Zoe Dym
Zoe was a news producer at Hawaiʻi Public Radio. She was born in Honolulu, but grew up in Sacramento, California, and Osaka, Japan. She came back to Honolulu and joined the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's KTUH as DJ California Roll. She quickly fell in love with radio and worked part-time as a board operator at HPR — as well as at Hawaiʻi's all-Japanese radio station, KZOO. After receiving her undergraduate degree in sociology, she joined HPR's news department as a news producer.
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A group of Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners said they are going to sue the County of Hawaiʻi if action isn't taken to clean the sewage discharge entering the ocean. HPR's Zoe Dym has more on the conflict. -
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is closely monitoring Pualani, the Hawaiian monk seal pup who became a local celebrity after her beach birth on April 14. It is common for pups to be relocated from busy areas to more remote shorelines so they learn to coexist among other wild species. HPR's Zoe Dym has more. -
Two of Oʻahu’s largest city parks will close for maintenance in June. Nate Serota with the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation explains why the two parks are closing at the same time. -
Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa successfully implemented artificial intelligence into coral reef conservation. The AI is used to study reef halos. -
The ship left Tahiti Wednesday morning and will travel through the Southern Line Islands to begin this new five-year expedition. HPR’s Zoe Dym talked to the expedition’s lead operator Whitney Goodell. -
An invasive beetle species known as coffee berry borers are the biggest pest of coffee worldwide. The best way to get rid of the insect could be another insect. Coffee farms in Central and South American countries have successfully decreased coffee plant damage by using tiny parasitic wasps. -
Since about half of the state's petroleum use comes from aviation, local companies Pono Pacific and Par Hawaiʻi plan to collaborate on a Hawaiʻi-based sustainable airplane fuel. HPR's Zoe Dym has more. -
Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network received more than half a million dollars from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to connect more families to a federal food and nutrition program. -
HPR's Sabrina Bodon shares the story of a military family with long-term health issues from water contamination; DBEDT director gives his thoughts on improving the current tourism model; and drag queen Sasha Colby dishes on her experience on "RuPaul's Drag Race" -
Kamehameha Schools and Arizona State University will open a campus on Hawaiʻi Island. It’s a partnership between Kamehameha’s community initiative program called Kaiāulu and ASU Local — its rural outreach program.
