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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Hawaiʻi issued an estimated $24.5 million in film tax credits in 2024. Entertainment industry professionals are supporting legislative measures to create a film authority to raise the film tax incentives cap, which is currently $50 million for all productions seeking to film in Hawaiʻi. -
The study, The (Anti)Feminism of Tradwives, looked at anti-feminist themes within the TikTok trend “tradwife,” which is short for "traditional wife." The term refers to a woman who embraces a lifestyle centered around certain gender roles. -
Elizabeth Ung, an MFA candidate and acting lecturer at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, reimagined the Chinese folk tale of a young woman impersonating a man to join the army to save her father, to Mulan having five distinct personalities throughout various time periods. -
The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency is demanding deep cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities. Those cuts include the agency's grant programs, reducing its staff and rescinding grants. -
Art is everywhere, from a 36-foot circular mosaic in the center of the building to the artworks that decorate the corridors and lawmakers' offices. The public will be able to see these artworks in detail on April 11 from 4 to 7:30 p.m. -
The Oxford English Dictionary adds new words four times a year. This month, it's "gigil," an overwhelming need to squeeze something cute, like a baby's face. -
For Senate Bill 732 to advance, the House Finance Committee needs to hear and pass the bill by this Friday. -
English teacher Jarrett Chapin and his students have revived the journalism program and the school newspaper. They even renamed it back to its original name, Ka Lama Hawaiʻi, from 1834. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports. -
Dozens rallied at the Hawai‘i Capitol's rotunda ahead of Prince Kūhiō Day to advocate for House Bill 606, which would give more funding to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. -
Hawaiʻi's Thunderstorm Artis returns to national television after five years. He was raised in Haleʻiwa by his musically inclined family. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports.
