About Civil Beat

Civil Beat is the largest news outlet dedicated to public affairs reporting about Hawaii. Our focus is on investigative and watchdog journalism, in-depth enterprise reporting, analysis and commentary that gives readers a broad view on issues of importance to the community.

Created in 2010 by eBay founder and philanthropist Pierre Omidyar, Civil Beat has quickly become one of the most respected news sites in Hawaii. Our journalists have won dozens of state and regional awards and Civil Beat has been named the best news website in Hawaii for the past two years by the Society of Professional Journalists.

Civil Beat also hopes to foster community discussion by providing a place where citizens can debate important issues in a civil manner, free from cheap shots and personal swipes. We do that through encouraging a wide variety of reader-written Community Voices and through our integrated Facebook comments.

Our goal is to challenge our leaders to do better. We are the watchdogs of the public’s trust and we take seriously the mission to ensure our government and civic leaders are not abusing that trust.

But it’s not only our responsibility. Citizens have a critical role to play in moving our society forward by engaging in and discovering the best solutions.

We welcome you to the civic square.

The Civil Beat Team

Founders

Pierre Omidyar, CEO & Publisher

Randy Ching, Co-Founder

Editors

Patti Epler, Editor

Eric Pape, Deputy Editor

Sara Lin, Assistant Editor

Reporter-Hosts

Chad Blair

Sophie Cocke

Nathan Eagle

Nick Grube

Kery Murakami

Alia Wong

Business & Marketing

Jayson Harper, General Manager

Heidi Pliszka, Operations Director

Alice Terry, Operations Specialist

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- Your Team At Civil Beat

Testimonials

"Thank you for providing an alternate source of news about local Hawaii issues. CB articles are always insightful, thought-provoking and informative."

— Jensin Sommer

"As a neighbor island resident, I find that Civil Beat provides insight into the political world of Oahu that is missing in my local papers."

— Deborah Ward

"Greatly appreciated and well worth my money. Excellent journalism, Aloha!"

— Keoki Medeiros

"Mahalo, Civil Beat, for caring enough to investigate the real issues that our other local news just don't cover. You and your staff rock!"

— Brilana Silva