My days of sitting behind an editor’s desk have passed, but I’ll never lose my newspaper blood. I regularly enjoy my first cup of coffee while scanning newspaper websites. It’s a great way to keep current on what’s happening in communities.
Public affairs have always been a passion, so I pay particular attention when the broad arena of issues is addressed. The role of newspapers as watchdogs of the dynamics in both the public and private sectors bears underscoring during Sunshine Week, March 14-20, and its theme, “Your Right to Know.”
Well, this is one heck of a way to start out my term as TPA president.
First, we have to cancel the convention in January and I get elected via Zoom – which was okay, but different and kind of weird.
Then, in February, Texas gets hit by the worst snowstorm in a decade and for the first time in my 45-year career the presses don’t roll and I don’t get any of my three newspapers out. A printed paper, that is. We still got digital versions out, like a lot of you did.
Note to TPA members: This Sunshine Week op-ed column is offered by two fellow members of the Transparent and Accountable Government Coalition, of which is TPA is a member. Feel free to use it next week with credit to the authors.
By Amy Kristin Sanders and Rachel Davis Mersey
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 10, 2021
Media Contact - Merrill Davis, merrill.davis@texas2036.org
Broadband is Critical to Texas’ Future and Makes Economic Sense
By Ellen Ray and A.J. Rodriguez
(544 Words)
Here are links to articles free for use during Sunshine Week March 14-20.
https://www.texaspress.com/court-records-can-and-should-be-more-accessible
To help celebrate Sunshine Week, the To help celebrate Sunshine Week, the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association (PNA) created three different ads for our members to run in their print publications. (PNA) created three different ads for our members to run in their print publications.
Here are links to the three ads:
https://www.texaspress.com/file/sunshineweek-575x10jpg#
https://www.texaspress.com/file/sunshineweek-6x5jpg#
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 8, 2021
Media Contact - Merrill Davis merrill.davis@texas2036.org
Health Insurance Is Unattainable for Too Many Texans
By Tom Luce (651 Words)
Contact: Lori Ziehr, (254) 742-9881, lori.ziehr@usda.gov
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Find this story on the Texas NRCS News Releases webpage.
Media Contact
Cheryl Bertrand
Director of Business Development & Marketing
Office: 281.201.0657 x 108 | Fax: 281.336.0764
www.NextLevelUrgentCare.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HOUSTON – (March 4, 2021)