“The people who take it out into the field, it’s really going to be up to them now. And I feel bad about that,” says Gersh Hernandez. “Besides for losing my job.”
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This is a real shame. Debra Gersh Hernandez is a true believer and visionary, and did a fantastic job as coordinator.
It would be a pity if this important initiative goes by the wayside.
Full disclosure: I wrote several commentaries for Sunshine Week over the past couple of years.
#1 Posted by Jane E Kirtley, CJR on Tue 16 Jun 2009 at 04:19 PM
who gives a crap about that self-serving slap your own back sunshine junk if editors and publishers continue to kill great investigative articles over fear of libel and save important news stories until the sunday edition to boost sales....stories that should run in the daily edition and not sat on....newspapers just want to win FOI awards...the public is smarter than publishers give readers credit for....
i get a laugh when you send reporters out to hassle cops and public officials for FOI documents during Sunshine Week and they get tailed, harassed and threatened, put off like the swine flu.
like mike wallace used to say on his tv show, have a parliament cigarette and relax with that modern filter!!!
http://www.villagevoice.com/2001-04-17/news/the-wrong-way-to-get-screwed/
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#2 Posted by tim bullard, CJR on Wed 17 Jun 2009 at 09:58 AM
I agree with Jane. Deb and ASNE have been vital to inspiring volunteers around the country to point out how everyday lives are affected by government openness -- or lack thereof.
My disclosure: I work out of the offices of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press along with Deb, I have planned events timed to Sunshine Week and she and I have shared information on efforts to promote open government.
#3 Posted by Rick Blum, CJR on Fri 19 Jun 2009 at 11:48 AM