On Saturday, The Telegraph’s observation of Sunshine Week officially came to a close. I say "officially" for two reasons:
One, this year’s theme of journalists and citizens urging all candidates for public office to state their positions on open government is, by definition, a yearlong activity.
Two, here at The Telegraph we consider open government and [...]

For most journalists, I suspect, advocacy doesn’t come easily – especially if you have been in this business for as long as I have.
From the day I graduated from journalism school (Suffolk University 1976) up until a few years ago, the thought of advocating for something – as opposed to reporting, investigating, analyzing, etc. – [...]