Meredith Artley
President and CEOMeredith Artley is the President and CEO of Hawai‘i Public Radio, an essential service that informs, inspires and connects on air, online and in person across the islands.
She was previously the Executive in Residence for the Doris Duke Foundation and served a stint as the Interim Executive Director for the Shangri La Museum. Prior to moving to Waimea on Hawai‘i Island in 2022, she spent more than a dozen years at CNN as the Editor in Chief and SVP of CNN Digital Worldwide. She has held senior roles at The Los Angeles Times and the Paris-based International Herald Tribune. She started her career helping put The New York Times on the internet in the mid-90s.
Meredith is fortunate to be married to Naka Nathaniel and proud to be the mom of a teenage boy who loves cello, chickens, gardening, and reading.
She likes nature, puns, and has been known to throw excellent dinner parties.
-
2025 was a phenomenal year for Hawaiʻi Public Radio, one where the people we serve rallied groundbreaking support in the face of unprecedented challenges to public media. -
Read on for a wrap-up of noteworthy activities and achievements at Hawai’i Public Radio. -
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to claw back previously approved funding for public media. It was a very narrow vote: 214 to 212. Now, this rescission proposal goes to the Senate. -
Federal funding to public media has been eliminated. Here's what that means — and where we go from here.
-
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to claw back previously approved funding for public media. It was a very narrow vote: 214 to 212. Now, this rescission proposal goes to the Senate.
-
On Tuesday, June 3, the White House officially asked Congress to eliminate previously approved funding for public media for 2026 and 2027. Here are some answers to questions we hear. -
On Thursday, the White House issued an Executive Order calling for the elimination of federal funding to public media. Here's what it means for Hawai‘i Public Radio — and for non-profit public media at large. -
A couple of months ago we had a technical glitch at Hawaiʻi Public Radio that took us off the air during part of our morning prime time. Calls and emails poured in. The interruption was rare, but the volume of responses wasn’t surprising. As a part of the community we serve, we hear every day from the people we do the work for. -
As the new president and CEO of Hawai’i Public Radio, I’m excited to be in the swing of our membership fundraising drive. This is the time HPR makes the case to you—our listeners, readers and viewers—that this essential service for all of Hawai’i is worthy of your support. Let’s break down some reasons why…
