Catherine Cruz
Host, The ConversationCatherine Cruz is the Host of The Conversation and a member of HPR’s news team. She has been a television reporter in Hawai‘i since 1983 and has won a number of awards and respect from a statewide audience. She spent more than thirty years at KITV, covering beats from government to education and health. Originally from Guam, Cruz is also a co-founder and former Board member and programming chair of Pacific Islanders in Communication (PIC). Catherine is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.
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A former Hawaiʻi Department of Health official says the most frustrating part of working with the Navy to fix the Red Hill situation is coordinating with the multiple departments and chains of command. -
On the eighth anniversary of a 27,000-gallon spill of jet fuel in the Red Hill area, The Conversation welcomed Ernest "Ernie" Lau from the Honolulu Board of Water Supply and Gary Gill, who was with the Department of Health at the time of the leak, for a call-in show.
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On the eighth anniversary of a 27,000-gallon spill of jet fuel in the Red Hill area, The Conversation welcomed Ernest "Ernie" Lau from the Honolulu Board of Water Supply and Gary Gill, who was with the Department of Health at the time of the leak, for a call-in show.
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How much do you know about poet and author Paul Laurence Dunbar? His life and work will be featured in an upcoming local production at TAG: The Actors Group. The Conversation talked with producer Derrick Brown and researcher Larry Bartley to learn more.
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To help navigate new COVID-19 drugs, The Conversation spoke with Kaiser’s infectious disease specialist Dr. Tarquin Collins. He walked us through four drugs, starting with Paxlovid.
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The Navy water contamination crisis caught the attention of Task and Purpose, an online outlet focused on military issues. The Conversation talked to reporter Haley Britzky, who has written stories about the plight of displaced families and the response to the water crisis.
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Military families impacted by the Red Hill water crisis remain critical of the Navy's response; Life-saving drugs to fight COVID-19 are in limited supply; The poetry of Paul Lawrence Dunbar hits the main stage
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Military families impacted by the Red Hill water crisis remain critical of the Navy's response; Life-saving drugs to fight COVID-19 are in limited supply; The poetry of Paul Lawrence Dunbar hits the main stage
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HPR reporter Ku'uwehi Hiraishi provides an update on how Hawaiʻi County businesses are dealing with a surge in COVID-19 cases; Surfing Moms' founder discusses how her group helps new mothers through the postpartum experience; Students at a Kauaʻi charter school share what they're sending to the International Space Station later this year.
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HPR reporter Ku'uwehi Hiraishi provides an update on how Hawaiʻi County businesses are dealing with a surge in COVID-19 cases; Surfing Moms' founder discusses how her group helps new mothers through the postpartum experience; Students at a Kauaʻi charter school share what they're sending to the International Space Station later this year.
