Have something to say? Want to play a role in Blogshine Sunday? Here’s how.

Pick a topic and your perspective. Do you have a story to tell, or are you just speaking your mind? Remember when you tried to look for property records for that big house on corner to find out how much it’s worth? Or when you found out your Uncle Joe had a CIA file in the ’60s, and wanted to look at it? Or when you wanted to know the phone number for that guy running for the city commission? Or would you rather write from a more philosophical standpoint, about why access to information is important? Maybe there’s something specific you’d like to write about, like the OPEN Government Act?

This will be coupled with your choice of topic: are you writing about the need for digital access to government records, or about the need for equal access for non-traditional journalists?

If you have a blog, then post your column there on Sunday, March 13. We’ll post an entry the day before where you can comment or trackback so people find your story; or, email me. You can use one of these buttons on your site, if you like.

If you don’t have a blog, why not get one? (They’re the wave of the future, don’t you know.) If you have a Web site, you can install a free software blogging system, like WordPress. If you can’t install your own blog, there are sites that offer free blogs, like LiveJournal or Blogger.

For more information about freedom of information and open government, have a look at our resources section. Sunshine Week also offers a list of organizations for open government; there’s one near you.

If you’d like to help out in other ways, feel free to tell others about Blogshine Sunday, write about it on your blog, or forward the press release to your local media.