Jason Ubay
Managing Editor, NewsJason Ubay is HPR's managing editor, where he works with the station's team of reporters and digital producers to create news content for broadcast and digital platforms. He brings more than 15 years of professional journalism experience in Honolulu to the role. He was most recently a producer on The Conversation.
He previously was managing editor of Hawaii Business magazine for five years, where he compiled lists and managed the brand's social media accounts. He later covered tourism and financial institutions at Pacific Business News. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and previously served on the board of the Asian American Journalists Association-Hawaiʻi chapter. He participated in AAJA's Executive Leadership Program in 2021.
Jason spent three years as a stay-at-home dad and has great respect for caregivers. He also won a pizza eating contest in 2010, played high school football with Matt Leinart and Colt Brennan, and drinks his coffee black.
Contact him at jubay@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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Pedro Haro, the executive director of the American Lung Association in Hawaiʻi, shares the longstanding push to regulate the tobacco industry; Melanie Islam, American Institute of Architects — Hawaiʻi Chapter president, on efforts to fund the State Building Code Council -
Author Scott T. Miller spoke to HPR's Jason Ubay about his new novel "The Below." -
Inside: The Punahou Carnival, Lagwagon at Republik, Mariachi across the islands, Waiʻanae film fest, Molokaʻi's Me Ke Aloha, Cherry Blossoms on Hawai'i Island, E Kanikapilla Kākou in Līhuʻe, and more. This week, we hear from the HPR news team's Jason Ubay. -
Kim-Anh Nguyen, the CEO of the Blood Bank of Hawaiʻi, shares the urgent need for donors; Joe Kent, Grassroot Institute executive vice president, on creating OpenHearings, an artificial intelligence program that monitors government hearings -
Kim Scott spoke with HPR's Jason Ubay about her two books, "Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better" and "Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity." -
A Japanese kicker and an Australian punter bring some sure-footedness and maturity to the University of Hawaiʻi football team this season. HPR's Jason Ubay has more on the international duo. -
"Chief of War" is a new historical drama about the unification of the Hawaiian Islands. It has been a passion project of actor Jason Momoa and the show's co-creator, executive producer and head writer, Thomas Paʻa Sibbett. Sibbett talks about why it was important to bring this Hawaiian story to a larger audience. -
DBEDT director James Tokioka discusses next steps for the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority; "Chief of War" co-creator Thomas Paʻa Sibbett shares why he wants to bring the story of the unification of the Hawaiian islands to an international audience -
Nearly 2,000 adults and children are participating in the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study aimed to understand how the community is healing and where challenges remain. -
Jason Momoa is arguably the most famous Native Hawaiian actor in the world, but he is not playing Kamehameha in a show about the unification of the Hawaiian Islands. "Chief of War" head writer Thomas Paʻa Sibbett tells us why they chose Kauaʻi kalo farmer Kaina Makua for the important role.
