{"id":116788,"date":"2020-04-24T13:31:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T23:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=116788"},"modified":"2024-03-15T15:06:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T01:06:20","slug":"financial-support-future-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/24\/financial-support-future-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"In era of COVID-19, financial support for future journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_116789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116789\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-journalism-burnett-winners.jpg\" alt=\"two headshots of Cassie Ordonio and Geneva Diaz\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-116789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-journalism-burnett-winners.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-journalism-burnett-winners-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-journalism-burnett-winners-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassie Ordonio and Geneva Diaz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Donors committed to supporting the importance of journalism in democracy and the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa journalism program presented $21,000 in scholarships and awards to 15 <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa students.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are so proud of these students and so thankful for our donors and their commitment to an independent media,&rdquo; said <strong>Colin Moore<\/strong>, chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/communications.manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">School of Communications<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialsciences.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Social Sciences<\/a>. &ldquo;With the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists are once again demonstrating the vital role they play in our society. We must support our future journalists and communicators.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacificmediaethics.org\/carol-burnett-fund-1\">The Carol Burnett Award for Responsible Journalism<\/a> was established in 1981 by the actress and comedienne to honor outstanding students who have demonstrated a strong sense of journalistic responsibility and integrity. These two honorees displayed strong ethical journalism practices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Graduating senior <strong>Geneva Diaz<\/strong> is news editor at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manoanow.org\/kaleo\/\"><em>Ka Leo O <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/em><\/a>, a communications intern at <abbr>AARP<\/abbr> and will be interning at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiibusiness.com\/\"><em>Hawaii Business Magazine<\/em><\/a> as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiispj.org\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Chapter-Society of Professional Journalists<\/a> intern this summer. She has demonstrated her openness to different viewpoints in many stories, including her article about the challenges facing <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island farmers over the misleading branding of Kona coffee and in her story that exposed mold problems in a <span aria-label=\"Moiliili\">M\u014d&#699;ili&#699;ili<\/span> apartment complex.<\/li>\n<li>Senior <strong>Cassie Ordonio<\/strong> was <em>Ka Leo<\/em> managing editor and has been an intern this spring at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/\"><em>Honolulu Star-Advertiser<\/em><\/a>, where she will continue this summer as a <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Chapter-<abbr>SPJ<\/abbr> intern. She has dealt with ethical issues as a Micronesian journalist covering bias against Micronesians in the workforce as well as a story about k\u0101naka maoli views of the Thirty Meter Telescope.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Previous winners of the Carol Burnett awards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/03\/08\/carol-burnett-degree\/\">met with Burnett backstage<\/a> after one of her recent shows in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The following are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Foundation<\/a> scholarships that provide financial support for students who meet the criteria and <abbr>GPA<\/abbr> requirements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Ed Sheehan Scholarship Fund in Journalism<\/strong> is for journalism majors with a 3.0 <abbr>GPA<\/abbr> or higher and is given in honor of the late radio host, author and columnist.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nathan Bek<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Georgia King-Johnson<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Katie Lane<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Charissa Porter<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Elizabeth Ufi<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The James H. Couey, Jr. Memorial Scholarship<\/strong> is for journalism majors with a 3.0 <abbr>GPA<\/abbr> or higher and is given in honor of the late publisher of the <em>Honolulu Star-Bulletin<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sophia Compton<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Louise Hess Miller Journalism Awards Fund<\/strong> is a scholarship that supports journalism majors and graduate students of academic merit who have financial need.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rhea Saura<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lori Gregg-Hammer<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Pierre Bowman Memorial Scholarship<\/strong> for journalism majors with at least a 2.0 <abbr>GPA<\/abbr> is given in honor of the late <em>Honolulu Star-Bulletin<\/em> entertainment editor, who had a passion for culture and the arts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Alyssa Rodello<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Anika Wheeler<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fund administered by <a href=\"https:\/\/ssri.manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">Social Science Research Institute<\/a> in the College of Social Sciences:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The F.R. Moulton Scholarship<\/strong> is an aid fund for journalism majors in honor of F.R. Moulton, a scientist who was also a pioneer in educational broadcasting in the 1930s. The student must be a journalism major with a 3.0 <abbr>GPA<\/abbr> or higher and have financial need.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ronnie Allen Campman<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Christian Navarro<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Charissa Porter<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Samantha Sexton<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Society of Professional Journalists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spj.org\/news.asp?REF=1707\">Region 11 Mark of Excellence awards<\/a> were presented to <em>Ka Leo<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the breaking news reporting (large division) category, <em>Ka Leo<\/em> Editor in Chief <strong>Chavonnie Ramos<\/strong> and <strong>Cassie Ordonio<\/strong>&#8216;s piece &ldquo;<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Bachman Hall occupiers make their final exit from 24\/7 sit-in&rdquo; was named a finalist.<\/li>\n<li>For general news reporting (large division), <em>Ka Leo<\/em>\u2019s staff was a finalist for &ldquo;Ka Leo\u2019s Maunakea coverage.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>In the feature writing (large division) category, <em>Ka Leo<\/em>\u2019s staff was a finalist for &ldquo;Bachman Hall sit-in coverage.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212;<em>By Ann Auman<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/give\/giving-opportunity\/covid-19\">Support the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Student Relief fund and COVID-19 research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scholarships and awards represent the donors\u2019 commitment to the important role of journalism in our democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[301,692,741,660,1626],"class_list":["post-116788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-college-of-social-sciences","tag-journalism","tag-school-of-communications","tag-student-recognition","tag-women-of-uh","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116788"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117725,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116788\/revisions\/117725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}