In a democracy, the people’s business is to be conducted in public. This principle is the underpinning for press freedom, the First Amendment right that forms one of the pillars of our government.
Anyone who reads newspapers can see the principle at work. Reporters are the eyes of the community on the workings of local governments and on agencies and offices that are constituted in the public interest but may not always act that way. Our fact-based stories are the armor the public has against misinformation and corruption, and the window we have on events and tragedies that may affect our daily lives.