Jon Letman

Freelance Writer


 

Jon Letman is a freelance writer and photographer based on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. His articles on tropical flora, conservation, media, travel and politics have been published in the Christian Science Monitor, Seattle Times, Honolulu Advertiser as well as publications in Finland, Russia, Japan, Canada and across the United States.

Jon also works as Editorial and Production Assistant for the Publications Department at the National Tropical Botanical Garden.

Jon is a regular contributor to local Hawaii publications Pacific Business News, Kauai People and Hawaiian Style magazine.

Contact Jon Letman at:
jonletman (at) hawaiian.net
tel. (808) 245-2285

 
 

 

Archive    

Christian Science Monitor
A Tour of Hawaii's Rare Paradise - September 2006
Pining for the fjords (and chocolate licorice) – September 2006

Edible Hawaiian Islands
Not gone, not forgotten: Sandalwood in Hawaii - April 2008
Sweet Celebration: Sugar cane in Hawaii - August 2008
Nourishment for the soul: Mochi in Hawaii - October 2008

Garden Island newspaper
Kipapa nursery – April 2004
Kauai’s chief lifeguard on ocean safety – May 2004
Ocean safety with KFD’s Pelegrino – May 2004
Ignorance may be drowning cause – May 2004
From Japan to the skies of Kauai – May 2004
Bali – Indonesia’s Island of the Gods – July 2004
Growing native at home – August 2004
Local film maker poised to soar – September 2004
Michael on my heart – December 2006
Kauai’s peace movement – April 2007
Island rallies to help inmates read - December 2007
Iraqi journalist, activist to share perspective tonight - May 2008

Go World Travel
The diversity of Hawaii’s human mosaic – January 2004
I never set foot in Bangladesh – April 2004
High on the Amur – May 2004
Coming clean in Japan – August 2005
Paradise on the cheap – January 2006

Haleakala Times
Dahr Jamail interview – December 2006
Iraq uncensored – December 2006
Off to cover the revolution – January 2007
Pajama party patriots - July 2007

Shopocalypse Now - August 2007
Reverend Billy interview - August 2007

Hawaiian Style Magazine
Wyland is the new wave on the block – October 2006
Eovino home:  An island within an island - January 2007
Sheraton Kauai:  Fresh style, same aloha - March 2007
Vladimir Ossipoff: Hawaii's Modern Architect Revisited - January 2008
Maui Nui Botanical Garden: The beauty of the dunes - April 2008
A Lagoon room with a view - July 2008
Paradise found twice - July 2008

Honolulu Advertiser
Geologist walks coastline for record – May 2004
Winter in the Islands is a surfer’s mecca – January 2007


Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Weathering Climate Change - June 2007

Honolulu Weekly
Raed Jarrar: Writing for his country - June 2008
Napali Coast Ohana at Nualolo Kai - September 2008
American Friends Service Committee - September 2008

Information Clearinghouse
The cradle will fall – March 2003
Unseating the tickle feather dictator – October 2004

Kansai Time Out
World Heritage in rural Japan – November 2000
Letter from Hawaii – September 2003
The Garden Island’s gardens – September 2005

Kauai Business Report
Kauai at the crossroads – December 2005
Tiny Erythrina wasp has big, bad sting – November 2006
Kauai Plantation Railway/Grove Farm locomotives – February 2007
Garden Ponds nursery on the move – April 2007

Linda Shimoda, Kauai Museum - January 2008

Kauai People
Kauai's tandem surf champs riding high - September 2007
Kauai Food Bank takes a bite out of hunger - October 2007
Local map maker seeks to enrich lives - May 2008
Penguin expert studying Hawaiian seabirds - September 2008
Benefit for kumu hula Doric Yaris - October 2008

 
Logberg-Heimskringla
Pylsur Nation - March 2007

Monthly Review MR Zine
Unembedded jounalist keeps focus on Iraqis - October 2007

Pacific Business News

Landscape architects to revamp UH program – April 2007
Need for landscape architects grow on Kauai – April 2007

Botanical Garden gets 'greener' - July 2007
Kauai Plantation Railway - July 2007
Kauai seeks to revive Japanese tourism - July 2007
Hanapepe art community revives town economy - November 2007
Kauai builders hire local to meet increased demand - November 2007
Century-old shopping complex prospers in upscale Hanalei - February 2008
Kauaian Institute paints a green picture - June 2008

Seattle Times
Night Fright to Kamchatka – July 2002
Didn’t set foot in Bangladesh, but he was there – December 2003


Six Degrees Magazine
One cool trip:  Iceland by car - December 2006

Vladivostok News
Russian visitors boiling over Japanese bathhouses – March 2000

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