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At Civil Beat, we’ve always tried to be part of Hawaii’s daily conversation.

Our approach has been to be civil and to encourage others to do the same. But it has also been to dig for stories that cast a new light on life in Hawaii, to give readers real journalism to talk about.

Until now, the discussion of our work has been focused on our website. But starting Monday, Civil Beat will be adding its voice to a new location, a one-hour news magazine called “” from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. weekdays on Hawaii Public Radio’s KIPO 89.3FM.

Listeners will be able to catch up with Civil Beat’s investigative reporting in a daily “Reality Check” feature, where host Beth-Ann Kozlovich will talk with a member of our team.

We’re proud that an organization of the quality of Hawaii Public Radio is including Civil Beat in its lineup as it expands the way it serves the state. And we’re delighted to be able to share our journalism with more people. (Remember, you, too, now can share any Civil Beat article. The site is free for occasional users.)

Just as we’re adding more community voices to Civil Beat, we’re working with others to get the voices of Civil Beat to a wider audience. We’re also partnering with the strong news team at KITV4, another organization with an investigative bent.

The Reality Check feature will bring to the radio stories you wouldn’t find anywhere but Civil Beat. Examples from this week were:

• University of Hawaii Impairing Its Faculties?
• Progress at Landfill But Trash Woes Persist
• Public Access at the Legislature: Equal for All?
• Cayetano: Cost Overruns for Rail Systems Average 40 Percent
• Hawaii Is the Only State to Assess Hotel-Room Tax on Timeshare Owners

If you followed the site this week, you probably saw that we even subject ourselves to scrutiny, Woman Swims From Mexico to Hawaii. We’re not beyond Fact Checking ourselves and our colleagues in the media — or beyond giving ourselves a False grade.

We don’t let go of issues. Reporter Michael Levine last year revealed a loophole in a state law that had been touted for making Hawaii the first state to require solar water heaters. This week, Is Hawaii Expanding Solar Water Heater Loophole?, showed how the Legislature doesn’t appear to be addressing the issue.

We’ll bring that same tenacity to our Reality Checks for HPR’s “The Conversation.”

I hoped you’re noticing that the number of community voices on Civil Beat is growing. Our new home page gives greater prominence to writing, video and photos from people in the community.

This week, for example, we had four op-eds on invocations.

• Bridges of Hanalei Inspiration for Invocation, by Suzanne Marinelli
• The Healing Power of An Invocation, by Linda Krieger
• It’s Not About Religion , by Kathleen Sands
• A Sad, Tragic, Dumb Day in the Hawaii Senate, by Dan Chun

We also published our first video from the community, Surf Champ Kelly Slater Speaks Out Against North Shore Development, and put together the first collection of reader-submitted photos from around Hawaii, showing what the state looks like through their eyes, Photos: Not Your Typical Hawaii Beach Scene.

I hope you’ll consider sharing your “voice” — whether in writing, video or photographs — on Civil Beat and encourage others you know who might have something to say to join the conversation as well.

And of course, I hope you’ll listen to HPR’s Conversation and let us know how you like Civil Beat on the radio. The show, hosted by Kozlovich and her co-host, Chris Vandercook, is a promising step for the future of quality journalism in Hawaii.