Revitalizing
Local Journalism on the Valley Isle

Promoting Civic Awareness in the Aloha State

We envision a Hawaii where every resident is empowered with the civic information they need to become full participants in our democracy and society. We believe a more engaged, better informed, more civically aware Hawaii will help bring about a prosperous and more equitable Hawaii for everyone.

• Through donor support, HJI’s non-profit structure will allow more money to go directly to the journalists, without the high overhead needed for traditional newspaper outlets.
• The Hawaii Journalism Initiative is dedicated to supporting locally-based journalists, giving them the financial support to create quality, in-depth coverage on local issues affecting our community.
• Local funding ensures HJI is focused on topics that keep citizens engaged with non-biased, hyper-local content.
• Your donations allow us to disseminate our content for free, through established news outlets. Keeping local citizens informed with accurate & useful information.