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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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. -
Rallies across the state will take place Friday to mark the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Conversation talked to Louis Erteschik, head of the Hawaii Disability Rights Center. -
Last weekend, the Molokaʻi 2 Oʻahu Foil World Championships brought more than a hundred foilers to tame the Kaiwi Channel in a race that covered 40 miles from Molokaʻi to Oʻahu. The Conversation talked to champions Annie Reickert and Edo Tanas about their big wins. -
Louis Erteschik, executive director of Hawaiʻi Disability Rights Center, discusses possible federal funding cuts; Hydrofoil champions Edo Tanas and Annie Reickert talk about their wins in the Molokaʻi 2 Oʻahu race across the Kaiwi Channel -
The U.S. Postal Service turns 250 years old this weekend and has released new stamps to mark the milestone. The Conversation spoke to spokesperson John Hyatt, who shared the rich history of the postal service. -
United States Postal Service spokesperson John Hyatt shares highlights from 250 years of mail delivery; Fernanda Camarena with the Poynter Institute discusses the consequences of media blackouts
