Honolulu Civil Beat
Eric Stinton is an accomplished educator and writer with a diverse background in teaching and journalism. Currently serving as a teacher for 7th and 9th grade humanities at Le Jardin Academy and as a lecturer in Magazine Writing at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Eric has also been a columnist for Honolulu Civil Beat since July 2020, focusing on issues pertinent to Hawaii. With extensive freelance writing experience across various publications, Eric has contributed to notable outlets such as Bamboo Ridge and Vice Sports. Additional teaching roles include special education positions at Kailua Intermediate School and Mililani Middle School, along with a significant tenure at DYB Choisun in South Korea. Eric holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Chapman University and a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Special Education from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Nonfiction at Bennington College.
Honolulu Civil Beat
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. The philanthropic gift that Pierre Omidyar gave to create Civil Beat in 2010 began a unique opportunity for Hawaii to develop a non-commercial media platform whose mission it is to inform and educate Hawaii residents so they can make good decisions about vital issues. Civil Beat has quickly become one of the most respected news sites in Hawaii. Our journalists have won dozens of state, regional and national awards and Civil Beat has been named the best news website in Hawaii for the past five 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-submitted Community Voices, public events and through our integrated Civil Comments platform.