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Saturday, May 4
 

10:00am HST

From Paper to Pixels: Remaking Journalism in the Digital Age
Moderators
avatar for Sandee Oshiro

Sandee Oshiro

Sandee Oshiro, Hawaiʻi Public Radio News Editor, is an award-winning veteran journalist whose media experience spans multiple platforms, and who has managed teams and projects that have drawn national recognition. Raised on the island of Oʻahu, her career has included positions... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Joel W. Kight

Joel W. Kight

Joel Kight is the engagement editor at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Kight grew up in Macon, Ga. and earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala. and a bachelor’s in Journalism from the Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia... Read More →
avatar for Suevon Lee

Suevon Lee

Suevon Lee covers education as a reporter for Honolulu Civil Beat. She has worked as a journalist for various print and online news publications, including the Ocala Star-Banner, KoreAm Journal and Law360. Born and raised in the D.C. suburbs, she holds a bachelor's in English Language... Read More →
avatar for Mary Vorsino

Mary Vorsino

Dr. Mary Vorsino is the digital managing editor at Hawaii News Now, where she helps to reach and engage followers across the largest digital news footprint in the islands. Before joining HNN, Vorsino worked in newspapers, covering education, social services and mental health. She... Read More →

Saturday May 4, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am HST
5. Humanities Pavilion / Breaking News
  Panel

11:00am HST

Pulitzer Prizewinner William Finnegan: The Deep Dive: Slowing Down for the High Stakes Story (In the Mission Memorial Auditorium)
Moderators
avatar for Don Wallace

Don Wallace

Don Wallace is the author of four books and has written for The New York Times, Harper’s, The Surfer’s Journal,The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company and Wine Spectator, among others. His latest book is The French House: An American Family, a Ruined Maison, and the Village that... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for William Finnegan

William Finnegan

William Finnegan has been a contributor to The New Yorker since 1984 and a staff writer since 1987. Reporting from Africa, Central America, South America, Europe, the Balkans, and Australia, as well as from the United States, he has won numerous journalism awards. Finnegan is the... Read More →

Saturday May 4, 2019 11:00am - 12:00pm HST
5. Humanities Pavilion / Breaking News

12:00pm HST

Prison Writings: Try Think: “I am more than…”
Speakers
avatar for Robert Chang

Robert Chang

Born and raised on Kauai, Robert moved to Oahu and graduated with a degree in Hawaiian studies from UH Mānoa in 1997. In 1999, Robert became part of the Hawai'i Council for the Humanities, where he eventually became the Director of Reading and Discussion programs. Here he was able... Read More →
avatar for Tammy Jones

Tammy Jones

Dr. Tammy Jones is a Project Coordinator for PALS/PLACES at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, supporting teachers on the Waiʻanae Coast to develop place-based curriculum. She is also the Reading and Discussion Program Assistant at Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, co-facilitating... Read More →

Saturday May 4, 2019 12:00pm - 1:00pm HST
5. Humanities Pavilion / Breaking News
  Panel

1:00pm HST

William Finnegan: Writing Workshop & Q&A--What makes a good story?
Moderators
avatar for Connie Hale

Connie Hale

Constance Hale is the author of five books on writing, including the bestselling Sin and Syntax. Her profiles, essays, and articles have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Atlantic, Afar, and Hana Hou. She has edited three dozen nonfiction books. In 2016, she published... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for William Finnegan

William Finnegan

William Finnegan has been a contributor to The New Yorker since 1984 and a staff writer since 1987. Reporting from Africa, Central America, South America, Europe, the Balkans, and Australia, as well as from the United States, he has won numerous journalism awards. Finnegan is the... Read More →

Saturday May 4, 2019 1:00pm - 2:00pm HST
5. Humanities Pavilion / Breaking News
  Panel

2:00pm HST

Fearless: Creative Media and Telling Courageous Stories
Moderators
avatar for Kimberlee Bassford

Kimberlee Bassford

Kimberlee Bassford is an independent filmmaker with a journalism background who has produced and directed the documentaries WINNING GIRL (2014, World Channel), PATSY MINK: AHEAD OF THE MAJORITY (2008, PBS), and others. She has garnered numerous honors for her work, including film... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Inez Anderson

Inez Anderson

Inez Anderson is short and angry. She is a freshman at Roosevelt High School, and has participated in multiple film programs with Hawaiʻi Women in Filmmaking since 2017. Films she has worked on include Skin Deep (2017), Thoughts & Prayers (2018), Two of a Kind (2018), and Aro & Ace... Read More →
avatar for Jessie Hearther

Jessie Hearther

Jessie Hearther is a 16-year-old military child and filmmaker who has been collaborating with Hawaiʻi Women in Filmmaking since 2017. Jessie enjoys filmmaking that challenges society's views on suppressed groups and takes pride in helping these groups find the spotlight for meaningful... Read More →
avatar for Robert Pennybacker

Robert Pennybacker

Robert Pennybacker is an honors graduate from the USC School of Cinema and Television and has worked in Hawai’i’s television industry for more than thirty years. He has written approximately twenty documentaries for television. Robert signed on as PBS Hawai’i’s Vice President... Read More →
avatar for Phoenix Maimiti Valentine

Phoenix Maimiti Valentine

Phoenix Maimiti Valentine is a 15-year-old ‘О̄iwi (Native Hawaiian) artist. Her art is inspired by nature and Hawaiian culture. She is a cultural practitioner learning lāʻau lapaʻau, lei making, ‘о̄lelo Hawaiʻi, then sharing this ‘ike (knowledge) through her art. She... Read More →

Saturday May 4, 2019 2:00pm - 3:00pm HST
5. Humanities Pavilion / Breaking News
  Panel

3:00pm HST

Confronting MicroAggressions in Island Media: Advocating for our Micronesian Communities
Moderators
JV

James Viernes

James Viernes (familian Ginza, Kotla, and Miget) is from Santa Rita, Guam. He earned his doctoral degree in Pacific Islands History from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He has served as Program Coordinator of the Chamorro Studies Program at the University of Guam and is currently... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp

Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp

Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp is a Hawaiian cultural historian as well as the president of Indigenous Pasifika. He is also a published writer, blogger, podcaster, researcher and administrator of the Facebook group “Hawaiian History and Culture”--which is the largest history group on... Read More →
avatar for C. (Sha) Merirei Ongelungel

C. (Sha) Merirei Ongelungel

Sha Ongelungel is a Palauan-American QTPI millennial and professional rabble-rouser. She’s spent the better part of the last two decades working in digital media, experimenting with different applications of social media and her special brand of productive pettiness as a positive... Read More →

Saturday May 4, 2019 3:00pm - 4:00pm HST
5. Humanities Pavilion / Breaking News
  Panel

4:00pm HST

Weaving Our Stories Together
Moderators
avatar for Aiko Yamashiro

Aiko Yamashiro

Aiko Yamashiro is the executive director of Hawai'i Council for the Humanities, anonprofit that connects people with ideas that enrich lives, broaden perspectives, andstrengthen communities. She taught literature and creative writing at UH Mānoa and coeditedThe Value of Hawai'i 2... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Chad Blair

Chad Blair

Chad Blair is politics and opinion editor for Honolulu Civil Beat, covering how political and policy decisions impact people and communities in Hawaii. Over the pastv 25 years Chad has worked for Pacific Business News, Hawaii Public Radio and Honolulu Weekly. He has taught at UH Manoa... Read More →
avatar for Tolua Samifua

Tolua Samifua

Tolua Samifua is the Founder of Lady Pasifika, a magazine created to showcase and highlight Pacific Island women with the hope of bridging our past, present, and future. Lady Pasifika shares the stories of Pacific Island women who are inspiring, positive role models for our community... Read More →

Saturday May 4, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm HST
5. Humanities Pavilion / Breaking News
  Panel
 
Sunday, May 5
 

10:00am HST

If you want my opinion...
Moderators
avatar for Craig Howes

Craig Howes

Craig Howes is the Director of the Center for Biographical Research, the co-editor of Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly, and a Professor of English at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The co-editor of The Value of Hawaiʻi (2010) and The Best of Aloha Shorts (2017), and... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Neal Milner

Neal Milner

Neal is a Civil Beat columnist, contributing editor of Hawaii Public Radio’s “The Conversation’” and a political analyst for KITV. He is a UH emeritus professor of political science. He’s also acted in various productions at The Actors Group, Kumu Kahua, and University of... Read More →
avatar for Catherine Toth Fox

Catherine Toth Fox

Born and raised on O‘ahu, Catherine Toth Fox is the editor of HAWAI‘I Magazine. A graduate of Roosevelt High School, she earned a BA from UH Mānoa, and an MA in magazine writing and publishing from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. She has worked as a newspaper reporter... Read More →
avatar for Colin Moore

Colin Moore

Colin Moore is an associate professor of political science and the director of the Public Policy Center at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. He also serves as a political analyst for Hawaii News Now (KGMB/KHNL). Moore's scholarship focuses on politics and public policy in the... Read More →

Sunday May 5, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am HST
5. Humanities Pavilion / Breaking News
  Panel

11:00am HST

All Sides of the Beat: Breaking, Making, and Shaping the News
Moderators
avatar for Craig Howes

Craig Howes

Craig Howes is the Director of the Center for Biographical Research, the co-editor of Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly, and a Professor of English at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The co-editor of The Value of Hawaiʻi (2010) and The Best of Aloha Shorts (2017), and... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Ann Botticelli

Ann Botticelli

Ann Botticelli began her career in communications with a 22-year stint in journalism before shifting into strategic communications, community relations and public affairs. As a journalist, she covered a variety of beats and worked in all media: newspaper, magazine, radio and television... Read More →
avatar for Donalyn Dela Cruz

Donalyn Dela Cruz

Donalyn Dela Cruz is VP of Communications for S360 Hawaii -- a public affairs and strategic communications firm. She has over 20 years of combined communications experiencesin journalism, public relations, digital media, government affairs, and community outreach.Donalyn served in... Read More →
avatar for Dawn Morais Webster

Dawn Morais Webster

Dawn Morais Webster. Born in Kerala, raised in Malaysia, lives in Hawaiʻi. Following a career in IBM—and after leading agencies in Malaysia & Honolulu—she now provides communications counsel to nonprofits advocating on social justice issues. She earned her Ph.D. in English from... Read More →
avatar for Cedric Yamanaka

Cedric Yamanaka

Cedric Yamanaka is System Director of Corporate Communications for The Queen's Health Systems, where he oversees Corporate Communications, Marketing and Creative Services functions. He previously held communications positions at Central Pacific Bank and Kuakini Health System. He has... Read More →

Sunday May 5, 2019 11:00am - 12:00pm HST
5. Humanities Pavilion / Breaking News
  Panel

12:00pm HST

Pulitzer Prizewinner Gilbert King—Beneath a Ruthless Sun (In the Mission Memorial Auditorium)
Intro: Amy Agbayani
Breaking News Program
Moderators
avatar for Amy Agbayani

Amy Agbayani

Dr. Amefil (Amy) Agbayani is an emeritus Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Diversity at UH Manoa.  She has received distinguished alumni awards the University of the Philippines, the East West Center and the University of Hawai’i.  Amy was a co-founder of UH Operation Manong... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Gilbert King

Gilbert King

Gilbert King is the author most recently of Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found. His previous book, Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for general... Read More →

Sunday May 5, 2019 12:00pm - 1:30pm HST
5. Humanities Pavilion / Breaking News
  Breaking News Program

1:00pm HST

Prison Writings: Try Think: “I am more than…”
Speakers
avatar for Robert Chang

Robert Chang

Born and raised on Kauai, Robert moved to Oahu and graduated with a degree in Hawaiian studies from UH Mānoa in 1997. In 1999, Robert became part of the Hawai'i Council for the Humanities, where he eventually became the Director of Reading and Discussion programs. Here he was able... Read More →
avatar for Tammy Jones

Tammy Jones

Dr. Tammy Jones is a Project Coordinator for PALS/PLACES at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, supporting teachers on the Waiʻanae Coast to develop place-based curriculum. She is also the Reading and Discussion Program Assistant at Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, co-facilitating... Read More →

Sunday May 5, 2019 1:00pm - 2:00pm HST
5. Humanities Pavilion / Breaking News
  Panel

2:00pm HST

Deep Research for World Building in Narrative Nonfiction: Writing Workshop and Q&A
Moderators
avatar for Anjoli Roy

Anjoli Roy

Anjoli Roy is a creative writer and high school English teacher. Her dissertation, written while pursuing a PhD in English at UH Mānoa, is titled “Where the Water Is” and is a book-length collection of creative nonfiction stories about her family. Anjoli is also a cohost with... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Gilbert King

Gilbert King

Gilbert King is the author most recently of Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found. His previous book, Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for general... Read More →

Sunday May 5, 2019 2:00pm - 3:00pm HST
5. Humanities Pavilion / Breaking News
  Panel

3:00pm HST

Our Histories Our Way: Oral History and Community Empowerment
Moderators
avatar for Aiko Yamashiro

Aiko Yamashiro

Aiko Yamashiro is the executive director of Hawai'i Council for the Humanities, anonprofit that connects people with ideas that enrich lives, broaden perspectives, andstrengthen communities. She taught literature and creative writing at UH Mānoa and coeditedThe Value of Hawai'i 2... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Noelani Goodyear–Ka‘ōpua

Noelani Goodyear–Ka‘ōpua

Noelani Goodyear–Ka‘ōpua is a lifetime student of and participant in Hawaiian social movements. An Associate Professor of Political Science at UH Mānoa, she teaches and conducts research in Native Hawaiian and Indigenous politics. Noe is the author of The Seeds We Planted: ... Read More →
avatar for Gary Kubota

Gary Kubota

Journalist Gary T. Kubota has produced more than 30 interviews with people who were witnesses to the beginnings of the Hawaiian Renaissance in the early 1970s, along with a chronology and photographs. Interviewees in “Hawaii Stories of Change” range from a homeless woman to former... Read More →
avatar for Mehana Vaughan

Mehana Vaughan

Mehana Blaich Vaughan is a mother of three, teacher, writer, assistant professor, and community member from Namahana and Kalihiwai, Kauaʻi. She is dedicated to enhancing community capacity to care for sustaining places and is the author of Kaiāulu:, Gathering Tides.

Sunday May 5, 2019 3:00pm - 4:00pm HST
5. Humanities Pavilion / Breaking News
  Panel

4:00pm HST

Telling Our Own Stories: Oral History Workshop
Moderators
avatar for Davianna McGregor

Davianna McGregor

Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor, professor and founding member of the Ethnic Studies Department in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, has been named director for the Center for Oral History. Established in 1976 by the Hawaiʻi State Legislature, the center produces oral histories and interpretive historical materials about lifeways, key historic events, social movements and Hawaiʻi’s role in the globalizing world through the collection, documentation and preservation of the recollections of Nat... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for The Center for Oral History

The Center for Oral History

The Center for Oral History (COH) collects, preserves and disseminates the recollections of Native Hawaiians and the multi-ethnic people of Hawaiʻi. It produces oral histories in the form of transcripts, articles, podcasts, films, and digital stories, about lifeways, key historic... Read More →

Sunday May 5, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm HST
5. Humanities Pavilion / Breaking News
  Panel
 
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