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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The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke with Senate President Ron Kouchi and House Speaker Nadine Nakamura as the latest UHERO economic forecast was released on May 9. -
The unexpected selection of Pope Leo XIV from the heartland of America will be celebrated tonight by Bishop Larry Silva, bishop of the Honolulu Diocese, in a Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus in Kalihi. Longtime journalist Mary Adamski worked for 50 years at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, and for the last decade there, she covered religion. -
Honolulu attorneys Becky Gardner and Will Tungol pointed out that judges of Filipino ancestry are underrepresented on the bench. The Conversation spoke to them about why they think Hawaiʻi needs more Filipino judges. -
The University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization forecasts a "mild recession" for Hawaiʻi; Top lawmakers discuss the possibility of a special session amid economic woes -
Today on The Conversation, we're revisiting some of our favorite interviews about the plants that Polynesian voyagers brought to Hawaiʻi and the role they play agriculture today. -
The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke to Michael Cain, administrator of the state Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands about work being proposed to deal with disappearing sands on a man-made beach and the possibility of creating a new beach on the Fort DeRussy end of Waikīkī. -
Sen. Sharon Moriwaki is a veteran lawmaker of Waikīkī. The Conversation talked to her about Waikīkī's eroding coastline and the challenges that face her district. -
The effects of climate change have caused coastal erosion along Waikīkī's shorelines. HPR talked to various people along Waikīkī's shoreline about the consequences of the ongoing coastal erosion. -
The long-term response to the Waikīkī Beach erosion is being put at the doorstep of the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. The Conversation talked to Mary Alice Evans, who heads the Office of State Planning and represents DBEDT as it takes the lead on the long-term fixes and the Waikīkī resiliency plan. -
The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke to Dolan Eversole from the University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Program on the efforts to address chronic erosion and beach restoration along Waikīkī.
