News By Any Other Name?

[salmoned]

Re: News By Any Other Name?

Island Chatter? Hawaiian Cryin'? Tantalus Tantalizer? Mauna Kea Viewpoint? Howzit Headlines? Aloha News? Aloha Island News? Kama'aina Kibitzer? Hawaii Newsline? Diamond Headline News? Hukilau News? Mauka Makai Messenger? Menehune Messenger?

[craigwatanabe]

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The Hawaiian Paradise Park newsletter is called The Conch.

I kinda like Sandwich Isle Gazette.

KGU's old motto was The Voice of Hawaii

[sin]

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how about 20155.com? (Hawaii's lattitude and longitude coordinates are 20 and 155)

just a thought

[pzarquon]

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Reviving this somewhat obscure but surprisingly interesting exercise to note that I've also secured HawaiiStar.com. Not sure if it'd beat the current champion, "none of the above," but I gotta say I like it better than most of the other presented alternatives (which not coincidentally expire soon, and will probably be let go).

I loved re-reading dick's post. I do dream in grand terms but ultimately come up with things that are directionless and cobbled together with duct-tape! I still don't know what I'm thinking, but I do know HawaiiNews.com may find a new life without me.

[GeckoGeek]

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Hawaii Whatevers?

[helen]

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Hawaii NOTA

NOTA = None of the above, which so far as the most votes.

[LikaNui]

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Hawaii Pipeline

Hawaii Flow (or Hawaiian Flow)

Hawaiian Ryan is already taken, yeah?

[cezanne]

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Okay I cheated:
Old name: Hawaii News

Endearing pet name:
Thunder Crotch

[NemesisVex]

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Or you could translate "gatekeeper" into Hawaiian.

[NemesisVex]

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This isn't going to be a Web 2.0 type of thing, is it? Because you're going to have to remove the ending "e" if it is. (Hawaii Ledgr, Hawaii Blottr)

[GeckoGeek]

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Well..... My problem is I still don't know what kind of news site you're thinking of running. I'm somewhat attracted to "Hawaii Vox" because, well, it's different. It also rhymes with "pox" which could be an asset or a liability. Oh, maybe:

Hawaii Vox
A pox on the status quo

[pzarquon]

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Ah, Hawaii Wire was on the short list. Sadly, 'twas already taken. Hawaii Files and Hawaii Citizen similarly claimed. And there's "Blotter" again. I wonder, though, if that's a word that you hear more inside the news biz than on the street? Or maybe I need to spend more time on the street? Heh.

Yeah, HawaiiNews and HawaiiStories both have a lot of potential that's woefully unrealized. There's a good chance this new project will similarly stagnate. I'm great at coming up with ideas. It's actually executing them that's tricky!

[lavagal]

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Along the line of news services, such as Associated Press or UPI, how about something like:

Hawaii Wire

Hawaii Files

Hawaii Blotter

of course,they could all have THE in front of them.

[mel]

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I do too! But my plans for that site are distinctly and perhaps disappointingly mainstream. I did consider expanding the brand to include podcasts and topical blogs, but... ultimately I've segregated that "new media" stuff in my mind.

I still think Hawaii News is the best name. However here are some others you might want to toss into the pot on this.

Hawaii Citizen Journal
Hawaii News Blog - perhaps a sister site to Hawaii News

You could always re-do Hawaii Stories

Hawaii Citizen
Hawaii Town Crier
Hawaii News Bulletin
Hawaii Citizen Weblog


OK... my brain hurts... I'm sure these are just as good or bad as other names already suggested.... just thought I'd throw these in.

Hawaii News has a good ring to it.

[pzarquon]

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Very perceptive, Dick. I did start where you'd think I'd start, which was HawaiiVox, believe it or not (currently tied with "none of the above"). Something unusual, fresh, maybe gimmicky.

But as I tossed around and narrowed down ideas, the shift to names that sound staid and established was very deliberate. And if Hawaii Post or Hawaii Free Press or Hawaii Times or Hawaii Review were available, you bet they'd be on the list. Hence the inclusion of Picayune, which is pretty random and, of all things, inspired by Berkeley Breathed as much as the real world!

I suppose you could say invoking such mastheads leaves big shoes to fill. Or it could also be mere whimsy and folly... nemed specifically because it's not what you'd expect.

In any case, I love and appreciate the input. I'm glad some of you thought this exercise was as fun as I did! Even if the consensus is becoming, "Back to the drawing board."