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What Ever Happened to Student Media? is a podcast series host by KTUH DJ, Program Mentor, and former General Manager Smee. What Ever Happened to Student Media? will explore the University of Hawaii’s Student Media programs and their interactions with the Student Media Board, the governing organization for the media programs.
In this episode, Cassie Shares her upbringing story in California and her works as a journalist on Oahu. Cassie's painful and tearful experience helped her grow as an independent journalist in a highly competitive news society. As a proud Pacific Islander, she hopes to inspire her fellow POC journalists to stay strong and chase their dreams.
Cassie is currently the Legislative intern at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser for a second-year in-a-row. While she was at Ka Leo O Hawai'i, she covered campus government and social issues. Her bylines are also featured in Hawai'i Business Magazine, El Tecolote, and 48hills. Cassie moved to Hawai'i from San Francisco, California in 2018. She served as Editor-in-Chief during the accreditation crisis at City College of San Francisco's newspaper, The Guardsman. As a Chamorro and Filipino writer, her passion is writing about the Pacific Islander community. Cassie will be graduating in May from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa with a bachelor's in Pacific Islands Studies and Journalism.
Cassie’s Ka Leo articles: https://www.manoanow.org/users/profile/cassie%20ordonio/
Cassie’s Honolulu Star Advertiser portfolio: https://www.staradvertiser.com/author/cassie-ordonio/
Articles from Cassie mentioned in the interview:
http://www.manoanow.org/kaleo/opinion/reporting-on-micronesian-issues/article_230a6544-93aa-11e9-87cf-4b9f963bfb11.html
http://www.manoanow.org/kaleo/news/a-new-study-reveals-bias-against-micronesians/article_3ee7162a-8646-11e9-8f54-1f906999c8ee.html
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/08/24/hawaii-news/covid-19-an-added-challenge-for-the-blind/
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/07/06/hawaii-news/a-father-and-daughter-from-american-samoa-are-stranded-as-they-await-the-ok-to-go-home/
http://eltecolote.org/content/en/born-activist-former-frisco-5-hunger-striker-continues-her-fight-for-justice/
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