Ryan Kawailani Ozawa is a native Hawaiian journalist and technologist who has contributed to every major media outlet in the state of Hawaii, including Hawaii News Now, KITV, KHON, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Hawaii Public Radio, and Civil Beat. He has also been featured in national and international media outlets including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Newsweek, CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, and NPR.
Ryan specializes in covering the Hawaii innovation ecosystem, including local science, technology, startups, entrepreneurship, and the arts. He has immersed himself in new media and new technologies for four decades, publishing online before the advent of the World Wide Web, and was an early adopter of social networks as well as platforms and tools for blogging, podcasting, online video, and live video streaming. He has meanwhile co-founded two startups and two nonprofits in areas ranging from civic engagement to ag-tech and from public health to STEM education.
Ryan currently publishes Hawaii Bulletin, an email newsletter dedicated to the Hawaii innovation ecosystem. Hawaii pitches welcome at hawaii@hey.com.
Since 2022, Ryan also serves as the Pacific News Editor for Decrypt, dedicated to demystifying the decentralized web and covering Web3 and crypto. Web3 pitches welcome at ryanozawa@decryptmedia.com.
