Catherine Cruz
Host, The ConversationCatherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation and a member of HPR’s news team. She has been a television reporter in Hawaiʻi since 1983 and has won a number of awards and respect from a statewide audience. She spent more than 30 years at KITV, covering beats from government to education and health. Originally from Guam, Cruz is also a co-founder and former board member and programming chair of Pacific Islanders in Communication (PIC). Catherine is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a degree in broadcast journalism.
Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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Vince Keala Lucero is a filmmaker and board member of the Hawaiʻi Film Alliance. He spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about doubling down on the effort to bolster Hawaiʻi's film industry. -
Local film industry professionals form the Hawaiʻi Film Alliance; NPR "Short Wave" co-hosts Emily Kwong and Regina Barber dive into the ocean in a new series called "Sea Camp" -
Roger Morton, the city's transportation director, spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the traffic nightmare that many drivers got caught up in on Tuesday following a tsunami advisory. -
Transportation officials on the lessons learned from Tuesday's tsunami traffic jams; A community forms around a tiny race track -
Next month marks 80 years since the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, which ended the war in the Pacific. Here in Hawaiʻi, there will be an event at the Waikīkī Natatorium on Aug. 6. -
The Conversation had a chance to speak with Gov. Josh Green on Wednesday morning to get the latest on the damage assessments across the state after Hawaiʻi's brush with tsunami activity. -
One of the recommendations that came out of the Maui wildfires tragedy was the need for a state fire marshal. Dori Booth has been on the job for about two months now, and she sat down with The Conversation's Catherine Cruz to give an update on her role. -
Gov. Green discusses the latest damage assessments after yesterday's tsunami scare; Hawaiʻi's new state fire marshal shares what she's learned during her first two months on the job -
UH JABSOM Dean Dr. Sam Shomaker discussed the school's reaccreditation, the ongoing uncertainty of federal funding cuts, and the search for more medical student housing on neighbor islands. -
Amy Nguyen-Chyung, the new business dean at Hawaiʻi Pacific University, discusses the $700,000 gift from John Scarpa aimed at jumpstarting entrepreneurship and innovation.
