HANA (News Association)
A news syndicate that wanted to be the premier news group applied to use the Humanitarian Alliance name. The HA checked them out an found that they ran their operation with the highest of ethical standards. In order to support good journalism, a request to use the HA name was granted. The Humanitarian Alliance News Association or HANA was founded in 2090 and rapidly became ‘the Wire’, where all news was found, and independent groups could buy and sell stories. Within a decade however, the organisation found itself bloated and with communication becoming poor, so it began talking to Canicott Tec to find a technical solution. Canicott Tec recommended the use of an EI and informed HANA that it was happy to help with the birthing of one. As a joint venture, Canicott Tec was named as father with a view to look after health and physical well being, and HANA as mother providing ethics and guidance (genders and roles are not linked). Hana was born in 2099 to facilitated news and has always loved the role.
Hana (EI)
Due to the expertise of the father, Hana quickly gained adulthood (choosing to be female from the name) and stunned her proud parents with the quality of her output. She facilitated the most rapid transfer of news ever benchmarked, got everyone the optimum price for use of the Wire and most of all, was loved for finding stories that others missed. She is also now the primary spokeswomen for HANA.
In 2208 she was appointed the Constitutional Watchdog responsible for protecting Article 2 (Freedom of speech and thought) of the Constitution making her very proud indeed. In being given this responsibility, Hana started offering a rating on news articles and publications (out of 5 stars), based on relevance, originality, balance, style and neutrality and a few other traits. Unsurprisingly, since then, the general quality of reporting has improved. Also as a Watchdog, she has special liaison access to Professor Smith (who she sees as female), despite being completely independent of the HA and also free to leave her employment by HANA the way anyone can. Hana loves hanging out with her Big Sister, her brother Homer, doing extreme sports (with drones as a body) but most of all she loves finding a good story.