Editors Desk http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/editorsdesk/ MidWeek http://www.midweek.com/images/elements/midweek_feedburner_logo.gif http://www.midweek.com 144 37 MidWeek.com Don Chapman is the editor of MidWeek and MidWeek the weekend en Don Chapman 2009-11-11T10:00:07+00:00 This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. BOE Members In It For The Dough http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EditorsDesk/~3/x3tUD3Ml5-E/ Don Chapman Where to start with what’s wrong with our public schools? How about a Board of Education where at least two members show up at their twice-monthly board meetings so they’ll be reported in the minutes as present - and thus collect their $100 stipend - and then often leave shortly thereafter. EDITORS DESKColumn Don Chapman Where to start with what’s wrong with our public schools? How about a Board of Education where at least two members show up at their twice-monthly board meetings so they’ll be reported in the minutes as present - and thus collect their $100 stipend - and then often leave shortly thereafter.

]]> 2009-11-11T10:00:07+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/editorsdesk_article/boe_members_in_it_for_the_dough/ Creating Hawaii’s Favorite Paper http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EditorsDesk/~3/FByWryfu4A0/ Don Chapman I’ll begin this column in MidWeek‘s 25th anniversary issue with the same anecdote I shared in my first column as MidWeek‘s editor in November 1994. EDITORS DESKColumn Don Chapman Larry Mehau I’ll begin this column in MidWeek‘s 25th anniversary issue with the same anecdote I shared in my first column as MidWeek‘s editor in November 1994.

]]> 2009-07-22T10:00:00+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/editorsdesk_article/creating_hawaiis_favorite_paper/ Bucking A Trend With Good News http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EditorsDesk/~3/0vwxFRLHE5A/ Don Chapman Although MidWeek is one of the rare newspapers in the U.S. to increase readership in the past year of economic doom and gloom - a total of nearly 500,000 readers, up (according to well-respected Scarborough Research) a whopping 20,000 adults, thank you very much EDITORS DESKColumn Don Chapman Although MidWeek is one of the rare newspapers in the U.S. to increase readership in the past year of economic doom and gloom - a total of nearly 500,000 readers, up (according to well-respected Scarborough Research) a whopping 20,000 adults, thank you very much

]]> 2009-07-01T10:00:00+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/editorsdesk_article/bucking_a_trend_with_good_news/ The Joy And Perils Of A Foul Ball http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EditorsDesk/~3/Cmd4gjBOA9A/ Don Chapman I wasn’t going to mention in the pages of MidWeek that I recently caught a foul ball at a UH baseball game, but since Bob Hogue is spilling the beans in his column on page 70, well ... EDITORS DESKColumn Don Chapman UH baseball I wasn’t going to mention in the pages of MidWeek that I recently caught a foul ball at a UH baseball game, but since Bob Hogue is spilling the beans in his column on page 70, well ...

]]> 2009-04-08T10:00:01+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/editorsdesk_article/the_joy_and_perils_of_a_foul_ball/ Behind The Scenes Of Obama Cover http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EditorsDesk/~3/-0syHLEtpCo/ Don Chapman ‘08: Year of Obama It was the last week of 2007 when I wrote that headline for the cover of our Jan. 2, 2008, issue, an intentional wordplay on the approaching Chinese New Year, Year of the Rat. EDITORS DESKColumn Don Chapman ‘08: Year of Obama

It was the last week of 2007 when I wrote that headline for the cover of our Jan. 2, 2008, issue, an intentional wordplay on the approaching Chinese New Year, Year of the Rat.

]]> 2008-11-12T10:00:00+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/editorsdesk_article/behind_the_scenes_of_obama_cover/ A Rewarding Award Weekend http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EditorsDesk/~3/k4NuHUZy95I/ Don Chapman In Dallas to accept MidWeek‘s award from the American Cancer Society, I was reminded of how much Texas and Hawaii share in common. EDITORS DESKColumn Don Chapman In Dallas to accept MidWeek‘s award from the American Cancer Society, I was reminded of how much Texas and Hawaii share in common.

]]> 2008-11-05T10:00:00+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/editorsdesk_article/a_rewarding_award_weekend/ Savings In MidWeek,Nice Awards http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EditorsDesk/~3/JRUTghbg_50/ Don Chapman When times get tough, as they most assuredly are, the tough turn to MidWeek. EDITORS DESKColumn Don Chapman When times get tough, as they most assuredly are, the tough turn to MidWeek.

]]> 2008-10-15T10:00:01+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/editorsdesk_article/savings_in_midweeknice_awards/ Ben’s Book, Great Quotes, Etc. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EditorsDesk/~3/m5QHFslCQCU/ Don Chapman I had a chance to chat with former Gov. Ben Cayetano recently when my son and his grandson graduated from the Honolulu Fire Department academy in the same class. Among other things, I asked about the memoir he’s writing. EDITORS DESKColumn Don Chapman I had a chance to chat with former Gov. Ben Cayetano recently when my son and his grandson graduated from the Honolulu Fire Department academy in the same class. Among other things, I asked about the memoir he’s writing.

]]> 2008-08-06T10:00:00+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/editorsdesk_article/bens_book_great_quotes_etc/ The Education Of A Firefighter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EditorsDesk/~3/zDJygZsiHwU/ Don Chapman Little did I know when my son Kai began training as a Honolulu Fire Department recruit in March that I would be receiving an education myself. But by the time he graduated on July 18 with 20 others in HFD’s 93rd recruit class, having lived vicariously through his four and a half months of training, I had a greater understanding and even more respect for our firefighters and what they bravely yet routinely do. EDITORS DESKColumn Don Chapman Little did I know when my son Kai began training as a Honolulu Fire Department recruit in March that I would be receiving an education myself. But by the time he graduated on July 18 with 20 others in HFD’s 93rd recruit class, having lived vicariously through his four and a half months of training, I had a greater understanding and even more respect for our firefighters and what they bravely yet routinely do.

]]> 2008-07-30T10:00:01+00:00 http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/editorsdesk_article/the_education_of_a_firefighter/ ‘Most Wanted’ Are Now Behind Bars http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EditorsDesk/~3/vCymsbShDOs/ Don Chapman Way to go, MidWeek readers! Thanks to you, the Honolulu Police Department and CrimeStoppers have accomplished a 100 percent arrest rate for the 10 Most Wanted criminals who appeared on our May 28 cover. EDITORS DESKColumn Don Chapman Way to go, MidWeek readers! Thanks to you, the Honolulu Police Department and CrimeStoppers have accomplished a 100 percent arrest rate for the 10 Most Wanted criminals who appeared on our May 28 cover.

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