Honolulu Civil Beat
John Hill is an experienced investigative journalist and editor with a career spanning over three decades. Currently serving as the Investigations Editor at Honolulu Civil Beat since December 2020, John previously held the same position at the same organization from July 2016 to June 2020. John also worked as Deputy Editor at FairWarning.org, focusing on consumer and workplace issues, and served as Press Secretary and Principal Consultant at the California State Controller's Office. Notable past roles include Senior Writer at The Sacramento Bee, Investigative Reporter at Contra Costa Times, and various positions at The Albuquerque Tribune and The Times-Picayune. John holds a Master’s degree in Journalism from Columbia University and a Bachelor's degree in Geology & Geophysics from Yale University.
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.