Ed Greevy is an independent photographer in Hawai’i. Greevy began his documentation of land-rights movements in 1971 with Save Our Surf because state and private interests plans to destroy surf and reef sites made no sense to him. This led to participation in other land rights struggles throughout the island of Oahu: Kalama Valley, Ota Camp, Chinatown, Waiahole/Waikane, Niumalu/Nawiliwili on Kaua’i, Coconut Grove, Waimanalo, Ewa, Sand Island, Mokauea Island, Heeia/Heeia Kea, and Kahana Valley. Greevy’s contribution to resistance is through his long-term commitment in photographically documenting each struggle and making his work available to others resisting destructive development.
Alan McNarie is best known for the investigative articles he wrote for a decade and a half for the Hawaii Island Journal and its predecessor, Ka’u Landing. But he’s also published travel articles, gardening articles, poems and an award-winning novel, Yeshua (Pushcart Press). Before turning to to journalism full-time, he was an English teacher for 20 years in Arizona, Missouri, Thailand and, ultimately, UH-Hilo, which finally cured him of academia. Some of McNarie’s old Journal articles –and occasional new blogs–are online at www.alanmcnarie.blogspot.com.
Joan Conrow lives on Kauai and has reported on issues throughout Hawaii for the Honolulu Advertiser, the Honolulu-Star Bulletin and Reuters. For the past decade she’s worked solely as a freelance journalist, contributing articles to Audubon, National Wildlife, Sierra, Honolulu magazine, Spirit of Aloha and many other national and regional publications. Her work appears regularly in the Honolulu Weekly and Kauai People, and she’s also co-authored several travel guides. While she’s particularly drawn to stories about Hawaii’s natural world and indigenous culture, her varied interests are reflected in her blog, kauaieclectic.blogspot.com.
Niki Akhavan is a scholar and activist whose work focuses on the relationship between media and transnational political and cultural production in Iran and the broader West Asian region. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the Catholic University of America.
