Chad Blair, you’re the best around.
Blair, a founding staff member of Civil Beat, was included in a list of the best political reporters in the U.S. in 2015, as compiled by Chris Cillizza 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 415 South Beretania St., 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 the full list of each state’s best political reporters right here.
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