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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
An Open Letter to Journalists, Media Managers, and Media Owners
The Law in its majestic equality forbids the rich and poor alike, to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread. -...
Josh Frost
Oct 15, 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
The Media Monopoly Grows
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. A. J. Liebling Oahu Publications to buy 2 Hawaii Island daily papers By...
Gerald Kato
Sep 30, 20142 min read
Public's Right to Open Court Proceedings
Here's a link to the Hawaii Supreme Court's ruling in Oahu Publications v. Ahn. It's an important case that everyone, including reporters...
Gerald Kato
Sep 1, 20141 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
U Win Tin: Courage and Inspiration
By Chris Conybeare, President, MCH On April 21, 2014, Burma journalist and democracy advocate, U Win Tin died at age 85. He was arrested...
Media Council Hawaii
Aug 31, 20142 min read
Michael Copps Tells Readers Four Things to Expect from New FCC Commissioners
Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps wrote an outlook today on the FCC's future that's a bit more optimistic than he was at the end of...
Media Council Hawaii
May 8, 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
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
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