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Defining Journalists in a Digital Age on World Press Freedom Day
UNESCO Director-General Ms Irina Bokova In a joint message with UN Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, Bokova said, "Freedom of expression...
Media Council Hawaii
May 3, 20122 min read
FCC Uses 'Common Sense,' Approves Plan for Online Database of Political TV Ads
Just as the sun was rising in Hawaii, Brian Stelter of The New York Times, broke the news with his report. The FCC has approved a plan...
Media Council Hawaii
Apr 27, 20121 min read
Hawaii Legislature Threatens Freedom of Information with SB2858
Media Council Hawaii, along with 16 other community organizations are appealing to the state legislature on SB 2858. In her OpEd at Civil...
Media Council Hawaii
Apr 26, 20121 min read
Public File Inspection: Cleveland TV Stations Don't Like TV Cameras
Via savethenews.org
Media Council Hawaii
Apr 24, 20121 min read


Hispanic Media Group Publishes Exposé on Alleged Clear Channel Radio Hate Speech
In a release yesterday, the National Hispanic Media Coalition announced the publication of an exposé into "Clear Channel Radio's...
Media Council Hawaii
Apr 20, 20121 min read
Will Your Phone Tell You How to Vote?
Like an oncoming storm seen in the distance, SuperPAC advertising dollars have some of us worried about where, and how deep, this...
Media Council Hawaii
Apr 18, 20121 min read


AAJA Film Screening of Vincent Who? May 1st, Laniakea YWCA
The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) Hawaii chapter, Media Council Hawaii and other organizations will present a screening...
Media Council Hawaii
Apr 16, 20121 min read


Ninth Circuit Appeals Court Launches SuperPAC Ad Rocket at PBS
Aside the news of North Korea's fireworks show failed rocket launch, a recent ruling in political advertising is threatening regime...
Media Council Hawaii
Apr 12, 20121 min read
Community Media Maps Highlight Gap of Public File Info from Hawaii TV Stations
At left, are two maps of Hawaii television stations. The first shows all stations in the state, while the second has only stations where...
Media Council Hawaii
Apr 10, 20121 min read
Jack Shafer on the Human Desire for Self-Expression & Facebook's Instagram Buy
Amid the blaze of criticism, speculation and punditry around Facebook's purchase of Instagram that have lit up the web today, Jack Shafer...
Media Council Hawaii
Apr 9, 20122 min read
New Reports Reveal Relationship of Money & Politics, Move for Online Info of TV Ads
This American Life has an in-depth episode up on money in politics from last week provides a window into this commonly misunderstood part...
Media Council Hawaii
Apr 9, 20121 min read
New Actions to Amend TV Ad Buys and Campaign Finance Disclosure
The Campaign Legal Center urged their membership in a release today to support an amendment to require disclosure of groups buying...
Media Council Hawaii
Mar 27, 20121 min read
Shift Change in Hawaii Media
Over the last month, Hawaii's media has seen quite the shift change in staffers. Will this mean new jobs will open up? Or does it fit a...
Media Council Hawaii
Mar 23, 20121 min read
Renewed Pressure for TV Stations to Share Political Ad Info
Today at the New York Times' Media Decoder Blog, Brian Stelter's post acknowledged a new focus to get TV stations to open up their...
Media Council Hawaii
Mar 21, 20122 min read
Big Isle Press Club Gives Gov. Abercrombie 2012 Lava Tube Award
To close Sunshine Week, Hawaii’s oldest continuously active press club, the Big Island Press Club, announced Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie...
Media Council Hawaii
Mar 21, 20121 min read
Pew Research Releases State of the News Media Report for 2012
For media wonks like us, a gift has arrived in the mail today: The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism State of...
Media Council Hawaii
Mar 19, 20122 min read
Enjoying the Sounds of Silence
Silence has an amazing capacity to create context. In 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick was able to make the silence of space more...
Media Council Hawaii
Mar 18, 20122 min read


ProPublica Debuts SuperPAC Music Video
ProPublica, the self-described, "independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest," also...
Media Council Hawaii
Mar 15, 20121 min read
Storifying Sunshine Week Hawaii
Here's a collection from our talk last night. The discussion was recorded at the Soundcloud link below. There's also some background and...
Media Council Hawaii
Mar 14, 20121 min read
Tonight! - Why You Should Come to Sunshine and the Social Web
The excitement is really building for our panel discussion tonight, thanks to the culmination of a variety of events happening in...
Media Council Hawaii
Mar 13, 20122 min read
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