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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Gerry Ross, a small coffee farmer and the past president of the Maui Coffee Association, prepares for the upcoming Seed to Cup Coffee Festival on Sunday. -
HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol speaks with Maui residents as they commemorate two years since the Maui fires; Dr. Alika Maunakea shares insights on the mental and physical health of people exposed to the Maui fires -
Maya Hara, executive director of the Lahaina Jodo Mission, spoke to The Conversationʻs Catherine Cruz about honoring those who lost their lives in the fires. She also shared the latest on plans to rebuild Lahaina Jodo Mission. -
David Hochschild, the chair of the California Energy Commission, will be giving a talk in Honolulu at 6 p.m. about how Hawaiʻi and California could lead the clean energy revolution. -
Contributing editor Neal Milner joined The Conversation to discuss the influence of AI technology on our everyday lives. -
Maya Hara, Executive Director of the Lahaina Jodo Mission, shares how she and her fellow congregants are honoring those who lost their lives in the Lahaina fire; California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild discusses the rollback of federal programs to support renewable energy -
Tonata Lolesio, principal of Sacred Hearts School spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the wildfires and starting off this academic year in a temporary location in Kāʻanapali. -
Sacred Hearts School principal Tonato Lolesio talks about plans to set up classrooms in temporary facilities while rebuilding their campus, which was destroyed in the Lahaina fire; Hawaiʻi County Council Member Matt Kanealiʻi-Kleinfelder and Elaine Parlow from Action 4 Animals discuss a divisive measure that would prohibit the feeding of stray or feral animals on county property -
The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke to Aaron Salā, Tom Mullen, and Jeffrey Eslinger from the Hawaiʻi Visitors and Convention Bureau about its marketing recovery plan designed to revitalize Maui's tourism industry and economy. -
Leadership with the Hawaiʻi Visitors & Convention Bureau discuss efforts to boost Maui's tourism economy; Kumu Paul Neves walks 300 miles across Hawaiʻi Island in support of caretakers
