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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Kauaʻi emergency officials asked residents to stay off the road Tuesday as crews assess damage brought on by Hurricane Lowell. About 9 in 10 KIUC customers were without power. -
The hurricane is expected move close to the state late Monday. Storm surge, wind and rain will impact the state early next week, particularly for Kauaʻi County. -
Native Hawaiian author Kauakanilehua Māhoe Adams spoke with HPR's Jason Ubay about her debut novel, "An Expanse of Blue." -
HPR contributor Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton shares Kānaka opinions on Hawaiian artifacts kept in museums; Hawai’i Island Chef Rhoda Magbitang celebrates her recent “Top Chef” season 23 win. -
Newbery Award-winning author Tae Keller talks about her latest book, "When Tomorrow Burns." -
HECO executive Jim Kelly discusses the hurdles utility crews faced as they tried to restore power in areas impacted by the Kona lows; Grassroot Institute of Hawaii's Keliʻi Akina discusses whether a temporary waiver of the Jones Act should be permanent -
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
