News Producer
Honors and Awards
Awards
2022
National Academy of the Arts & Sciences:
Best Daytime Newscast
Medium Market
Hawaii News Now: First at Four
March Floods​
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The damage on Oahu and Maui is extensive after floods damaged homes, washed out roads and swept away vehicles. It wasn't until during our newscast that evacuation orders would blare over emergency sirens over Haleiwa on Oahu's North Shore.
2021
National Academy of the Arts & Sciences
Best Evening Newscast
Medium Market
Hawaii News Now: First at Four
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An eruption at HalemaÊ»umaÊ»u Crater surprises scientists and the HawaiÊ»i Island community. The lava poured from KÄ«lauea after nearly 2 years of “non-eruptive unrest." Hawaii News Now brought coverage from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, as well as live interviews with scientists and park rangers about the sudden eruption.
2018
National Academy of the Arts & Sciences
Best Evening Newscast
Medium Market
Hawaii News Now at 5
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A Turkish national is suspected of trying to breach the cockpit of an American Airlines flight bound for Honolulu. Hawaii News Now reporters obtained exclusive details about the suspect and spoke to passengers who described the struggle inside the aircraft to keep everyone safe.
2018
Associated Press Television & Broadcast Award
(Hawaii Market)
Hawaii News Now at 5
On June 30, 2017, a plane goes down under a busy freeway in Moanalua, avoiding traffic. Good Samaritans rushed to rescue the victims. Our team of reporters spoke with the rescuers ,and first responders who said it could have been much worse.