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Malia Zimmerman is president and editor of Hawaii Reporter Inc., an independent, online news journal founded in February 2002 that reports on issues pertaining to business, government, politics and education in Hawaii and elsewhere. She also hosts a weekly television show, News Behind the News, which airs weekly on Mondays at 6 p.m. on Channel 54.Malia has worked as a consultant to:
- ABC 20/20
- FOX News
- MSNBC
- the Wall Street Journal
- and as a researcher for the New York Post.
Malia and Hawaii Reporter have been featured in numerous media outlets around the world including ABC 20/20, American Journalism Review, Associated Press in Tokyo, Associated Press U.S., Boston.com, Budget and Tax News, BusinessWeek.com, Clear Channel’s number one and two radio talk shows in Denver, Drudge Report, First Amendment Center, Forbes.com, Fox News Network, Freedom Forum, Gun Talk Radio, GunWeek Magazine, Hawaii Bulletin Board – K108 Sunday Mornings, Hawaii Business Magazine, Hawaii Parent magazine, Hawaii Public Radio, The Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu Magazine, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HonoluluTraffic.com, Honolulu Weekly, Houston Chronicle, KCCN Radio, KGMB TV 9, KHNL News, KHON TV News 2, KITV News 4, KSSK with Perry & Price, Liberty Magazine, Midweek, MSNBC.com, National Review, News Behind the News, NRA Magazine, NRA Radio, Opinion Journal, Olelo Television, Orange County Register, Pacific Business News, PBS Hawaii, Rick Hamada Morning Show, Rush Limbaugh (web site), Samoa News, School Reform News, Small Business News, United Press International, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times foreign bureau, Watchdog.org, Women and Guns Magazine and WPAL Radio in Baltimore, Maryland.
Her reporting has won awards:
*September 2006 and 2008, the Second Amendment Foundation presented Malia and Hawaii Reporter with National Awards, specifically Journalist of the Year, in Phoenix, Arizona
*Hawaii Reporter and Malia won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, including awards for best investigative reporting and best business reporting
*In March 2008, Malia Zimmerman won Best Business reporter for Small Business Hawaii
*In January 2005, Hawaii Reporter won best business publication for 2004 and Malia won best business writer for that same year from Small Business Hawaii; In January 2003, Small Business Hawaii named Hawaii Reporter best newspaper.
*In 2000, Malia was awarded an outstanding media recognition award for “best investigative reporting” from Voter Integrity Project, Inc., in Washington, D.C.
*In 1999, Malia was named “Best Investigative Business Reporter of the Year” by Small Business Hawaii.
Malia has been listed as one of the nation’s top Web Proficients, Virtuosi, and Masters and Hawaii’s new media thought leader by http://www.thewebstersdictionary.com
Wall Street Journal Columnist John Fund says, “Malia Zimmerman and her crack staff of contributors have proved you can cover City Hall, and the state Capitol and the business community with fearless and fair reporting. Hawaii Reporter is on the rise and it’s no surprise that Old Media outlets are now struggling to compete with it.”
John Rutledge of Rutledge Capital, who is also an author and star of Fox News says, “The Hawaii Reporter is Hawaii’s leading investigative newspaper reporting on business, community, and government affairs. Headed by the fearless Malia Zimmerman, the Hawaii Reporter takes on tough issues, like government corruption, overzealous regulation, and substandard public education, that Hawaii’s needs to address to grow and prosper.”
KSSK Radio’s Morning Commentator Michael W. Perry says, “For the same reason that we rely on Internet sources to counter sloppiness and bias in the national media, we need Hawaii Reporter to give the seldom-heard ‘other side of the story’ in our local Media. Malia and the gang are must-reads for me everyday.” Michael W. Perry, KSSK Radio
Orson Swindle, Former Federal Trade Commissioner, says “Hawaii Reporter is a valuable source of information for me to keep in touch with reality in Hawaii. My compliments to Malia Zimmerman for her persistent, courageous and quality efforts at keeping the truth highly visible in Hawaii.”
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6600 Kalanianaole Highway, Ste 212
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