotterell, Florida Capital Bureau Political Editor, Tallahassee Democrat
• Crist’s open government message has mixed results by Bill Cotterell, Florida Capital Bureau Political Editor, Tallahassee Democrat
• Wakulla struggles with open government by Julian Pecquet, Tallahassee Democrat
• Wakulla’s fees to view records irk residents by Julian Pecquet, Tallahassee Democrat
• Wakulla County to clarify ‘emergency’ meetings by Julian Pecquet, Tallahassee Democrat
• Public scrutiny leads to changes in Wakulla County by Julian Pecquet, Tallahassee Democrat
• Few Agencies Ace Public Records Test by Julia Ferrante and Ellen Gedalius, The Tampa Tribune
• Governor Crist Proclaims “A Week of Sunshine” Press release