Sunrise Xtra

Digital Producer Jocelyn Saribay talks about her first six months working at Hawaii News Now, and her role as the digital producer for Sunrise Weekends.

Lynn Kawano makes her first appearance on the show! She dives deep into her path to Hawaii News Now, her process for researching investigative stories, and her history in sports journalism.

Technical Media Producer Tahina Tomaszek talks about her first week working on Sunrise, and shares how the Kalele program changed her life.

Howard Dicus makes his first appearance on Sunrise Xtra! He sits down with Kate to talk about how he broke into the world of business reporting and shares his favorite memories on Sunrise.

Sunrise Producer Kate Bowermaster shares highlights from today's episode of Sunrise.

Kyle Chinen joins Sunrise Xtra to share what lead him to Hawaii News Now, and his path to becoming a sports reporter. He also shares highlights of his travels reporting on the road.

Billy V sits down with Kate to talk about his work in entertainment reporting and his HNN streaming show "Billy V Live".

Natalie Duran shares her amazing journey from UCLA, to American Ninja Warrior, to Hawaii News Now. She dives deep into why she moved to Hawaii and shares her advice to aspiring athletes.

Digital reporter/producer Kay Thomas shares behind the scenes stories from the premiere of Disney's upcoming live-action film 'Moana'.

Mark Carpenter talks about what it takes to become a sports reporter and shares his favorite moments from hosting The Long Game Podcast. He also gives us behind the scenes insight on what it took to create Hawaii News Now's special series, "Protecting Kaho‘olawe".

Jolanie Martinez talks about the process of shooting Holoholo with Jolanie and share about her body building journey. She also reveals which Sunrise cast member goes to her same gym!

Casey Lund joins talks about reporting on rail construction and being on Cheap Eats.

Host Kate Bowermaster recaps today's top stories from Sunrise, and talks about the overall structure of the show.

This is Now producer Alexa Friedman talks about what it's like to work on Hawaii News Now's only mid-day newscast, and her process for writing content for news.

Technical Media Producer Todd Kamisato explains the vital role he plays in making Sunrise happen, and what really goes on in the control room.

Steve Uyehara joins Kate for his third appearance on Sunrise Xtra as he dives deep into his process for writing sports segments for Sunrise. He also looks back at a Sunrise Field Trip segment from over a decade ago!

Sunrise producers Kate Bowermaster and Takunda Mafundikwa describe all that goes into creating Sunrise.

Sunrise producer Kate Bowermaster breaks down show highlights of the day and shares about her journey to Sunrise.

Digital Producer Kay Thomas talks about the digital side of Sunrise and the difference between creating content for broadcast and social.

Sports reporter Cienna Pilotin talks about her journey from the newsdesk to reporting courtside, and shares what's coming up in the new partnership with UH.

Kate Bowermaster celebrates the historic broadcast partnership between UH and Hawaii News Now! She also talks about one of her earliest field producing segments for Sunrise.

Sunrise Weekend anchor Annalisa Burgos talks about her journey from New York to HNN, and her new streaming show Covering the Cost.

Sunrise producer Trevor Reed talks about his path from touring the Hawaii News Now studio as a student at UH Manoa, to now working behind the scenes on Sunrise. He shares some of his favorite Sunrise moments, including going skydiving with Casey Lund!

Sunrise reporter Casey Lund talks about what brought him from Ohio to Sunrise and shares some of his favorite moments reporting from the field.

Sunrise producer Takunda Mafundikwa talks about waking up for work at midnight, and what working on Sunrise means to him.