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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Stock markets plunged Thursday morning following President Donald Trump's announcement of a minimum 10% tariff on all imported goods. The Conversation spoke with Gov. Josh Green about that and the possible fallout from a trade war. -
Love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage. HPR's contributing editor Neal Milner takes the Long View on the benefits of marriage. -
Gov. Josh Green reacts to President Trump's sweeping tariff proposal; HPR contributor Neal Milner takes the Long View on the benefits of marriage -
The Trump administration has taken aim at the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which could affect federal funding that goes to the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System. -
State librarian Stacey Aldrich discusses how federal funding cuts and layoffs could impact local libraries; A. Kam Napier, editor-in-chief of the new Hawaiʻi publication Aloha State Daily, on what he hopes the new online outlet can add to local news -
In this day and age of genetic testing, privacy is something that the general public needs to know to safeguard their data. There is a window that is narrowing if you are one of the consumers who paid the company 23andMe to run genetic and medical testing on your DNA. -
The group behind a large protest organized at the state Capitol a couple of months ago is at it again. They first protested against executive orders issued by President Donald Trump and actions taken by billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency. -
Tuesday kicked off Earth Month, and what better way to start the month than with a card game about Hawaiʻi's trees? The nonprofit Trees for Honolulu's Future created a card game, Kumulāʻau, all about Hawaiʻi's trees. The Conversation talked to Dan Dinell to learn more. -
Lisa Gibson, organizer of Indivisible Hawaiʻi, shares details on an upcoming statewide protest against the actions of the Trump administration; the state Office of Consumer Protection advises listeners on how to safeguard their genetic data -
Community organizer Miemie Winn Byrd told HPR that there are about 100 families from Myanmar in the islands who worry for relatives and friends back home.
