Less than a quarter of Hawaiʻi 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 Hawaiʻi at Mānoa journalism program in the School of Communications co-hosted the virtual Hawaiʻi High School Journalism Awards with the Hawaiʻi Publishers Association and Honolulu Star-Advertiser on April 15.
Twelve high school programs submitted entries in several categories including writing, photography, design and online. The first place winner was Hawaiʻi Baptist Academy, followed by Mid-Pacific Institute and Mililani High School.
A group tests new audio descriptions provided by the UniDescription project at Yosemite National Park in 2017. (Photo credit: Jaime Gibson-Barrows)
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A $350,000 grant will go to the Department of American Studies and the East-West Center to host a summer institute for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander museum professionals, and a $296,203 grant will support a project by the School of Communications in the College of Social Sciences to expand audio description services nationwide for the blind and visually impaired. These projects are among 213 supported by $32.8 million in grants from
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Summer museum institute
“Weaving a Net(work) of Care for Oceanic Collections: A Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Museum Summer Institute” is a six-week program to provide education and training for early- to mid-career Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders working in museum and heritage centers throughout the Pacific. The institute will focus on museum management and collections