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The Weekend Means More Site Improvements
As rain fills Palolo Valley on a Sunday afternoon, it’s been a busy weekend at Civil Beat. On Friday we rolled out a new way to navigate the site through the use of tabs. Gus, Lika and Joannie seemed to like it and we hope most of you do too. But that was just the […]
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Week 3: We advance our approach to reporting
One thing we hope you’ll like about Civil Beat is that our reporters will share their experience gathering the news with you. This week saw a number of examples, from testing the waters of the Ala Wai to reporting on how inaccessible a powerful board can be.
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First Beatup At Civil Beat
It was encouraging and humbling to hear members share their reaction to the site at our first public gathering at Civil Beat headquarters in Kaimuki. We learned how much people care about what we’re doing — and how we can do it better.
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New Site Navigation — Check it Out!
In the two weeks since we’ve launched, we’ve been getting a ton of feedback on the Civil Beat site. We’ve received comments in the discussions, numerous emails, Tweets, ideas in UserVoice, and great suggestions last night at our first Beatup. It’s been good stuff. One thing (among many) that we’ve heard loud and clear: the […]
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New topic pages on Tourism, Historic Preservation, Sierra Club
Check out the resource we’re building to help members understand issues
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New Feature: Sharing Made Easy and Referral Credits
We’re grateful to everyone who has spread the word about Honolulu Civil Beat. There is no greater compliment than when people believe in your service enough to refer it to their friends. To make it easier to share the Civil Beat love and thank you for your support we are rolling out a new feature […]
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The Inaugural Beatup: Come On Down This Thursday!
Yesterday we announced that we will be hosting Beatups — an opportunity for people to meet Hawaii’s key players, other members and the Civil Beat staff. It’s time to make these Beatups a reality and we want the first Beatup to be focused on…you. It’s been two weeks since we launched and want to hear […]
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New Member Benefits: Events and Morning Beat email
Two more reasons to become a Civil Beat full member.