About Us: Anchors and Reporters - Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNL

  • Anchors / Reporters

  • I started working at KGMB9 behind the camera-way behind the camera, as a video editor in 2002. Two

  • I joined the Hawaii News Now team on Monday, Feb. 7 as an anchor-reporter. Having thirteen of years of experience behind the anchor desk and also as a sports director,

  • dancooke@hawaiinewsnow.com I'm standing at the foot of my parent's bed. My father lowers the newspaper and looks at me over the top of his glasses. "Again," he says, "and this time watch your pacing. You
    I'm standing at the foot of my parent's bed. My father lowers the newspaper and looks at me over the top...

  • rdaysog@hawaiinewsnow.comRick Daysog has worked at the Honolulu Advertiser, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and most recently, the Sacramento Bee. He broke stories about the Kamehameha Schools trust controversy,
    Before joining Hawaii News Now Rick Daysog worked at the Honolulu Advertiser, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and most recently, the Sacramento Bee.

  • hdicus@hawaiinewsnow.com Click here for Howard's blog "Howzit Howard"In September 1970, when I was about to be a high school senior, I wanted to be disc jockey. I went to a radio station in Annapolis,
    In September 1970, when I was about to be a high school senior, I wanted to be disc jockey. I went to a radio...

  • Don't ask me why my family didn't subscribe to a newspaper when I was in the third grade. All I remember was...

  • Ever since I can remember I was always outside. Maybe it was because my father loved to fish and always took...

  • I have more than 30 years experience in broadcasting. Okay, let me explain.  I got my start "in the biz"...

  • I was one of those kids who always knew what he wanted to do when he grew up. In elementary school, I watched Bob Sevey anchoring the KGMB News at Six

  • glee@hawaiinewsnow.comWhen I told my Korean dad that I wanted to go into TV news, I was met with shocked silence that said volumes. He wanted me to go to law school. Later, he told me that he thought
    When I told my Korean dad that I wanted to go into TV news, I was met with shocked silence that said volumes. He wanted me to go to law school.

  • While growing up on Maui, I never dreamed of a job in television news. My interest developed only after I...

  • Who would've known a person's middle name would have so much influence on one's life?  On the day I was born...

  • This might not sound politically correct for a journalist, but I've never had a "love affair" with news. I love...

  • jrobbins@hawaiinewsnow.com In a few words I would describe myself as an adventurer, world traveler, storm chaser and outdoor enthusiast who has a true passion for meteorology, oceanography and the Earth
    In a few words I would describe myself as an adventurer, world traveler, storm chaser and outdoor enthusiast...

  • People always ask me how I got into this business. The short answer is I'm lucky. I was actually a political...

  • I'm a workaholic.  I'll work from home, from a coffee shop, from a parked car, airport, hotel or restaurant. Of course, my work is sports, so none of it is really ‘work',

  • The gray started showing up years ago. First, just a sprinkling around the ears. Then it headed north. My friends...

  • suyehara@hawaiinewsnow.comWhen you first get into a newsroom, it can be hard to find your niche, your way of standing out and letting people know you're actually there. I had that very problem initially...just
    The first question I usually get is "what time do you guys get in every morning?" 
    And I almost always hear a groan when I tell someone that we usually arrive at the station by 3am. 

  • rwharton@hawaiinewsnow.com Ramsay Puanani Wharton has been serving the people of Hawaii as a broadcast journalist for the past decade, most recently as the Early Edition Anchor and Live Reporter with
    Ramsay Puanani Wharton has been serving the people of Hawaii as a broadcast journalist for the past decade, most recently as...

  • I'm so glad to be back! San Francisco is a great city, but it is SO cold! It's nice to have the tradewinds back, softly billowing through my long locks of hair. I'm not sure how I managed to become
    I'm so glad to be back! San Francisco is a great city, but it is SO cold! It's nice to have the tradewinds back, softly billowing through my long locks of hair.