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 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. -
Courtney Schenberger is a principal with the Carolina Ballet who recently returned home to take part in an intensive workshop with Ballet Hawaii, where she started dancing as a young ballerina. -
Major General Marcus Evans discusses the U.S. Army's plan to add long-range missiles to its arsenal in Hawaiʻi; Comedian Sheng Wang talks about how he got his start in comedy -
Kerry Ling, the project manager overseeing the U.S. Navy’s environmental impact statement for the Pacific Missile Range Facility, spoke with The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the document and upcoming community meetings. -
The Conversation talked to state Transportation Department Director Ed Sniffen about this latest development in the Falls of Clyde saga. -
Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation director Ed Sniffen discusses plans to scuttle Falls of Clyde; The Navy has released a draft environmental impact statement for the continued use of over 8,000 acres of state land near Barking Sands -
On today's program, we revisit the recent changes at the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, the agency that has long overseen Hawaiʻi's largest industry. -
After visiting the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, which has been voted the best airport of its size in the U.S., The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke to state Transportation Director Ed Sniffen about Hawaiʻi's airport upgrades. -
The author of report on Filipino survivors of the Lahaina wildfire push back on a characterization of its findings by the Department of Homeland Security; HDOT director Ed Sniffen talks about efforts to modernize Hawaiʻi's airports
