|
Honolulu Civil Beat is an investigative news website that practices watchdog journalism related to the U.S. state of Hawaii. Journalists and editors at Civil Beat also travel to other U.S. held territories and military installations in the Pacific, reporting on current and historical events about immigration. Civil Beat is headquartered in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, and is published by Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay.〔("Pierre Omidyar: from eBay to crusading journalism?" ). ''The Guardian'', Dominic Rushe, 20 October 2013.〕 ==History== Omidyar launched Civil Beat May 2010 with a subscription paywall.〔("Civil Beat Bests the “Newspaper of Record” in Hawai`i’s Online News War" ). ''Hawaii News Daily'', By Andy Parx〕 Its founding editor was Pulitzer Prize winning journalist John Temple, former editor and publisher of The Rocky Mountain News.〔("Online news startups: Honolulu Civil Beat" ). ''Columbia Journalism Review'', Feb 23, 2011, By Alex Fekula〕〔("The Paperless Press in Honolulu" ). ''Honolulu Magazine'', Tiffany Hill 6 August 2012〕 When Temple left to take a position at the Washington Post in 2009, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Patti Epler was promoted to executive editor. In 2012, Huffington Post launched a Hawaiian issues and travel-oriented site. HuffPo Hawaii staff share office space with the Civil Beat staff. In 2012, as part of and investigation of municipal law enforcement, Civil Beat sued the state legislature for access to public records.〔("SHOPO, Civil Beat make their cases on release of officers’ names". ) ''Honolulu Star Advertiser'', By Dan Nakaso. Jun 19, 2015〕 The organization has also provided national pool journalists for visits by President Barack Obama and his family, conducted research and enterprise reporting on Hawaii's homeless population and its high mortality rate, and questioned the high cost to taxpayers of remediation of Kahoolawe island. In 2015, Civil Beat employs a staff of 16. The website has been awarded best news site in Hawaii by the Society of Professional Journalists each year since 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Honolulu Civil Beat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|