“It’s
important to stay informed about the issues that affect
our community and the Nation, so I read a lot of newspapers
published here and on the mainland. We also spend
a lot of time listening, because we need to know what people
are talking about and what is important to them. We
pride ourselves on listening to the concerns of various
communities, and then getting those stories told. It’s
a challenging job. It has placed me closer to my family,
my community, and to a State that I proudly call home." Jim McCoy led the number one television
news team in Hawai‘i
before joining Ho‘akea. During his 20-year career
at KHON, more than six years were as news director, the
top management post in the newsroom and the person in charge
of directing editorial content, hiring and firing, maintaining
budget and building a winning team. He helped establish
KHON as a national news leader by consistently ranking
number one at 10 p.m. among more than 200 Fox affiliates
across the country.
Mr. McCoy started his 26-year journalism
career in college as editor-in-chief of KaLeo, the University
of Hawai‘i
student newspaper. He worked as a reporter for the Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, where he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize
for a series on organized crime. As a reporter at KHON-TV,
he covered a variety of topics, including the Legislature,
education, business, crime and the military. He also served
as managing and assignment editor at the station.
He currently teaches public affairs
reporting at the University of Hawai‘i and writes
about golf for an online guide.
Community
Service
Member, Society of Professional Journalists
Member, Investigative Reporters and Editors
Member, Radio and Television News Directors Association
Chair, Legislative committee, Kamiloiki School PTSA
Assistant coach, Hawaii Kai Braves baseball team
AYSO soccer coach
Active member, St. George Church, Waimanalo
Education
B.A. Journalism/Speech, University of Hawai‘i at
Manoa
Graduate, Radford High School
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