Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton
The Seattle Times Business ReporterMegan Ulu-Lani Boyanton is a business reporter for the Seattle Times, covering tribal business, Seattle-area economic drivers and more. Previously, she was an award-winning reporter at The Denver Post covering immigration. She forged the newspaper's Denver neighborhoods beat after reporting on the business desk for almost two years, focusing her coverage on social inequities in business. She writes for National Geographic, Better Homes & Gardens, Smithsonian Magazine, Delish, Eater and other publications. She covers the Hawaiian diaspora for Ka Wai Ola, a Hawaiʻi-based newspaper. 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.
