Jeremy Hay covers economic inequality for Honolulu Civil Beat.

He started in journalism in 1992 at The Tenderloin Times in San Francisco, covering city government, homelessness and nonprofits. He comes to Civil Beat from The Press Democrat in Santa Rosa, Calif., where since 2001, he reported on immigration, local politics, business and, most recently, homelessness and social services. At The Press Democrat, he was on a team that won a George Polk award for reporting on globalization; he has also won two Associated Press Fairbanks Public Service awards and Best of the West awards for writing and explanatory reporting. He was a 2015 JSK Journalism Fellow at Stanford University.

He enjoys cooking with a wok, exploring Hawaiʻi and spending time with his family. You can reach Jeremy at 808-978-6605 and jhay@civilbeat.org.