Journalism

A program that has been offering free audio news reports to Hawaiʻi's blind community for almost thirty years finally has a permanent source of funding.

On the eve of the 2026 primary election, The Conversation highlights past stories about engaging in the democratic process.

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June 23 is a landmark anniversary for equal gender opportunity in academics and athletics, and it’s a story with deep Hawaiʻi ties. Kim Cross, a contributing journalist to Hawaiʻi Public Radio, has more with a new story about Title IX in Hawaiʻi.

Longtime Associated Press journalist David Briscoe has died at 82. He chronicled the collapse of Ferdinand Marcos’ rule and the rise of democracy in the Philippines.

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chair Kai Kahele spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the Board of Trustees' decision not to pursue local TV stations.

Hawaiʻi Community Journal, a news outlet partnered with Hawaii Business Magazine, begins a year-long series of news coverage on Hawaiʻi's water crisis and its potential remedies.

New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about her career as an investigative reporter and her advice to journalists looking into an unnamed Hawaiʻi lawmaker accused of accepting $35,000 in a paper bag.

HPR's Ashley Mizuo talked with Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke on details of a January 2022 meeting where she received two checks amid a current investigation on an "influential lawmaker" accused of accepting $35,000; New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor on her career and what she learned along the way

Journalist Lois Parshley spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about her recent publication in the Columbia Journalism Review.