Journalism

Trump and GOP members of Congress accuse the public broadcasters of biased and "woke" programming. Trump plans a rescission, giving Congress 45 days to approve it or allow funding to be restored.

While student newspapers have been on the decline, broadcast journalism in local public schools has been trudging along as the media landscape evolves. HPR's Cassie Ordonio has more in her series on student journalism.

English teacher Jarrett Chapin and his students have revived the journalism program and the school newspaper. They even renamed it back to its original name, Ka Lama Hawaiʻi, from 1834. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports.

Mary Louise Kelly, a co-host of NPR's "All Things Considered," spoke to The Conversation about her commitment to journalism despite the challenges news media face today, including funding.

Enter the Hawaiʻi Journalism Initiative — launched by Maui journalist Colleen Uechi. She spoke to The Conversation about what the new project hopes to achieve in Hawaiʻi's journalism landscape.

Kauaʻi-based journalist Noelle Fujii-Oride is the founder of Overstory, a new online newsroom. She sat down with The Conversation to share her mission.

There's a new addition to the media landscape in Hawaiʻi: Aloha State Daily. The news outlet is exclusively online and aims to cover a range of topics. The Conversation talked with Editor-in-Chief A. Kam Napier about what he hopes the publication can add to local news.

Local news gathering and operations are dominated by graduates of private schools, which often have more resources and staff support for students interested in pursuing a career in news media. In this Scholastic Journalism Week, HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports.

Avi Soifer, former dean of the University of Hawaiʻi William Richardson School of Law, talks about the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive orders; Department of Land and Natural Resources survey entomologist Karl Magnacca shares how a new native bee species was discovered on Molokai

What do these media blackouts mean for journalists and citizens? Fernanda Camarena, a faculty member at the Poynter Institute, has been looking at how media gag orders affect the work of journalism and the information the public gets.