Cassie Ordonio
Culture & Arts ReporterCassie Ordonio is the culture and arts reporter for Hawaiʻi Public Radio. She previously worked for Honolulu Civil Beat, covering local government, education, homelessness and affordable housing.
She also reported for San Francisco-based newspapers El Tecolote, 48 Hills, Ingleside Light and Castro Courier.
Cassie, of Filipino and Chamorro descent, was born and raised in California. She graduated from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 2021 with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and Pacific Islands studies.
She was one of 22 fellows for AAJA Voices, a mentorship program that aims to increase diversity in journalism while providing mentors from the Los Angeles Times and ESPN to train them.
When she’s not working, she’s on a desperate search for some good horchata or simply trying to keep her house plants alive.
Contact Cassie at cordonio@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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The recent popularity of seashell jewelry has some Hawaiʻi residents worried about overharvesting ʻopihi. HPR's Cassie Ordonio has more. -
The short film, written and directed by Hawaiʻi-based filmmaker Katrin York, follows a surfing family on Oʻahu's North Shore. -
The Polynesian voyaging canoes are sailing to New Zealand, or Aotearoa, as part of the Moananuiākea voyage, a three-year journey around the Pacific Ocean where crew members reconnect with the ancestral roots of wayfinding. -
Hip-hop has been a platform for oppressed and marginalized communities, especially Black Americans. Now, Filipinos have taken the genre to tell their stories in the diaspora. HPR’s Cassie Ordonio has more. -
A new actress is putting the film industry on edge, because she’s made by artificial intelligence. HPR’s Cassie Ordonio spoke with advocates in Hawai‘i’s film industry who fear that AI might replace human talent. -
After weeks of delay due to bad weather, Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia will continue on their voyage across the Pacific. HPR’s Cassie Ordonio caught up with a crew member about preparing for the long haul. -
Dozens of grants held by libraries, museums and archives have been terminated this year. That includes projects that collect and digitize photos and documents to preserve it for the future. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports how the Hawaiʻi State Archives continues with its work preserving photos of Hawai‘i's past. -
This year, the movie has been picked up by streaming services such as YouTube TV, Amazon Prime, Tubi and soon — Apple TV. -
The Hawai‘i Youth Symphony has performed a music score for a short film about Micronesian kids in Kalihi, which will premiere at the Hawai‘i International Film Festival this month. The recordings were done at HPR's Atherton Performing Arts Studio. -
Crew members on the Polynesian voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are gearing up to continue on their Moananuiākea voyage. But this time, they’re taking a route that hasn’t been sailed in 40 years.
