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Jason Ubay
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Managing Editor, KHPR-FM (Honolulu, HI)
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Biography
Jason Ubay is a news editor at Hawaiʻi Public Radio, the NPR member station serving the state. His journalism career includes serving as managing editor at Hawaii Business magazine and as a reporter at Pacific Business News. After a three-year stint as a stay-at-home dad raising two children, he joined Hawai‘i Public Radio in 2019 as a producer on its local daily talk show The Conversation before being named news editor in 2021. The son of Filipino immigrants, he was born and raised in Southern California before attending the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He has been on the AAJA-Hawai’i chapter board since 2012, including several years as president. He is currently its treasurer.
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By Jason Ubay Verified|FlipboardFrancis Scott Key Bridge1 hour ago"We got workers in the water": Audio reveals details about Baltimore bridge rescueNPR - Chiara Eisner • 1hFirst responder efforts during the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 26 have been widely praised as well coordinated. Traffic was quickly diverted before the bridge tumbled into the water, avoiding greater loss of life.
By Jason Ubay Verified|Our Community Now
By Bytemarks Cafe, Jason Ubay Verified|KHPR-FM (Honolulu, HI)VerifiedHawaiian Electric has selected a subsidiary of NextEra Energy to build and maintain a utility-scale solar project on Lānaʻi. Hawaiian Electric originally selected Onyx Development Group in April to build and maintain Mikiola Solar. But the utility says it could not finalize a contract with Onyx and announced this week that it had selected a new company — DG Development & Acquisition, LLC.
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KHPR-FM (Honolulu, HI)