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DOD Puts Journalists on Notice: You're Not Safe From the U.S. Military
This past summer, the Department of Defense published it's new instruction manual for waging war, the Department of Defense Law of War...
Josh Frost
Nov 19, 20152 min read
Net Neutrality Wins the Day
This is a historic day in the life of the Internet in America. Media Council Hawaii applauds the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
Josh Frost
Feb 27, 20151 min read
Journalists are losing access, but the public still expects the story | Poynter.
Are the media losing the fight to cover the news in the face of escalating efforts by government and private companies to limit access to...
Gerald Kato
Sep 1, 20141 min read


Check out this rant
Here's a great piece by Jon Oliver
Media Council Hawaii
Jun 4, 20141 min read
House Appropriations Subcommittee to Block FCC’s Political Ad rule
The House Appropriations subcommittee voted to block disclosure of political TV ad buyers online, The Hill's Erik Wasson and Brendan...
Media Council Hawaii
Jun 6, 20121 min read


Problems Implementing Public Files Online
Today, the New York Times reported that the FCC is following it'd due diligence by fining broadcasters without properly kept public...
Media Council Hawaii
May 16, 20121 min read


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
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
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 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
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
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
FlackCheck Wants SuperPacs to Stand By Their Ads
Last Friday, WNYC's On the Media featured Kathleen Hall Jamieson, of the Annenberg Public Public Center at the University Pennsylvania,...
Media Council Hawaii
Mar 12, 20121 min read
The Importance of Hyperlinks in Web Journalism
A discussion triggered by the Wall Street Journal's failure to link to a blogger's scoop.... You many have noticed a prevalence of...
Media Council Hawaii
Feb 27, 20121 min read


Media Scrutiny Theater 2012
For the upcoming elections, WYNC's On the Media has brought back Media Scrutiny Theater, a political advertising version of Mystery...
Media Council Hawaii
Jan 30, 20121 min read
SuperPAC Spending Will Inundate Citizens, Warns Tim Karr of FreePress
Tim Karr, Senior Strategy Director at FreePress, published a comprehensive report yesterday on campaign Ad spending entitled Citizens...
Media Council Hawaii
Jan 27, 20123 min read


Hawaii Policy Portal Drafts SOPA/PIPA Online Petition
In addition to national efforts and petitions to block the passage of SOPA and PIPA, The Hawaii Policy Portal is circulating this...
Media Council Hawaii
Jan 18, 20121 min read
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