Heidi Chang
Heidi Chang is an award-winning multimedia journalist who has covered the news and culture of Hawaii and the Pacific Rim for more than 20 years. Her work has been featured on many networks, shows and news outlets, ranging from NPR to the Los Angeles Times and NBC News. Heidi contributes to audio, video, print and digital media.
National Public Radio
The Los Angeles Times
NBC News
Voice of America
American Public Media’s “Marketplace”
American Public Media’s “Weekend America”
Public Radio’s “The World”
Public Radio International’s “Living on Earth“
The Environment Report
Heidi got her start in journalism as a television reporter, and has also worked as a radio reporter, anchor, host and producer.
Heidi Chang interviewing musician and kumu hula Keli’i Reichel for Public Radio International’s “The World.”
Along the way, Heidi has been honored with numerous awards and fellowships.
Her NPR stories, Soundtracking ‘The Descendants’ With ‘Real’ Hawaiian Music and a profile of Hawaiian cultural icon Nona Beamer, won national awards from the Asian American Journalists Association.
As an East-West Center fellow, Heidi traveled to China in 2003 and wrote a series of reports on her journey.
Her work has appeared in a variety of publications and digital media.
Reporter Heidi Chang and members of the media and community met with the Dalai Lama in Hawaii | 2012 Photo © Eye of the Islands Photography
Fun fact: Before working in news, Heidi started out hosting a jazz show in Honolulu, and other shows featuring rock, pop, rhythm and blues, and Hawaiian music. Later, she also hosted music shows at KBLX “The Quiet Storm” and KCSM Jazz 91 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Over the years, she’s interviewed many talented artists, including the legendary jazz pianist Horace Silver.
The legendary jazz pianist Horace Silver with Heidi Chang and fellow jazz DJ Pete Fallico at Yoshi’s in Oakland, California in 1994.
One of her favorite assignments: The Monterey Jazz Festival. It’s not only a job, it’s a passion.
Heidi Chang takes you to the Monterey Jazz Festival, reporting for KCCN TV, Monterey in 1994.
Heidi has also worked on podcasts, as an actor and voice talent, and has narrated documentaries.
If you’re interested in collaborating on a project with Heidi, please leave a message. You’re invited to follow her on Twitter or subscribe to her Facebook Page or YouTube Channel.
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