Diane Seo

Editorial Director HONOLULU

Diane Seo is HONOLULU’s editorial director. A veteran journalist and digital media entrepreneur, she’s worked as a staff writer for The Los Angeles Times, and as an editor for Salon and The Honolulu Advertiser before launching a digital site that would later become Frolic Hawai‘i (now part of HONOLULU). Outside work, Diane is a dedicated yogi who enjoys a moving meditation with a lot of heat.

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The best gift ever

I’m not one to get too sentimental — well, okay, maybe I do occasionally — but this gift of Maneki Neko from my former Advertiser colleagues Scott Morifuji, Tyson Oshiro and Lacie Maemori almost made me cry at last night’s…

Covering the ‘Hawaii Five-O’ premiere

Monday’s “Hawaii Five-O” premiere at Sunset on the Beach was our first big editorial test.It was, after all, a huge event with thousands of people (some estimate the crowd at 10,000) descending on Waikiki Beach to catch the show’s stars…

Come to the Nonstop Honolulu launch party

We’re having a launch party tonight, and we want you there to celebrate with us!Help kickoff Honolulu’s newest entertainment website and come meet and mingle with our Nonstop team — Melissa Chang, Tracy Chan, Catherine Toth, John Garcia, Diane Seo,…

We’ve got two new bloggers

One of the visions John Garcia and I originally had for Nonstop was to create an all-star blogger roster. Wouldn’t it be awesome if Nonstop could become the umbrella site for some of Hawaii’s best blogs in our key subject…

Party pics: Fashion’s Night Out

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Party pics: Sake Evolution @ Ka

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What if people actually work together…

My first job out of college was as a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. After working as a general assignment reporter for a year, one of the top editors at the paper tapped me to be part of a…

Why ‘Nonstop?’

Since launching our site, several people have asked why it’s called “Nonstop Honolulu,” and how that name came about.Coming up with a name — and most importantly, a domain name — was one of the first things John Garcia and…

Party pics: Beautiful

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A look behind Nonstop

First, thank you for visiting Nonstop Honolulu. We’re only a week old, and so far, things are rolling along really well. Traffic to the site has been solid. We’ve gotten nice buzz and media exposure. And most importantly, you —…