Media students from Hawaii were big winners at the 14th annual Student Television Network Convention. Approximately 3,000 middle and high school students from across the U.S. gathered in California to compete in on-site, time-restricted contests in video journalism, television production, filmmaking, music videos, commercials, and public service announcements. Hawaii schools brought home nearly one-quarter of the […]
Baldwin High students document Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar closure for HIKI NO
Students from Baldwin High School will present an intimate perspective of Hawaii Commercial and Sugar’s impending shutdown in Pu`unene with poignant portraits of two long-time HC&S employees on a HIKI NO episode that is available to view online at PBSHawaii.org/hikino. The Baldwin students conceived the episode when hearing that by year’s end, Hawaii’s last remaining […]
Maui teen with Tourette Syndrome featured on PBS Hawaii show HIKI NO
A Maui teen with Tourette Syndrome has re-entered public school with more confidence–and her story has been highlighted on HIKI NO, a weekly student news show that airs on PBS Hawaii. Bristyl Dempsey, 13, was diagnosed with the neurological disorder while she was in intermediate school. Classmates teased Dempsey because of her tics–and one teacher […]
PBS Hawaii Breaks Ground On New Home
PBS Hawaii hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Nov. 10 on the site of its future home in Kalihi, Oahu. Construction of The Clarence T.C. Ching Campus–located at 315 Sand Island Access Road–is expected to be completed in early 2016. The existing one-story structure is being renovated and expanded to include a second story. It will house a […]
PBS Hawaii’s Student News Program Receives $2 Million Grant
PBS Hawaii’s student news program HIKI NO has received a $2.1 million grant to develop its curriculum and establish elective courses that will be held in the state’s middle and high schools. The three-year grant was made possible by the Stupski Family Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation. The grant for HIKI NO—which is PBS […]
Q & A with Leslie Wilcox President of HIKI NO, the Nation’s First Statewide Student News Network
Maui students are learning modern skills in a contemporary program designed in Hawaii, and the nation is taking notice. HIKI NO, the nation’s first student news network, is groundbreaking not just in its approach of embracing technology tools for students, but also how it’s using media to teach students life skills that will help them […]