Welcome to Civil Beat's Change Begins With a Question™ Forum

You may have noticed that we've been explaining our journalism with the simple phrase: Change Begins With A Question™.

It began when our team was sitting around the newsroom and the talk turned to the question why Hawaii uses so much plastic foam. It bothered many of us that the trash at so many places we've worked is stuffed with food containers every night.

We asked our readers if they were as interested as we were. Many said yes.

So we started investigating and have published nine stories on different aspects of the question so far. And we're still looking at it.

Now we want to take the next step with this approach. We've launched a forum where you can tell us what issues are most interesting to you.

There are two ways for you to participate.

The first is by reading through the questions already posted in the forum and voting for the ones you want our team of reporters to cover. The second is by submitting a question of your own.

The questions can be anything related to life on the islands, any local issue that you think is important. We'll check in regularly to see what readers are interested in and to give updates on the progress we're making.

Here's a video introduction to the forum. And here's a link to take you there.

DISCUSSION: What do you think about this approach? Share your thoughts below.

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