Media Council Hawaiʻi

Over the last week, a number of intern and fellowship opportunities have been announced (via Twitter and elsewhere) from some of North...

Last week, the Columbia Journalism Review published Steven Waldman's piece, "Local TV News, Meet the Internet." Waldman, the lead author...

"If you flip on your local television station and watch for an hour or so, you’re likely to see at least one: a political ad that attacks...

Since the opening of the new year, there's been much discussion about how far the modern Internet has come and how it will change in...

Last month, MCH attended the first in a series of meetups entitled, "Democracy Under the Influence" held by Common Cause Hawaii in...

MCH has filed an application for review by the FCC of the Media Bureau's Black Friday decision which stated that Raycom did not violate...

MCH President, Chris Coneybeare wrote the following commentary, originally published at The Hawaii Independent on December 9th, 2011. On...

Remarks by Chris Conybeare Whether the reporting and commentary by Hawaii's news media is properly reaching and informing the public I've...

Thanks to Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) for a great piece of watchdog work regarding how the debt ceiling story has been...

The commentary I've read suggests the answer to this question is most likely "no," but the events unfolding in the U.K. resulting from...

Though I imagine many people have moved on from the issue, even forgotten the problem exists, Media Council Hawaiʻi continues to fight...

Somehow this comedy news program gets it. Thanks to Jon Stewart for point out the obvious problem with not only the NBC-Comcast merger...

Meredith Atwell, a Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that she will be leaving the regulatory...

It was our hope that House Bill 1376 would pass substantively unamended by the 2011 Legislature. Unfortunately, that was not the case....

While at the Capitol yesterday, I was handed a flyer by one of the local AP journalist. Here's some of what's in the flyer: Journalists...

House Bill 1376 has been passed out of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor last week and has been scheduled for third reading...

Thanks to those of you who attended our event on March 16th. We heard lots of good feed back and everyone seemed to enjoy the...

In an email, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), asks the question: why does USA Today Hate public workers? It's a good question. On...

In a February 9th article, Civil Beat reporters Lynne Nakagawa and Sara Lin, a good question was raised; On opening day of the Hawaii...