Hawaii News Now has been honored with 18 awards courtesy of the Society of Professional Journalists Hawaii Chapter.
The winners were:
First Place:
- General News/Enterprise Reporting – Recipients: Allyson Blair, Jon Suyat
- Photo/Video Essay – Jonathan Jared Saupe, Mahealani Richardson, Peter Tang, AJ Johnson
- Investigative Reporting – Lynn Kawano, Peter Tang, Monet Sadural, Daryl Huff
- Feature Reporting – Mahealani Richardson, Jon Suyat
- Spot News Reporting – Allyson Blair, Davis Pitner
- Best Multimedia Presentation – Jonathan Jared Saupe, Ian Scheuring, Mary Vorsino
- Series Reporting/Documentary/Special News – Allyson Blair, Joey Kirstine, Jon Suyat, Monet Sadural
Second Place:
- Special Section – Lynn Kawano, Peter Tang, Tina Ludewig, Daryl Huff
- Public Service Reporting – Mahealani Richardson, Davis Pitner
- General News/Enterprise Reporting – Mahealani Richardson, Peter Tang
- Feature Reporting – Ben Gutierrez, Davis Pitner
- Spot News Reporting – Ben Gutierrez, Peter Tang
- Investigative Reporting – Allyson Blair, Jon Suyat
- Series Reporting/Documentary/Special News – Jonathan Jared Saupe
Third Place:
- Investigative Reporting – Lynn Kawano, Peter Tang, Monet Sadural, Daryl Huff, Jared Apilado
- Best Overall News Site – Ian Scheuring, Mary Vorsino, Scott Humber, Nicole Wilson
- Series Reporting/Documentary/Special News – Jonathan Jared Saupe, Ian Scheuring
- General News/Enterprise Reporting – Ben Gutierrez, Peter Tang