{"id":139510,"date":"2021-04-15T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T01:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=139510"},"modified":"2021-04-15T16:45:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T02:45:46","slug":"budding-journalists-honored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/15\/budding-journalists-honored\/","title":{"rendered":"Budding journalists honored through UH<\/abbr> initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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Less than a quarter of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> high schools offer any type of journalism program or training. To provide a valuable opportunity for those talented students and spark more interest in journalism education across the state, the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa journalism program<\/a> in the School of Communications<\/a> co-hosted the virtual Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> High School Journalism Awards with the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Publishers Association<\/a> and Honolulu Star-Advertiser<\/a> on April 15.<\/p>\n

Twelve high school programs submitted entries in several categories including writing, photography, design and online. The first place winner was Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Baptist Academy<\/a>, followed by Mid-Pacific Institute<\/a> and Mililani High School<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Democracy cannot exist without journalism.
—Brett Oppegaard<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The journalism program team, led by Associate Professor Brett Oppegaard<\/strong> and Secretary Brandon Zakahi<\/strong>, managed the behind-the-scenes judging process and led the ceremony process, including creating a new online judging system, recruiting and corresponding with judges, tallying the results and co-emceeing the ceremony with Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Publishers Association President Jay Hartwell. In addition to helping out the high school journalism community, Oppegaard used the opportunity to communicate the importance of journalism for American democracy.<\/p>\n

“The study of journalism helps everyone, at every level. We need to support it,” Oppegaard said. “Democracy cannot exist without journalism, and the U.S.<\/abbr> has a special role for journalists, protected by the First Amendment, and conceptualized as the Fourth Estate. Journalists provide a critical check on the three branches of the American government.”<\/p>\n

Oppegaard added, “Beyond the bigger picture, at the personal level, journalism is a truth-seeking ideology. People can have richer and more fulfilling lives by seeking truth and discarding misinformation and disinformation.”<\/p>\n

The School of Communications is housed in the College of Social Sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hosting this event is an example of UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s goals of Enhancing Student Success<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>) and Excellence in Research: Advancing the Research and Creative Work Enterprise<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), two of four goals identified in the 2015–25 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), updated in December 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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