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 new law increases tax incentives per qualified production to $20 million. But productions with expenses over $60 million will have an annual film tax incentive cap of $60 million. That’s $10 million more than the current cap. -
More than 6,000 Chamorros from Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands currently live in Hawaiʻi. -
The Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting also rejected a permit for a controversial gondola project on O‘ahu’s North Shore. -
For the first time in more than 20 years, the ʻAha ʻŌpio o OHA program let 37 Native Hawaiian teenagers play lawmakers last week at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol. -
This is a step to getting public funds to help HSO bring its musical performances across the state. -
More than half the seats on the nine-member Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees are up for grabs, with 19 people vying to represent O‘ahu, Maui and statewide. -
The study reveals disparities among older adults experiencing mobility challenges. -
It's been about 3 months since residents of Otake Camp on Oʻahu's North Shore were hit by back-to-back Kona low storms. Many residents are continuing to clean up and rebuild, but others are struggling with whether to leave Otake Camp for good. -
This came after two months the storm devastated the island state, leaving 9 people dead, 13,000 displaced and 7,000 homes destroyed or damaged, according to a report. -
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake has killed more than 30 people and injured hundreds more in the Philippines.
