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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Marine biologist Nicole Yamase and filmmaker Daniel Lin spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the film "Remathau: People of the Ocean." -
Carlos Juarez, interim director of research and grants officer at the East-West Center, spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the recent events in Venezuela and the uncertainty that remains in the region and beyond. -
Director of the Honolulu Department of Environmental Services, Roger Babcock, spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the 6% rate hike to Oʻahu residents' sewer bills. -
Hawaiʻi saw its first charter school about 30 years ago. Here to talk about that on The Long View was contributing editor Neal Milner. -
Roger Babcock, director of the Honolulu Department of Environmental Services, explains why Oʻahu residents are in for a 6% sewer rate hike; Carlos E. Juárez with the East-West Center discusses what the political upheaval in Venezuela signals for the region -
Alice Christophe, curator for Oceania at the British Museum, spoke with The Conversation’s Catherine Cruz about a special show highlighting Hawaiʻi's history and its diplomatic relationship with Great Britain. -
Par Hawaiʻi plans to provide sustainable fuel to Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines; The British Museum has a new exhibition highlighting the Hawaiian Kingdom's diplomatic ties to Great Britain -
Schaefer International Gallery Curator Jonathan Yukio Clark and artist Anthony Watson spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the "Ocean of Peace" exhibit, which features six Micronesian artists. -
Kurt Lager, Honolulu's new chief of the Ocean Safety Department, spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about becoming the city's first commission-appointed chief. -
Venezuelans living in Hawaiʻi react to the U.S. capture of President Nicolás Maduro; Honolulu's new Ocean Safety Chief Kurt Lager talks about what's ahead for the department
