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Hawaii Observer was a source of independent journalism published in Honolulu between January 1973 and March 1978. According to Helen Chapin in Shaping History (Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 1996):
The alternative journal the Hawaii Observer (1973–1977) was among the more well known of the Islands' periodicals and admired for its independence. Created and operated as a biweekly magazine by Tuck Newport, Hawaii Observer’s speciality was thoughtful analysis: for example, recaps of each session of the state legislature, and investigative pieces on such topics as land use, Japanese investment in Hawaiʻi, Waikīkī overbuilding, and the operations of the Bishop Estate. Its circulation reached 10,000. The young staff, mostly in their twenties, were nevertheless experienced journalists. Tuck Newport had put out an underground paper while at Punahou School, worked for the Advertiser, and was a press secretary to politicians Cecil Heftel and Daniel Inouye. "We asked questions that no one else was asking," states former Observer writer Brian Sullam, like, "'Who has the power? What makes the place tick?'"
Writers most heavily represented as authors of Hawaii Observer articles are Warren Iwasa, Brian Sullam, Tuck Newport, Steve Shrader, John White, and Byron Baker.
Digitization of Hawaii Observer by the UHM Library was conducted with permission from copyright holder Tuck Newport.
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