{"id":6831,"date":"2012-05-30T13:12:23","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T23:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=6831"},"modified":"2021-04-13T14:19:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T00:19:21","slug":"honolulu-student-newspaper-takes-top-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/05\/30\/honolulu-student-newspaper-takes-top-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Honolulu student newspaper takes top prize"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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From left, Ka La adviser Mike Leidemann, outgoing editor Adina Murakami, new editor Ieva Bytautaite and staff member Karla Choto were honored with Pai award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ka Lā<\/a>, the student newspaper of Honolulu Community College<\/a>, has been named the best college newspaper in the state.<\/p>\n

The Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Publishers Association awarded Ka Lā first place in the School Newspaper Excellence category at its annual Paʻi<\/span> awards ceremony held on May 16, 2012 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.<\/p>\n

Judges praised the paper for its professional look and content. “As soon as I looked at it, I knew that this was a paper I would like to read,” one judge commented.<\/p>\n

Kā Leo<\/a>, the student newspaper at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a>, received second place in the annual competition.<\/p>\n

The Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Publishers Association is a nonprofit media organization that promotes the print publishing industry in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. Paʻi<\/span> awards were given in 27 categories to professional newspapers, magazines and other print publications in the state.<\/p>\n

Ted Dixon, president of the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Publishers Association, said this year’s Paʻi<\/span> awards were a good representation of the high-quality work being done to report news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ka La, the Honolulu CC<\/abbr> newspaper, named best college newspaper in by the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Publishers Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[62,9],"class_list":["post-6831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t