Andy Bowers oversees Slate's collaboration with NPR?s daytime news magazine, Day to Day. He helps produce the work of Slate's writers for radio, and can also be heard on the program.
It’s rare to hear any fireworks in the Āliamanu neighborhood after the devastating New Year’s explosion that killed six people, including a 3-year-old, and injured more than two dozen others at 4144 Keaka Drive. But as the one-year mark approaches, some neighbors are on edge as the community is still healing from the tragedy.
To call this year's reporting thought-provoking is too simple. So let's just let the Hawaiʻi Public Radio reporters and producers speak for themselves.