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For Immediate Release:	August 10, 2000
Contact: Heidi Sakuma - 956-8856

Ka Leo and KTUH advisor receives national honor

College Media Advisers (CMA) has selected Jay Hartwell as this year's CMA Four Year Honor Roll Multi-Media Adviser. Hartwell is adviser to the University of Hawai'i Ma noa student newspaper Ka Leo 'O Hawai'i, and radio station KTUH. The award honors a CMA member who has fewer than five years experience in college media advising.

Hartwell was nominated by his students from both Ka Leo and KTUH who wanted to recognize his dedication to their education. "The nicest part was getting photocopies of the [students'] letters of recommendation after they had been submitted," Hartwell said. "Knowing that these students felt my work made a difference was gratifying because not all of my students agree. I definitely have more to learn."

CMA is a professional organization that represents advisers of collegiate media, which includes, newspapers, yearbooks, magazines and electronic media. Members of CMA adhere to a code that encourages the teaching of communication skills while preserving the ethics of free speech.

"I try to create an environment that enables any student to participate in college media," Hartwell said. He also believes that advisers should have these qualities:

-- Respect for the First Amendment.

-- Appreciation for students and their opinions, abilities and creativity.

-- Awareness of other opinions.

-- A working knowledge of the different mediums and the role they play in our communities.

-- The desire to share all that they know and learn what they don't.

Hartwell is a junior specialist with the Co-Curricular Activities, Programs and Services department. Prior to his work at the University, Hartwell wrote for the Honolulu Advertiser and served as communications officer for the Honolulu City Council under then Chair Gary Gill. Hartwell's book Na Mamo: Hawaiian People Today won the 1996 Book of the Year Award from the Hawai'i Book Publishers Association.

Most recently, Hartwell has been involved in organizing a workshop for high school students who are interested in journalism. The workshop features speakers from the Honolulu Advertiser and Star Bulletin and is designed to provide some training in journalism which will give high school students a foundation to build on when they go to college.

"I encourage all students to create the best possible work and to reach beyond the places they have been," Hartwell said. "I give them advice on how to get there, but they have to do it themselves. The greatest challenge for myself and for the students who manage Ka Leo and KTUH is learning how to lead fellow students and their programs."

The CMA awards presentation will be held in Washington D.C. on Nov. 9.

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