Lahainaluna Students Get PBS Training for HIKI NŌ News

By Wendy Osher

Click image to view Hiki No on PBS Hawai'i online.

Student journalists at Lahainaluna High School on Maui will be the on-camera hosts for episode 10 of PBS Hawai’i’s HIKI NŌ program.

The news production is the nation’s first statewide student news network.  Under the direction of PBS Hawai’i, students at 55 schools across the state produce a weekly news program that is written, hosted, produced and edited by students.

Hiki No image courtesy PBS Hawai'i.

Students from Ni’ihau and Hana High Schools contributed to the most recent edition of the program.  The episode featuring the Lahianaluna student anchors will premiere Monday, May 9, 2011 at 5 p.m. on PBS Hawai’i.

Journalism students at Lahainaluna High School will participate in a day-long training workshop this Thursday, April 14.   PBS Hawai’i Vice President of Creative Services Robert Pennybacker and Director/Crew Chief Glenn Yamamoto will conduct the training session.

“With our guidance and mentoring from their teachers, students are learning how to gather information and tell stories about their community through digital media production,” said Pennybacker. “The communication skills that they acquire through this process will serve them well beyond this experience,” he said.

HIKI NŌ airs on Mondays at 5 p.m., with encores on Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m., Fridays at 9:30 p.m., Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. on PBS Hawaii.  HIKI NŌ is also available for viewing online at www.pbshawaii.org/hikino.