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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Sam Shenkus of the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center was recently honored with an International Council of Shopping Centers award. She sat down with The Conversation to explain what this award means to her. -
Kenny Endo is preparing for two concerts at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa next month to celebrate his fifth decade as a taiko drum master. -
HPR News Director Bill Dorman shares what the elimination of federal funding for public media means for HPR; Gov. Josh Green talks about what's next for the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority and the possible impact of low vaccination rates among students -
HPR’s Bill Dorman provides an update on the status of federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. -
Retired Outrigger Executive David Carey spoke to The Conversation about his experience and involvement with the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority when it was formed back in the '90s. -
HPR News Director Bill Dorman shares the latest on the Trump administration's move to claw back federal funding for public media; Castle High School English teacher Jamie Stidger pushes the National Education Association to recognize that all students have a right to an education, regardless of their immigration status, in their national platform -
Hawaiʻi DOE's Tammi Oyadomari-Chun spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about how education officials are preparing for thousands of students to return to the classroom in just a few weeks — all amid changes at the federal level. -
Tom Yamachika of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii warns the public about the fine print in President Donald Trump’s spending bill that was just signed into law. -
The Conversation talks with experts about what federal spending cuts mean for education and health care; Chef Ippy Aiona talks about getting comfortable in front of the camera for his award-winning docuseries "Eating Our Roots" -
Maj. Gen. Marcus Evans spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the Army's plan to add long-range missiles to its arsenal in Hawaiʻi as part of its defense here in the Pacific.
