Less than two months ago, on the first anniversary of my tenure at Honolulu Civil Beat, I touched on some big dreams we have to better serve all of Hawaiʻi. I told you that we were getting started thanks to a one-year, $400,000 grant from the Google News Initiative.
What I couldn’t tell you then was that we were in the running for another major national grant to make that dream a reality. It was a rigorous, monthslong process during which many on our staff and our board collaborated with the grantmaking team to refine our vision — and it was far from a sure thing.
This week, the good news is out: Civil Beat is now part of the American Journalism Project’s portfolio, a distinction that will fuel our expansion over the next three years with $1.5 million in funding, accompanied by coaching and training…