Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton
@meganululani.bsky.social
Seattle Times Biz Reporter | Past: Denver Post, BGOV | Bylines: Nat Geo, Better Homes & Gardens, Business Insider, Eater, Delish, Smithsonian Magazine | Kanaka ʻŌiwi
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Mahalo nui loa, Hawaiian Council, for bringing this year's Native Hawaiian Convention to Washington!
What an honor and a pleasure to moderate two panels, interviewing Kānaka stars Sara Kehaulani Goo, Cris Romento, Daniel Aipa, Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp and Ipo Alkhaldi.
📸 Malia Peoples, Ipo Alkhaldi
What an honor and a pleasure to moderate two panels, interviewing Kānaka stars Sara Kehaulani Goo, Cris Romento, Daniel Aipa, Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp and Ipo Alkhaldi.
📸 Malia Peoples, Ipo Alkhaldi
October 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Mahalo nui loa, Hawaiian Council, for bringing this year's Native Hawaiian Convention to Washington!
What an honor and a pleasure to moderate two panels, interviewing Kānaka stars Sara Kehaulani Goo, Cris Romento, Daniel Aipa, Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp and Ipo Alkhaldi.
📸 Malia Peoples, Ipo Alkhaldi
What an honor and a pleasure to moderate two panels, interviewing Kānaka stars Sara Kehaulani Goo, Cris Romento, Daniel Aipa, Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp and Ipo Alkhaldi.
📸 Malia Peoples, Ipo Alkhaldi
At Gary's Place, a West Seattle arcade, for a small biz roundtable with local entrepreneurs, @portofseattle.bsky.social Commission President Toshiko Hasegawa and @wastatecommerce.bsky.social Director Joe Ngyuen.
Biz owners say it's a very volatile time for them due to tariffs and other factors.
Biz owners say it's a very volatile time for them due to tariffs and other factors.
August 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
At Gary's Place, a West Seattle arcade, for a small biz roundtable with local entrepreneurs, @portofseattle.bsky.social Commission President Toshiko Hasegawa and @wastatecommerce.bsky.social Director Joe Ngyuen.
Biz owners say it's a very volatile time for them due to tariffs and other factors.
Biz owners say it's a very volatile time for them due to tariffs and other factors.
A nice weekend surprise!
I won two awards in the Colorado Press Association's Better News Contest for work done at @denverpost.com:
-1st place in best humorous column writing
-2nd place in best sustained coverage of CBZ Management with my colleagues @sethklamann.bsky.social and Joe Rubino!
I won two awards in the Colorado Press Association's Better News Contest for work done at @denverpost.com:
-1st place in best humorous column writing
-2nd place in best sustained coverage of CBZ Management with my colleagues @sethklamann.bsky.social and Joe Rubino!
August 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A nice weekend surprise!
I won two awards in the Colorado Press Association's Better News Contest for work done at @denverpost.com:
-1st place in best humorous column writing
-2nd place in best sustained coverage of CBZ Management with my colleagues @sethklamann.bsky.social and Joe Rubino!
I won two awards in the Colorado Press Association's Better News Contest for work done at @denverpost.com:
-1st place in best humorous column writing
-2nd place in best sustained coverage of CBZ Management with my colleagues @sethklamann.bsky.social and Joe Rubino!
Three Indigenous Media Con highlights:
1. Presenting the panel, "Faces of the Diaspora: Covering Your Indigenous Community From Afar," to a room of curious journos.
2. A quick aloha to my mentor, @saragoo.bsky.social.
3. Receiving two awards for Native-centered stories from last year.
1. Presenting the panel, "Faces of the Diaspora: Covering Your Indigenous Community From Afar," to a room of curious journos.
2. A quick aloha to my mentor, @saragoo.bsky.social.
3. Receiving two awards for Native-centered stories from last year.
August 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Three Indigenous Media Con highlights:
1. Presenting the panel, "Faces of the Diaspora: Covering Your Indigenous Community From Afar," to a room of curious journos.
2. A quick aloha to my mentor, @saragoo.bsky.social.
3. Receiving two awards for Native-centered stories from last year.
1. Presenting the panel, "Faces of the Diaspora: Covering Your Indigenous Community From Afar," to a room of curious journos.
2. A quick aloha to my mentor, @saragoo.bsky.social.
3. Receiving two awards for Native-centered stories from last year.
Next week, I'll be presenting a panel -- Faces of the Diaspora: Covering your Indigenous Community from Afar -- at the 2025 Indigenous Media Conference.
Come say aloha! More details on the agenda here: indigenousjournalists.org/2025/07/2025...
Come say aloha! More details on the agenda here: indigenousjournalists.org/2025/07/2025...
August 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Next week, I'll be presenting a panel -- Faces of the Diaspora: Covering your Indigenous Community from Afar -- at the 2025 Indigenous Media Conference.
Come say aloha! More details on the agenda here: indigenousjournalists.org/2025/07/2025...
Come say aloha! More details on the agenda here: indigenousjournalists.org/2025/07/2025...
Super excited to represent @denverpost.com at @spj-posts.bsky.social's Top of the Rockies Awards with No. 1 in a special topic series about immigration, No. 2 in the long form feature category about "Menver" and No. 3 in the biz feature category about Denver's S. Broadway!
April 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Super excited to represent @denverpost.com at @spj-posts.bsky.social's Top of the Rockies Awards with No. 1 in a special topic series about immigration, No. 2 in the long form feature category about "Menver" and No. 3 in the biz feature category about Denver's S. Broadway!
I was on the scene this morning at the Stand with Immigrants community rally, with hundreds of people marching through downtown #Denver to the Capitol for Latino Advocacy Day.
More soon at @denverpost.com.
More soon at @denverpost.com.
March 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I was on the scene this morning at the Stand with Immigrants community rally, with hundreds of people marching through downtown #Denver to the Capitol for Latino Advocacy Day.
More soon at @denverpost.com.
More soon at @denverpost.com.
Spending Friday evening in #Aurora with @newamericanld.bsky.social: a national, nonpartisan nonprofit bringing first- and second-generation Americans into politics for @denverpost.com.
March 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Spending Friday evening in #Aurora with @newamericanld.bsky.social: a national, nonpartisan nonprofit bringing first- and second-generation Americans into politics for @denverpost.com.