Dalton Tanonaka

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Birth nameDalton Tanonaka
Born (1954-06-13) June 13, 1954 (age 68)
Kohala, Hawaii, U.S.
Medium Newspaper, talk show
NationalityAmerican
Years active1978–present
Children1

Dalton Ichiro Tanonaka (born June 13, 1954) is an American television executive. He has spent most of his career in Asia, receiving several international and US. awards for his journalism work. Tanonaka is also known for his community service, providing scholarships to deserving students and speaking at schools and universities. [1]

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Early life and education

Tanonaka was born in, Kohala, Hawaii, not far from the original statue of King Kamehameha I. He was raised in Honolulu on the island of Oahu, attending public schools through his graduation from Kalani High School, where he played football and soccer. After working as a tour escort to "grow up" and save money, Tanonaka graduated from Mesa College (now Colorado Mesa University) in Grand Junction, Colorado, in 1976 with an Associate in Arts degree, and Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism.

Career

After TV and newspaper jobs at the ABC and NBC affiliates in Honolulu and the Honolulu Advertiser , Tanonaka was recruited by Japan's public broadcaster NHK in 1990. He helped launch and was the anchor of "Japan Business Today", an internationally distributed daily program from Tokyo. [2] After the NHK project ended in 1994, Tanonaka joined the launch team of the U.S. business channel CNBC in Asia. From regional headquarters in Chai Wan, Hong Kong, Tanonaka anchored daily news and feature programs including "The NBC Asia Evening News" and "Money, Money, Money".

When the operations of CNBC Asia was moved to Singapore in 1998, Tanonaka returned to Hawaii for a brief period. He was appointed Honolulu's director of economic development, where he served until resuming his journalism career in 1999. CNN International recruited him to its Asia headquarters in Hong Kong, where he anchored programs including "BizAsia", "Asia Tonight", and "TalkAsia".

Following the September 11, 2001 attacks in the U.S., Tanonaka asked to be released from his CNN contract and returned to Hawaii to make an attempt at public service. In 2002, he ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, finishing second behind former Circuit Court judge Duke Aiona. [3] Following a brief period as president of the Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC) based in Honolulu, Tanonaka ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 2004. [4] During this campaign, allegations of illegalities were made by political opponents. Tanonaka cooperated with authorities, but after agreeing to plead guilty to technical violations, U.S. District Judge Helen Gillmor ordered him to spend 90 days in the Honolulu Federal Detention Center to "send a message" to the public.

In 2006, Tanonaka joined Indonesia's first 24-hour news channel MetroTV in Jakarta. [5] He was tasked with creating a new international-standard English program for global distribution. "Indonesia Now" debuted in September 2006, and is seen on international networks such as Japan's NHK as well as live-streamed on the Internet at www.metrotvnews.com. [6]

In 2010, Tanonaka teamed up with actress Rahayu "Sara" Saraswati for the weekly dialogue program "TalkIndonesia". In 2011, he created "ASEAN Today", a monthly program done in partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat. [7] Tanonaka was a regular columnist in the Jakarta Post "Weekender" magazine from its debut in 2007, moving to the Jakarta Globe in 2010. [8] In January 2014, Tanonaka became CEO of "The Indonesia Channel," the country's first 24-hour all-English channel for global distribution. [9]

Humanitarian work and activism

Training professional journalists has been a regular part of Tanonaka's career. Under a program coordinated by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD), he has travelled to Iran, Pakistan and Mauritius to hold workshops in broadcasting standards and skills. The Tanonaka International Journalism Scholarship was named for Tanonaka's father Thomas, and given to deserving university students in Indonesia. Winners were handed cash grants and received living stipends in cities such as Yogyakarta, Lampung, and Jakarta, the most recent in June 2013. [10] As a member of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA),[ citation needed ] Tanonaka created and initially endowed the AAJA Minoru Yasui Memorial Scholarship in memory of the late civil rights advocate. It was first awarded in 1993 to promising male broadcast students to support and motivate interest in the field.

Tanonaka has also been involved in a variety of other charitable activities in Indonesia. In December 2006, he was the co-creator of the "Beat The Bird Flu Concert" in Jakarta, Indonesia, to spotlight prevention measures of the deadly virus. He secured MetroTV's commitment in airing public service announcements and a concert special. An ongoing environmental disaster in Sidoarjo, East Java prompted Tanonaka and friend Ron Mullers to hold a fund-raising event in 2007 for victims of an unstoppable mudflow that wiped out homes and businesses. After raising nearly $10,000 with the participation of Tanonaka's rock'n'roll band, the men went personally to the mudflow site to personally hand out packets of money directly to affected residents. Finally, to develop and promote Indonesian artists, Tanonaka created "The Mister Moonlight Show" in 2009, a live music event with Indonesian musicians and singers for five-star hotel venues. It is now in its fourth year. [11]

Tanonaka and Mullers led a community drive to erect a statue of a young Barack Obama in a park near the U.S. president's childhood home in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was unveiled in December 2009, and moved to its permanent location at Obama's elementary school in February 2010. [12]

Books

Tanonaka is the author of four books, compilations of his newspaper columns chronicling his time in various parts of the world:

Awards and honors

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References

  1. ↑ Tanonaka 1993, Tanonaka 1994, Tanonaka 1996
  2. ↑ Kenrick, Vivienne (Jun 23, 2001). "Dalton Tanonaka" . Retrieved Sep 13, 2019– via Japan Times Online.
  3. ↑ "Dalton Tanonaka running for Republican lt. governor seat - Thegardenisland.com: News". Archived from the original on August 21, 2013. Retrieved Apr 13, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on 2018-10-07. Retrieved 2018-10-07.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  7. ↑ ""ASEAN Today" TV Program Debuts Globally". Archived from the original on 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
  8. ↑ http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/archive/dalton-tanonaka-despite-the-frustrations-35-things-to-love-about-life-in-indonesia/ [ dead link ]
  9. ↑ "The Indonesia Channel". www.theindonesiachannel.com. Retrieved Sep 13, 2019.
  10. ↑ "cce-indonesia.org" . Retrieved Sep 13, 2019.
  11. ↑ "THE MISTER MOONLIGHT SHOW". www.facebook.com. Retrieved Sep 13, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Indonesia unveils statue of Obama". Dec 10, 2009. Retrieved Sep 13, 2019– via news.bbc.co.uk.
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