Pixie Clay
Managing EditorPixie Clay is a managing editor for HPR's news department, working with the station's team of reporters and producers to bring accurate, impactful, and compelling news stories to our audience through broadcast and online platforms. She's also a member of The Poynter Institute's 2025 Leadership Academy for Women cohort.
Born and raised on Oʻahu, she is a graduate of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and has an extensive background in radio broadcasting. She first started her career at iHeartMedia in Honolulu where for nearly a decade, she filled numerous roles including morning show producer, on-air talent, traffic reporter, production assistant, and more.
In 2011, she moved to San Francisco to continue to grow her journalistic skills at the leading all-news radio station KCBS as a producer and editor. In her twelve years there, she has covered countless breaking news stories in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as nationally, that have garnered awards for the station. She has also been on international news stations to give insight into breaking stories as they happened.
Pixie is a hobbyist cook and baker. In 2017, she competed on an episode of Food Network’s Bakers vs Fakers and won both rounds. When she’s not following a news lead, she’s more than likely in the kitchen trying to create something tasty.
Contact Pixie at pclay@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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Throughout the month of January, we collected recipes sent in by Akamai Recap readers for a giveaway. We randomly selected this glazed one-ton chip recipe as the winner. -
This recipe for pipikaula comes from the Kalani Cookbook released in 1973. -
This mochi recipe is from a second book compiled by Leeward Community College’s Clerical Staff Council called Still More of Our Favorite Recipes, which was released in 1996. -
The recipe comes from Na Kuhina Nui O Na Koa Hawaii, The Hawaii National Guard Auxiliary Cookbook, which was published in 1991. -
Both recipes come from the Hawaii Government Employees Association-AFSCME Cooks III and was released in 1995. -
This roasted turkey recipe is from Favorite Island Cookery Book V published by the Honpa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple in 1989. -
This cookie recipe using cornflakes is from a book compiled by Leeward Community College’s Clerical Staff Council called Our Favorite Recipes, which was released in 1981. -
A guava nut bread recipe from Our Golden Anniversary Favorite Recipes published by Maui Extension Homemakers' Council in 1978. -
A shoyu chicken recipe from the Honpa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple recipe book called Favorite Island Cookery, which was first published in 1973. -
A classic party mix recipe from a collection called 80 Years of 4-H Cooking in Hawaii that was printed in November 1997.
