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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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. -
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine Dean Sam Shomaker discusses challenges and opportunities in health care as students gear up for a new academic year; Hawaiʻi Pacific University College of Business Dean Amy Nguyen-Chyung discusses a new $700,000 initiative to jump-start entrepreneurship -
The rule of law is a stone we have been turning over and over in these troubled times. The Conversation spoke with former Gov. David Ige and Randy Iwase, a former senator and former chair of the Public Utilities Commission. The two teamed up with former state Attorney General David Louie and Honolulu insurance executive Robin Campaniano to write an op-ed piece. -
Former Hawaiʻi Gov. David Ige and former Hawaiʻi State Sen. Randy Iwase discuss the rule of law; Irish poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama to give talks on Oʻahu and Maui as part of the Merwin Conservancy's "In the Green Room" series -
Today, we're giving the spotlight to Hawaiʻi's lesser-known specialty crops.
