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An NPR story by tech reporter Dara Kerr about billionaire Marc Benioff buying land in and around Waimea on Hawaiʻi Island caused a stir when it was published in February. The Conversation's Russell Subiono talked to several people who championed Benioff's philanthropy and felt the NPR piece did not tell the whole story.
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An NPR story by tech reporter Dara Kerr about billionaire Marc Benioff buying land in and around Waimea on Hawaiʻi Island caused a stir when it was published in February. The Conversation's Russell Subiono spoke with Kerr about her connection to Waimea, diving into property records, interviewing Benioff one-on-one, and the community's reaction.
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A resolution in the state senate that would ask the Hawaiʻi chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists to establish a process to identify ethical and objective sources of news is advancing.
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Nobel Peace Summit Medal for Social Activism winner Christine Ahn on the rift between North and South Korea; 2020 Nobel Prize winner for chemistry Jennifer Doudna on her journey in science; Leo C. Lee Lifetime Achievement Award winner Traci Tong on her past and future in journalism; Whiting Award winner R. Kikuo Johnson on his creative process and future plans
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Reporter Haley Britzky has covered Red Hill for Task and Purpose, as well as other issues impacting the military and veterans. She's in town this week and spoke with The Conversation about what she's learned.
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The FBI last week detailed an $11 million affordable housing scheme on Hawaiʻi Island that led to four indictments. The feds credited the nonprofit news organization Environment Hawaiʻi for flagging the case. Editor Patricia Tummons spoke with The Conversation about getting the story.
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Filipino journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa said in a speech in Hawaiʻi on Tuesday that the Philippine government is affirming a previous order to shut down her news site.
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate and journalist Maria Ressa talks about her online news organization Rappler, covering politics in the Philippines, winning the Nobel Peace Prize and more.
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The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs will hear a measure that would establish freedom of the press for aspiring journalists.
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As the first week of deliberation in a high-profile corruption trial concludes, the position of local journalists covering the case has been exposed as…