UH student newspapers recognized at the 32nd annual Paʻi Awards

University of Hawaiʻi student newspapers Ka Lā (Honolulu Community College), Ka Manaʻo (Leeward Community College) and 
Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Mānoa) were recognized at the Hawaiʻi Publishers Association’s 32nd annual Paʻi Awards.

School newspaper excellence

• First place
  
Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi, UH Mānoa
• Second place
  Ka Manaʻo, Leeward CC

Student story

• First place
  
Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi, UH Mānoa
  “Former UH Foundation Employee Claims He Was Fired After Raising Alarm About a $165K Website That Didn’t Work”
  Alex Bitter, Alden Alayvilla, Noelle Fujii, Victor Ong, Courtney Teague, David McCracken
• Second place

  Ka Lā, Honolulu CC
  “Finally Ready to Take on the Whole World”
  Vania Graves

Student photography

• First place
  
Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi, UH Mānoa
  “Slacking Can Be a Hobby””
  Antonina Javier
• Second place
  
Ka Manaʻo
, Leeward CC
  “Lanterns”
  
Marcel Saragena/li>

Student design (Print)

• First place
  Ka Lā, Honolulu CC
  “Art & Soul””
  Nekemiah Williams, Tiera Spencer, Vania Graves, Alyssa Baligad, Steffanie Sobitz
• Second place
  
Ka Manaʻo
, Leeward CC
  “Winter 2016”
  
Ka Manaʻo Staff

Student video

• 
First place
  
Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi, UH Mānoa
  “A ‘CLEAR’ Path From Student Debt”
  Agatha Danglapin, Andrew Menor

• Second place
  
Ka Lā, Honolulu CC
  “Art & Soul”
  Tiera Spencer, Nekemiah Williams, Alyssa Baligad

“Without support and feedback from our readers, we would not be able to make award-worthy publications. Mahalo for the continued patronage,” shares Chris Garcia, Ka Lā staff writer.