Public forum: "Your right to know"

You have a right to know what your government is doing.

Learn more at a media forum on "Your Right To Know" at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 15, in the Banx Room of the Worcester Public Library.

The forum is being held in conjunction with U. S. Sunshine Week, which will be celebrated March 11-17. The objectives of Sunshine Week are to promote the public's right to information, to demonstrate the impact of information on communities and to open a discussion about the importance of open government.

Panelists will include District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr., and Bill Randall, a citizen blogger. Members of the media serving on the panel will be Jay Whearley, city editor of the Telegram & Gazette, Jaime Flores, reporter for El Vocero Hispano, and Mike Benedetti, reporter for Worcester Indymedia and WCCA TV13.

Sponsors for the local forum are the Telegram & Gazette, El Vocero Hispano, Worcester Indymedia, WCCA TV13, WORC-AM, Worcester Magazine and InCity Times.