DW Gibson
Executive Producer, Podcasts and MultimediaDW Gibson is the author of several books including the award-winning The Edge Becomes the Center: An Oral History of Gentrification. He shared a National Magazine Award for his work on “This is the Story of One Block in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn,” for New York Magazine.
His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Harper's Magazine. His previous radio work includes co-hosting the podcast “There Goes the Neighborhood,” guest hosting various programs for WNYC in New York, and reading original essays for All Things Considered and Live from Here.
For 20 years he served as director of the writers residency program at Art Omi, and he co-founded Sangam House, a writers residency in India, along with Arshia Sattar.
He joined HPR as a producer on "The Conversation" and is now the executive producer of podcasts and multimedia. Contact him at dgibson@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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Homeroom Hawaiʻi hears from students and staff just in time for the fall holiday break. -
UH Marine Biologist Mark Hixon explains REEFrame, a coral restoration project in Waikīkī that uses artificial reefs; Homeroom Hawaiʻi hears from students and staff just in time for the fall holiday break. -
See how a cellphone ban is going over with school students on another installment of Homeroom Hawaiʻi. -
HDOT Deputy Director Dre Kalili shares in the celebration of the Aloha Tower’s grand reopening; see how a cellphone ban is going over with school students on another installment of Homeroom Hawaiʻi. -
The school year is at full speed, with one major storm after another testing the resolve of students and educators alike. Campuses across the state are forced to grapple with school closures, communities uprooted by flooding, power outages, and trouble accessing clean drinking water. It’s the second episode of Homeroom Hawai‘i, the podcast that tells the story of a school year in real time, through the voices of the people experiencing it firsthand. -
HPR’s weekly segment Homeroom Hawaiʻi looks at how schools are making up lost time from the storms. -
After the hurricanes, HPR’s weekly segment Homeroom Hawaiʻi takes a look at the next thing taking schools by storm: homecoming week. -
HPR reflects on the life of U.S. Rep. Pat Saiki, first Republican elected to represent Hawai’i in the House of Representatives since its statehood; after the hurricanes, HPR’s weekly segment Homeroom Hawaiʻi looks at the next thing taking schools by storm: homecoming week. -
HPR speaks with students and school staff recovering from the storms on Kauaʻi in the latest installment of Homeroom Hawaiʻi. -
Jim Kelly, of the Hawaiian Electric Company, shares updates and preparations for Tropical Storm Nolo; HPR checks in on classrooms on Kauaʻi in the latest installment of Homeroom Hawaiʻi.
