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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"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. -
Honolulu's new Special Agent in Charge discusses the priorities of the FBI under Trump; Pint + Jigger co-owner Dave Newman makes it to the final round of a new cocktail service category of the James Beard awards -
Hawaiʻi has one finalist in this year's James Beard Awards, known as the "Oscars of the food world." Dave Newman is one of five finalists from across the nation in a new category, Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service. -
Steven Lundblad, a geology professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, explained why the lava fountains have been going on and off. -
HPM recently opened its first design center on Oʻahu. It sells home interior products such as cabinets and appliances, which may be subject to tariffs. -
Survivors from the New Year's illegal fireworks explosion in Āliamanu have been discharged from acute care at the Arizona Burn Center. The five burn patients are expected to make a full recovery and return to Hawaiʻi in the coming weeks to months. -
Mayor Rick Blangiardi has requested a bigger budget for the next fiscal year. The proposed operating budget is $3.9 billion – an over 8% increase from last year, and the capital improvement project budget is $1.2 billion — a nearly 16% increase. The budget focuses on affordable housing, homelessness and public safety.
