HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Hawaii News Now took home ten Hawaii Chapter Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists last month.
The 2023 Hawaii SPJ Excellence in Journalism Awards ceremony took place on July 30 at the Japan Cultural Center.
For the 2023 awards ceremony, the Louisville SPJ Chapter judged the results from Hawaii.
HNN achieved first place in the following categories:
General News/Corporate Reporting
First place
- “Hidden dangers”
- Allyson Blair, Jon Suyat
Second place
- “The FIRST first responders”
- Chelsea Davis
Third place
- “Painful journey to Lahaina”
- Mahealani Richardson, Jonathan Suyat
Functional reporting
First place
- “Back home, into the ashes”
- Chelsea Davis
Current reporting
Second place
- “RESCUE MISSION”
- Chelsea Davis
Investigative journalism
First place
- “Timeline of the Lahaina disaster”
- Jon Suyat, Allyson Blair
Second place
- “Who killed Dana Ireland?”
- Lynn Kawano, Peter Tang, Monet Sadural
Series reporting/documentary/special news
First place
- “Moananuiakea: A Journey to Earth”
- Mahealani Richardson, Jonathan Suyat
Second place
- “Focus on Korea: 120 years of ties to Hawaii”
- Annalisa Burgos, Alan Johnson
Third place
- “Smuggled: Fentanyl to Hawaii”
- Lynn Kawano, Monet Sadural, Peter Tang, Davis Pitner
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