Amy Pyle is the executive editor-in-chief of Honolulu Civil Beat, a nonprofit newsroom covering the state of Hawaiʻi through the lens of watchdog and investigative journalism.
Over her four decades in journalism, Pyle has overseen work that has won virtually every national journalism award, from Peabodys to Pulitzers. She has been a newsroom leader at numerous news organizations, including as managing editor for investigations and storytelling at USA TODAY; editor-in-chief at The Center for Investigative Reporting, where she helped launch the Reveal radio and podcast program; and assistant managing editor for projects and investigations at The Sacramento Bee.
Previously she worked at the Los Angeles Times, where as a newly minted assistant city editor she guided coverage of the Northridge Earthquake from the parking lot of the quake-damaged San Fernando Valley newsroom, contributing to the package that earned a Pulitzer Prize for Spot News.