The Conversation: Improved data helps COVID forecasting; Global hostilities spark regional concerns

By Bill Dorman,

Scott Kim, Lillian Tsang

Published April 18, 2022 at 3:11 PM HST

Epidemiologist and co-chair of the Hawaii Pandemic Applied Modeling group Dr. Thomas Lee outlines how experts model COVID forecasts | Full Story
Air Force Brigadier General David Stilwell, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from June 2019 through 2021, highlights the strategic implications of a global crisis on the Indo-Pacific region | Full Story
Honolulu Civil Beat reporter Paula Dobbyn shares how money, land and oysters will aid in cleaning a popular harbor on the Valley Isle | Full Story
Hawaiian filmmaker, artist and author Keoni Kealoha Alvarez shares his life-long journey protecting Hawaiian cultural burial practices | KAPU "Sacred Hawaiian Burials" film trailer | Kumu Iwi Kupuna online resource | Full Story

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Bill Dorman

Bill Dorman has been the news director of Hawai‘i Public Radio since February 2011. Born in New York City, he spent 21 years at CNN in various positions...

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Scott Kim

Scott Kim was a news editor at Hawaiʻi Public Radio.

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Lillian Tsang

Lillian Tsang is the senior producer of The Conversation. She has been part of the talk show team since it first aired in 2011. Contact her at ltsang@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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