Drug testing of reporters at the Star-Advertiser? Or just my misunderstanding? Did you happen to see PBS Hawaii’s Leahey & Leahey last night, with guest Stephen Tsai? This weekly program features father & son team, Jim Leahey and Kanoa Leahey in a 30-minute discussion of local sports that often wanders in political and social commentary. [...]
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Tax on retail newspaper sales questioned
August 31st, 2010 · 10 Comments · Media
A reader asks this interesting question: I’ve thought that newspapers at the retail store level were exempt from our excise tax because of federal statute that blocks certain sales taxes, i.e. “Newspapers and magazines are exempt from sales tax as are legal tender.” I don’t pay any excise tax when I buy a New York [...]
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Misc. reading–Women’s economic challenges, El Nino, Sunshine in Kona, more…
August 26th, 2010 · No Comments · General, Media, Sunshine
Here’s some other reading to check out. “Women and the Economy 2010: 25 Years of Progress But Challenges Ramain” U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, August 2010. “NASA/NOAA Study Finds El Niños Growing Stronger” August 25, 2010 The key finding here is that El Ninos are growing stronger in the Central Pacific, south of Hawaii, instead [...]
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Hilo news guild gets contract, readers pick on other coverage
August 24th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Campaigns, Media, Politics
Newspaper Guild members at the Hawaii Tribune-Herald finally have a new contract. It’s only for two years, and includes a meager 1% pay raise in the second year. Not much, but its the first increase since 2002, according to Baron Sekiya, Hawaii 24/7. Employees had been working without a contract since late last year. With [...]
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Charges of constitutional violations appear off-base
August 18th, 2010 · 19 Comments · Media, Politics
We happened to watch the KGMB-Hawaii News Now last night at 6 p.m., and I was interested in the promo announcing an upcoming story about law violations by the state. It turned out to be a story on the Senate hearing on the state’s finances. Senators were told that the state ended up with a [...]
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Where blogging and journalism meet
August 7th, 2010 · 13 Comments · Blogs, Media
I’ve been thinking again about bloggers, journalists, and the intersection of the two. This week, I sent the following suggestions to the Hawaii SPJ board concerning their annual Excellence in Journalism competition. There’s a lot of competition for their awards and they carry weight in the journalism community. They use independent judges who don’t play [...]
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Ellsberg hits Obama administration’s attacks on whistleblowers
August 2nd, 2010 · 5 Comments · Media, Politics, Sunshine
Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame, in recent interviews, is underscoring the Obama’s administration’s aggressive assault on those accused of leaking official information. It’s a point the media have been slow to recognize. Here’s an exchange during an interview with The Economist: DiA: Do you think the government is actively working against Wikileaks? Mr Ellsberg: [...]
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The Value of Hawaii: It’s here
August 1st, 2010 · 6 Comments · General, History, Media, Politics
This week we received our authors’ copies of the new book, “The Value of Hawaii: Knowing the Past, Shaping the Future“. This should mean that the book is now available for delivery, or will be delivered momentarily. I’m told that an ebook edition is coming, although I don’t have any info on availability or how/where [...]
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