
Emily Tom
Digital News Producer - Summer 2023Emily Tom was born and raised in Honolulu. She studies English and Literary Arts at Brown University. As Hawaiʻi Public Radio's 2022 summer intern, she primarily worked with HPR's The Conversation. For summer 2023, she returned as a temporary digital news producer.
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Skyline, Honolulu's rail, opened to the public Friday. Kirk Caldwell, former Honolulu mayor, attended the official blessing. He said that, although completion is many years away, the opening is still a feat.
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Nestled in the back of Mānoa Valley is the Harold Lyon Arboretum. Over a century old, the 200-acre public botanical garden is home to the most unique collections of plants in the world.
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Pearl Harbor historian Dan Martinez is retiring from the National Park Service after 44 years. He has worked over the many decades to put history in context and highlight overlooked stories of our past.
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The Honolulu rail is being rebranded as "Skyline," with the manu-o-Kū as its new symbol. Jon Nouchi, deputy director of the Department of Transportation Services, envisions Skyline as a tool people can use to do their jobs and support their families.
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Today on The Conversation, we're revisiting stories that reveal young people's perspectives on health and culture in Hawaiʻi.
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Nearly one-third of people will experience insomnia at some point in their life. But what do we really know about the origin of sleep disorders? The Conversation's Savannah Harriman-Pote hears from a Honolulu resident who has been looking for answers for 15 years.
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For most people, late nights are reserved for sleep. But the folks who bring us our 24-hour services work late into the night and into the early morning. For The Conversation's Sleep Week, we turn our attention to folks who work the graveyard shift. What protections are in place to ensure they get the rest they need?
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If the pandemic taught us anything, it's the importance of a good night's sleep. A Hawaiʻi integrative sleep specialist lays out sleep's role in supporting the immune system. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.
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Schools nationwide are taking a closer look at student sleep, but that hasn’t happened yet here in Hawaiʻi. As classes start again, students are gearing up for another busy — and sleepless — year. That's the first of five Sleep Week stories this week from HPR's The Conversation.
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The new president of the East-West Center steps up amidst heightened tensions in the Asia-Pacific; Assessing sleep deprivation in college students as the school year starts; Talking with the world's oldest surfing dog; A hukilau educates hundreds about Hawaiian culture