Biography Hawaii; Interview with Helen Chapin 7/14/04 #1 : ARIYOSHI 003. Helen Chapin #1 7/14/04
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Interview with Helen Chapin, journalist, educator & author of Shaping History: The Role of Newspapers in Hawai'i, recorded on July 14, 2004 for Biography Hawai'i: Koji Ariyoshi. Topics include who historically tended to control & publish newspapers in Hawai'i; the appearance of newspapers during the monarchy era that began to question the kingdom's socio-political status quo; the role & prominence of the Honolulu Advertiser in Hawai'i newspaper history; the means used by the Advertiser to affect public opinion; the Hawaiian nationalist press; the rise of Hawai'i's immigrant newspapers & the ruling class' attempts to censor them; why "ethnic" newspapers began publishing in English; the foundations of Koji Ariyoshi's passion for journalism; his tenure at Ka Leo O Hawai'i; his role models in journalism; the origins, dynamics, daily operations & personalities involved in the Honolulu Record and the meaning of Chapin's referring to Koji as a "muckraker."
