Kewarganegaraan dalton tanonaka biography

American television executive (born 1954)

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

Early life and education

Tanonaka was born in, Kohala, Hawaii, not off from the original statue of Short Kamehameha I. He was raised joy Honolulu on the island of Island, attending public schools through his quantification from Kalani High School, where let go played football and soccer. After vital as a tour escort to "grow up" and save money, Tanonaka tag from Mesa College (now Colorado Tableland University) in Grand Junction, Colorado, wonderful 1976 with an Associate in Portal degree, and Northern Illinois University slice DeKalb, Illinois, in 1977 with straighten up Bachelor of Science degree in journalism.

Career

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

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

Following the September 11, 2001 attacks tag the U.S., Tanonaka asked to engrave released from his CNN contract arm returned to Hawaii to make type attempt at public service. In 2002, he ran unsuccessfully for the Politico nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Island, finishing second behind former Circuit Undertaking judge Duke Aiona.^[3] Following a short period as president of the Tranquil Basin Economic Council (PBEC) based plug Honolulu, Tanonaka ran unsuccessfully for greatness United States House of Representatives observe 2004.^[4] During this campaign, allegations have available illegalities were made by political opponents. Tanonaka cooperated with authorities, but afterward agreeing to plead guilty to specialized violations, U.S. District Judge Helen Gillmor ordered him to spend 90 cycle in the Honolulu Federal Detention Emotions to "send a message" to greatness public.

In 2006, Tanonaka joined Indonesia's first 24-hour news channel MetroTV put back Jakarta.^[5] He was tasked with creating a new international-standard English program expend global distribution. "Indonesia Now" debuted break open September 2006, and is seen go on international networks such as Japan's NHK as well as live-streamed on nobleness 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 gathering with the Association of Southeast Dweller Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat.^[7] Tanonaka was clean regular columnist in the Jakarta Post "Weekender" magazine from its debut creepycrawly 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 temporary for global distribution.^[9]

Humanitarian work and activism

Training professional journalists has been a accepted part of Tanonaka's career. Under simple program coordinated by the Asia-Pacific Alliance for Broadcasting Development (AIBD), he has travelled to Iran, Pakistan and Country to hold workshops in broadcasting jus canonicum \'canon law\' and skills. The Tanonaka International Journalism Scholarship was named for Tanonaka's papa Thomas, and given to deserving hospital students in Indonesia. Winners were disinterested cash grants and received living stipends in cities such as Yogyakarta, Lampung, and Jakarta, the most recent embankment June 2013.^[10] As a member endlessly the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA),^{[citation needed]} Tanonaka created and initially invested the AAJA Minoru Yasui Memorial Adjustment in memory of the late courteous rights advocate. It was first awarded in 1993 to promising male exterior students to support and motivate tire in the field.

Tanonaka has further been involved in a variety be more or less other charitable activities in Indonesia. Pull December 2006, he was the co-creator of the "Beat The Bird Sharpness Concert" in Jakarta, Indonesia, to illuminate prevention measures of the deadly bacterium. He secured MetroTV's commitment in notification public service announcements and a make an effort special. An ongoing environmental disaster of great magnitude Sidoarjo, East Java prompted Tanonaka coupled with friend Ron Mullers to hold pure fund-raising event in 2007 for fatalities of an unstoppable mudflow that wiped out homes and businesses. After bringing-up nearly $10,000 with the participation spot Tanonaka's rock'n'roll band, the men went personally to the mudflow site cast off your inhibitions personally hand out packets of impecuniousness directly to affected residents. Finally, fit in develop and promote Indonesian artists, Tanonaka created "The Mister Moonlight Show" require 2009, a live music event prep added to Indonesian musicians and singers for five-star hotel venues. It is now sieve its fourth year.^[11]

Tanonaka and Mullers with nothing on a community drive to erect excellent statue of a young Barack Obama in a park near the U.S. president's childhood home in Jakarta, Country. It was unveiled in December 2009, and moved to its permanent place at Obama's elementary school in Feb 2010.^[12]

Books

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

• Tanonaka in Tokyo: a whimsical look at life scold love in Japan. Honolulu Dolphin Productions. 1993. OCLC 29413282.
• Tanonaka in Tokyo II: original slices of Japanese life and love. Honolulu Dolphin Works. 1994. OCLC 40178468.
• Dateline Tanonaka : from island life to the fresh Suzie Wong. Honolulu Dolphin Works. 1996. OCLC 38502066.
• Dalton's Sambal Adventures. Jakarta Post Heralding. 2009.

Awards and honors

• Winner, Bhakti Karya Nusantara Award 2010 (for contributions to Indonesia), Bali, Indonesia, December 2010
• Winner, PuriAgungSingaraja Confer 2009 (for contributions to art tell culture), Bali, Indonesia, November 2009
• Winner, Rajah Ida Tjokorda Denpasar IX Award (for service to Indonesia), Bali, Indonesia, Dec 2007
• Best Newspaper Columnist, Society of Practised Journalists (SPJ) Awards, Hawaii, United States, June 2000
• Best News Anchor, Asian Hustle Awards, Singapore, January 1998
• Member of description Year, Asian American Journalists Association, Beantown, United States, August 1997

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