Liane Hansen has been the host of NPR's award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday for 20 years. She brings to her position an extensive background in broadcast journalism, including work as a radio producer, reporter, and on-air host at both the local and national level. The program has covered such breaking news stories as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the capture of Saddam Hussein, the deaths of Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Columbia shuttle tragedy. In 2004, Liane was granted an exclusive interview with former weapons inspector David Kay prior to his report on the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The show also won the James Beard award for best radio program on food for a report on SPAM.
On the Long View, HPR contributor Neal Milner looks back on the Hōkūleʻa and the past 50 years for Hawaiʻi and the U.S. as we approach America's 250th birthday.
Inside: HPR listens to your flood stories at the Waialua Community Association (May 8) and more North Shore happenings. Get the insider scoop from our newest Social Club contributor, HPR Communications & Digital Marketing Manager, Ashley Brown.