{"id":34,"date":"2014-01-30T19:53:37","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T19:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/EH\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2025-05-09T10:53:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T20:53:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/?page_id=34","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Environment Hawai\u02bbi, Inc.,&nbsp;is a 501(c)(3) non- profit news organization that publishes the monthly newsletter&nbsp;<em>Environment Hawai\u02bbi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its first edition in July 1990, <i>EH<\/i>&nbsp;has consistently produced&nbsp;in-depth, award-winning articles on Hawai\u02bbi&#8217;s most important environmental issues, from fisheries management to endangered species protection to native forest restoration and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Environment Hawai\u02bbi staff<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Patricia Tummons, Editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_3933.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_3933-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"www.garyhofheimerphotography.com\" class=\"wp-image-6175\" style=\"width:300px;height:290px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_3933-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_3933.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Teresa Dawson,&nbsp;Managing Editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Image-11-10-21-at-1.38-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Image-11-10-21-at-1.38-PM-222x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14058\" style=\"width:222px;height:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Image-11-10-21-at-1.38-PM-222x300.jpeg 222w, https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Image-11-10-21-at-1.38-PM.jpeg 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Environment Hawai\u02bbi, Inc. directors:<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Deborah Chang \u2013 Planner, Island Transitions, LLC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teresa Dawson \u2013 Managing Editor, <i>Environment Hawai\u02bbi<\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valerie Monson \u2013 former reporter for <em>The Maui News<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patricia Tummons \u2013 Editor, <i>Environment Hawai\u02bbi<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Awards&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ul>\n<li>2023 Excellence in Journalism Awards, Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Hawai\u02bbi Chapter, Third Place for Editorial Opinion and for Investigative Reporting (All Media), and Third Place for Business Reporting (Magazines)<\/li>\n<li>2022 Excellence in Journalism Awards, Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Hawai\u02bbi Chapter, First Place for Editorial Opinion, and Third Place for Investigative Reporting (All Media)<\/li>\n<li>2019 Excellence in Journalism Awards, Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Hawai\u02bbi Chapter, Second and Third Place for Editorial Opinion (All Media)<\/li>\n<li>2018 Excellence in Journalism Awards, Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Hawai\u02bbi Chapter, Third Place for Business Reporting, and Second and Third Place for Industry or Trade Reporting (Magazines)<\/li>\n<li>2015&nbsp;Excellence in Journalism Awards, Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Hawai\u02bbi Chapter, Finalist for Best Science Reporting (All Media)<\/li>\n<li>2014 Excellence in Journalism Awards, Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Hawai\u02bbi Chapter, Finalist for Best Editorial Opinion (All Media) and Finalist for Best Investigative Reporting (All Media)<\/li>\n<li>2013 Excellence in Journalism Awards, Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Hawai\u02bbi Chapter,&nbsp;Best News Column (Open Print) for Board Talk<\/li>\n<li>2011 Excellence in Journalism Awards, SPJ, Hawai\u02bbi Chapter: Best Editorial and Best Health Reporting (All Media)<\/li>\n<li>2010 Excellence in Journalism Awards, SPJ, Hawai\u02bbi Chapter: Best Business Reporting and Best Trade\/Industry Reporting (Magazine\/Newsletter)<\/li>\n<li>2009 Excellence in Journalism Awards, SPJ, Hawai\u02bbi Chapter: Best Editorial (Open Print) and Best Trade\/Industry Reporting (Magazine\/Newsletter)<\/li>\n<li>2008 Excellence in Journalism Award, SPJ, Hawai\u02bbi Chapter: Best News Column (Open Print) for Board Talk<\/li>\n<li>2007 Environmental Journalism Award from the Hawai\u02bbi Audubon Society<\/li>\n<li>2005 Environmental Educator of the Year award from the Conservation Council for Hawai\u02bbi to editor Patricia Tummons.<\/li>\n<li>2004 Excellence in Journalism Award, SPJ, Hawai\u02bbi Chapter: Best Business Reporting (Magazine\/Newsletter)<\/li>\n<li>2003 Excellence in Journalism Award, SPJ, Hawai\u02bbi Chapter: Best Business Reporting (Magazine\/Newsletter), Finalist in Best Investigative Reporting (Open Print) and Best Trade\/Industry Reporting (Magazine\/Newsletter)<\/li>\n<li>2002 Excellence in Journalism Award, SPJ, Hawai\u02bbi Chapter,&nbsp;Best News Column (Open Print) for Board Talk, Best Business Reporting (Magazine\/Newsletter), Best Editorial (Open Print). Best Feature Reporting (Student)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environment Hawai&#699;i, Inc.,&nbsp;is a 501(c)(3) non- profit news organization that publishes the monthly newsletter&nbsp;Environment Hawai&#699;i. Since its first edition in July 1990, EH&nbsp;has consistently produced&nbsp;in-depth, award-winning articles on Hawai&#699;i&rsquo;s most important environmental issues, from fisheries management to endangered species protection &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/?page_id=34\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/environment-hawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}