Marina Starleaf Riker

Past: Journalist covering Maui for @CivilBeat |Investigations for @ExpressNews | @KingKekaulike & @UHManoa grad 🌈 | she/her

[Marina Starleaf Riker @marinastarleaf]

@_ismaperez Omg congratulations!!!!! So well deserved and you look amazing! 💜💜💜

[Honolulu Civil Beat @CivilBeat]

#BREAKING: Early results released around 8:20 p.m. on Election Day showed Bissen was leading the race for mayor with 57% of the vote. Victorino, who was seeking re-election to another four-year term, held 41%. https://t.co/Ugjno9hb6M @marinastarleaf #HInews #HIElections

[County of Maui @CountyofMaui]

Alert: West Maui brush fire on move in mountain ridges above Launiupoko Subdivision; Evacuation possible for residents in upper portion of subdivision. @Maui_EMA

[Marina Starleaf Riker @marinastarleaf]

@chriscobler @CivilBeat Ah that sounds fun! Hope y’all have a great time!

[Ismael Pérez @_ismaperez]

My heart is full. This recognition from the Chicago Journalists Association means so much to me.

I’m the first Latino to be named finalist for this prestigious award.

Will I be the first Latino winner? Buy your tickets to find out. #MoreLatinosInNews

[Honolulu Civil Beat @CivilBeat]

Questions are being raised about whether the Maui County Council candidate is eligible to run for the Lanai seat since district residency is required by law. https://t.co/ttsKmVsja4 @marinastarleaf #HInews

[Christina Jedra @ChristinaJedra]

Hawaii's health department *literally* just fined the Navy nearly $9 million for this shit... and it happened again 💩

https://t.co/PjX5xWp09D

[Anita Hofschneider @ahofschneider]

Before the pandemic, 46% of adults in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands lacked health insurance. Then a temporary pandemic program allowed thousands to access health care that they had been unable to afford for years: https://t.co/dhRRdftBjL @ReportingHealth

[Anita Hofschneider @ahofschneider]

If you’re Pacific Islander like me, you probably know lots of people on dialysis, which patients get if they have kidney failure. But you may not know anyone from our community who has actually gotten a kidney transplant.

For @ReportingHealth, here’s why they’re so hard to get:

[Christina Jedra @ChristinaJedra]

A Civil Beat analysis of national data on end-stage renal failure and kidney transplants shows that people from Indigenous Pacific communities who need kidney transplants are less likely to get them. Report by @ahofschneider

https://t.co/KlV5G4h8q4

[Marina Starleaf Riker @marinastarleaf]

@mikeforman21 Thanks so much, Mike! Hope everything is going great on your end.

[Marina Starleaf Riker @marinastarleaf]

Across Maui County, there’s no way of knowing how many people live in their vehicles; neither governments nor nonprofits track that number. But many suspect the figure may be on the rise as the typical rent in an already unaffordable place has soared 40% in the last year.

[Honolulu Civil Beat @CivilBeat]

Several communities across the U.S. have designated parking areas for people to sleep in their vehicles. #Maui’s current mayoral administration isn’t so sure about the idea. https://t.co/ZSu3bRy38R @marinastarleaf #HInews

[Honolulu Civil Beat @CivilBeat]

Community caretakers have been adapting traditional practices to modern day challenges in an effort to restore these once-productive food sources. https://t.co/O2sPrzgE5t #HInews

[Christina Jedra @ChristinaJedra]

TLDR: Operations at Red Hill were a shit show and the catastrophe there was basically inevitable.

https://t.co/G6ROYU2cWA

[Marina Starleaf Riker @marinastarleaf]

@reporter_laura Sending all the love to you and your family 💜💜💜

[Mike Hixenbaugh is mikehixenbaugh.com on BlueSky @Mike_Hixenbaugh]

“What is the issue we’re not covering? What is the AIDS epidemic we’re not seeing?” — remarkable speech by @GinaSKChua at #IRE22, reflecting on historic failures by journalists to cover the major stories of our time, and challenging us to confront our own biases.

[Marina Starleaf Riker @marinastarleaf]

For those of y'all in TX, San Antonio-based mutual aid network @BBFundTX is still providing resources and support to abortion seekers, even as clinics are being forced to turn patients away

[Jen Rice @jen_rice_]

just a reminder that TX abortion law makes *no exceptions* for cases of rape, incest or severe fetal abnormalities

[Nathan Eagle @NathanEagle]

What she said! I’m here at #IRE22 along with Christina and a few more great colleagues from @CivilBeat. Happy to meet up and talk more about the positions we have available, what it’s like to work in Hawaii and answer any questions.