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The Honolulu Community Media Council (HCMC) was established in 1970 and is the oldest of the three volunteer media councils that exist in the United States. The Council is composed of individuals from the community and the media and is a non-partisan, non-profit, non-governmental independent group, which seeks to improve public access to information, strengthen public support for First Amendment rights and freedoms, broaden public understanding of the role of the media, and promote accurate and fair journalism in Hawaii. Please use the links below or the navigation buttons to the left to visit all sections that are of interest to you and come back soon as we are updating our site on a regular basis:
RECENT NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS:
The Honolulu Community-Media Council, East-West Center, Society of Professional Journalists, University of Hawaii School of Communications, Student Equity Excellence and Diversity (SEED), and University of Hawaii West Oahu, cordially invite you to Ah Jook Ku Lecture Series Freedom of Information Day Luncheon with Sheila Coronel, Director Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, Columbia University; 2003 Ramon Magasaysay Awardee for developing investigative journalism in the Philippines. Date: Monday, March 17, 2008 Location: East-West Center, Hawai’i Imin International, Conference Center, Garden Level, 1777 East-West Road Time: 11:30 a.m. -Registration, 12:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. - Lunch & Program Cost: $30.00, members of sponsoring organizations; $35.00 non-members Please RSVP by Thursday, March 13, Ph. 944-7111, Fax: 944-7376, ewcinfo@eastwestcenter.org For more information and the registration form, click here.
(October 6, 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii) The Honolulu Community-Media Council (HCMC) joins with the Burma Media Association and other international organizations in expressing outrage at the violent suppression of human rights by Burma’s military regime. At least 1,000 people have been jailed and an untold number killed by military forces bent on silencing freedom of expression in Burma. To read full news release- click here.
(September 14, 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii) Listen to
the audio recording of oral arguments before Hawaii's Intermediate Court
of Appeals in the "Serial Communications" case in which HCMC is one of
the plaintiffs. This is an appeal of a judgment in favor of our position
saying that City Council cannot have private serial communications
regarding pending decisions: ICA - No. 27996 - Wednesday, September 12,
2007 at 10:15 a.m. RIGHT TO KNOW COMMITTEE, a Hawaii non-profit corp.,
et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, and STATE OF HAWAI`I,
Intervenor-As-A-Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellee, vs. CITY & COUNTY OF
HONOLULU; et al, Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees. (Declaratory
Judgment)
To listen to the recording, click here.
(September 14, 2007, Washington, D.C.) News release regarding the Federal Communications Commission and pending decisions re: cable franchise agreements- click here.
(September 8, 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii) For the minutes of the September 2007 meeting of the Honolulu Community Media Council click here.
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