Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton

Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton is a business reporter at The Seattle Times. She previously covered immigration at The Denver Post after forging the newspaper's Denver neighborhoods beat and covering social inequities in business. She covers the Hawaiian diaspora for Ka Wai Ola, a Hawaiʻi-based newspaper. She has written for National Geographic, Better Homes & Gardens, Smithsonian Magazine, Delish, Eater, Wine Enthusiast and other publications. For two years, she chased after lawmakers on Capitol Hill as Bloomberg Government's agriculture and trade policy reporter. Megan has reported on the Venezuelan refugee crisis in Peru, immigration in Colombia, socioeconomic issues in Guatemala, parliamentary affairs in England and White House press briefings in Washington, D.C. During her stint at Arizona PBS, she worked two beats: borderlands and social justice. Megan received her master's in mass communication from Arizona State University. She teaches Media Issues in American Pop Culture as a faculty adjunct.