Civil Beat Staff

Landess Cole

Landess Cole is the audience development editor for Civil Beat, where she focuses on analytics and newsletters, including the 听补苍诲 .

Landess grew up in Honolulu and is a graduate of Punahou School. After high school, she left Oahu and moved to the midwest, where she received a bachelor’s degree in English writing at Saint Mary’s College聽in Indiana.

After receiving her diploma, Landess came to her senses and returned to the Aloha State to begin her professional career. Prior to joining the Civil Beat team in January 2017, Landess was senior editor at HuffPost Hawaii, a partnership between Civil Beat and The Huffington Post. She also previously held positions at Pacific Business News and the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

You can follow Landess on Twitter or email her at landess@civilbeat.org.