Chad Blair, .
, a founding staff member of Civil Beat, was included in a in the U.S. in 2015, as compiled by of The Washington Post’s The Fix blog.
Cillizza, a marquee name in national political journalism, called local and state capitol reporters “most under-appreciated reporters in the political world.” The list is compiled every two years to honor the scribes covering local and state-level politics.
We like to think Blair is very appreciated not only in our offices, but also at , where he has been a regular fixture since Civil Beat’s inception in 2010.
Also included in the list are Gordon Pang of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, a reporter with decades of local political experience at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Honolulu Advertiser; and Andrew Pereira, a veteran reporter for our media partner KITV and one of the more dogged TV journalists in the state.
You can find聽the full list of each state’s best political reporters .
GET IN-DEPTH REPORTING ON HAWAII鈥橲 BIGGEST ISSUES
Support Independent, Unbiased News
Civil Beat is a nonprofit, reader-supported newsroom based in 贬补飞补颈驶颈. When you give, your donation is combined with gifts from thousands of your fellow readers, and together you help power the strongest team of investigative journalists in the state.