Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 29, Number 8, 1 August 2012 — Ka Wai Ola receives journalism awards [ARTICLE]

Ka Wai Ola receives journalism awards

Ka Wai Ola has won three awards in the Society of Professional Journalists Excellenee in Journalism Awards for 20 1 1 . Winners in 5 1 categories were announced June 29 at an awards ceremony at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i's Mānoa Grand Ballroom. KWO competed against Hawai'i Business, Honolulu, Hana Hou and others in bringing home two awards in the magazine category, and against all media: newspaper, Intemet, magazine, radio and television, for the third award. The contest considered work published in 2011 and was evaluated by judges on the continent. KWO received three finalist awards:

» Magazine short-form feature writing (Finalist), Naomi Sodetani and John Matsuzaki, "Kitchen of Dreams" » Magazine Cover (Finalist), John DeMello and John Matsuzaki, "The Māori and Kānaka Maoli connection." The judges commented: "This cover is anchored by its strong story-telling image. The designer was also smart in choosing to use a minimum of text on the cover. The magazine's title is also mueh better designed that other competitors in the field. There were some truly exceptional covers in this category. In particular, the most outstanding covers in this competition were actually the ones that chose to feature more original material." » Informational Graphic (Finalist), Nelson Gaspar, Ke'alapualoke Hook, "Living Green."