Here are three examples of explanations about the importance of the "Your Right to Know" project. Please feel free to use the following examples or adapt them for your newspaper:

1. In a Fourth of July effort to underscore the importance of the First Amendment and open government to the American people, the American Society of Newspaper Editors is undertaking a campaign this week to raise public awareness of state Sunshine and open records laws and the federal Freedom of Information Act. During "Your Right to Know" week, the special logo shown above will appear on news stories that can be brought to you because that right is being honored.
2. The (name of newspaper) in conjunction with newspapers nationwide will run this logo with selected articles this week as a reminder of the benefits of the laws guaranteeing the public’s access to government records and meetings.
3. Because of federal and state laws protecting your right to know, (name of newspaper) reporters were able to gather information for the following reports in today’s newspaper: (list three or four news stories in the day’s newspaper, such as:)
• Superfund Site, the cost of cleaning up a hazardous waste site.
• Lawyer Sued, a law firm sues a former partner who won a bid for state work.
• Downtown Arson, investigators search for the cause of the latest of more than a dozen fires.