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Why are Ryan Kalei Tsuji and Yunji de Nies smiling so much these days? Probably because their triweekly streaming show \u2018Spotlight Hawai\u2018i\u2019 just earned them two Telly Awards.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

From the comfort of their home offices, Yunji de Nies and Ryan Kalei Tsuji broadcast Spotlight Hawai\u2018i<\/em>, a live, digital news program that airs at 10:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on Honolulu Star-Advertiser<\/em>\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are no studio lights or high-tech cameras. There\u2019s no producer, director or teleprompter operator, either. It\u2019s just de Nies and Tsuji delivering quality local news content, from their homes to yours.<\/p>\n

One can imagine how incredible the feat is, then, to operate a statewide streaming news service as a two-person crew. Between de Nies and Tsuji, they serve as the booking agent, hair and makeup artist, IT department, sound engineer, researcher and more. Not to mention, they\u2019re the hosts of the show, too.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s perhaps even more impressive, Spotlight Hawai\u2018i<\/em> recently won two Telly Awards, an international recognition that honors video and television across all screens.<\/p>\n

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By taking home two Tellys this year, Ryan Kalei Tsuji and Yunji de Nies are proving that it\u2019s their time to shine when it comes to delivering award-winning news content to audiences.<\/p><\/div>\n

A \u201clow production, high information\u201d program, as de Nies describes it, Spotlight Hawai\u2018i<\/em> was in the company of colossal networks like CBS, which won for 60 Minutes<\/em>, and MSNBC (Afghanistan: The War at Home<\/em>) this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have more people making their graphics than who\u2019s on our whole team,\u201d says de Nies with a laugh.<\/p>\n

In fact, the show \u2014 which is widely applauded for its ability to ask guests questions from viewers right then and there \u2014 won a Telly two years in a row (in 2021, it received an award for an episode featuring then-mayoral candidates Rick Blangiardi and Keith Amemiya), which serves as a testament to de Nies and Tsuji\u2019s drive, hard work and inherent talent, especially considering that the show was only established a little more than two years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were really surprised that we won the year before and we were even more surprised that we won twice this year,\u201d says de Nies, smiling. \u201cYou kind of just submit it and then forget about it because it seems like such a long shot, especially this particular award because we\u2019re competing with such high-level programs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tsuji adds, \u201cIt\u2019s always just mind-blowing to me because the Tellys are a very respected award on an international stage. It\u2019s hard to believe that we\u2019re filming this from our homes and that we\u2019re competing with some of the big names on the big networks, so it\u2019s extremely humbling, flattering and honoring to be mentioned in the same breath as those wonderful news magazines and programs, and to be able to bring that home to Hawai\u2018i is always such a blessing and honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the award-winning episodes featured Lt. Gov. Josh Green (it premiered Aug. 20), who expounded on the delta surge, which was, at the time, sweeping the nation. Also earning a nod was a Dec. 10 show, during which Board of Water Supply\u2019s chief engineer, Ernest \u201cErnie\u201d Lau, offered information about the Red Hill water crisis.<\/p>\n

Both episodes, like everything that de Nies and Tsuji touch, contained a wealth of information, heartfelt sincerity and, at times, a hint of humor when it was appropriate.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, we\u2019re just having a conversation, trying to bring the audience along with us,\u201d shares de Nies. \u201cBecause you\u2019re on for 30 minutes with no commercials, it\u2019s just like you\u2019re having a conversation in the way you would if you invited the lieutenant governor or Ernie Lau to your house to answer questions for you and your friends. You wouldn\u2019t be serious the entire time. That, to me, just feels like you\u2019re playing news person. This is just us in our homes tackling serious topics.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut at the same time, we live here, too,\u201d she continues. \u201cWe have the same concerns that they do \u2014 Ryan is a small-business owner in his other job, and I have two children \u2026 so, we are very much with the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the episode with Lau, specifically, he had to momentarily pause after getting choked up in the midst of speaking about the water crisis that has affected thousands of local residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was so sad about what happened to our water resources, and you just felt his emotion and his passion,\u201d says de Nies. \u201cAfter that interview, I remember thinking that we should enter this (for a Telly Award) because it was exactly the kind of content that we want to be bringing to people. You have a public official who is very passionate about what they\u2019re doing, and we had the full 30 minutes with him, so he really got to get into the details about what \u2014 as far as he knew \u2014 had happened at Red Hill, what it meant for our community and why he was so upset about it. You could feel the emotion and he was moved to tears, so I thought for sure we had to give that some recognition because it was such a moving interview.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the show\u2019s uninterrupted run time, de Nies and Tsuji explain how Spotlight Hawai\u2018i<\/em>\u2019s virtual facet is an immense part as to why their guests feel comfortable enough to share their unhindered and authentic emotions about the state\u2019s most momentous issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese people are doing their broadcasts from their own homes or in places where they feel comfortable in as well, so we often get a different side of them in their responses and how they want to project themselves and the messaging that comes across,\u201d explains Tsuji.<\/p>\n

\u201cOftentimes, when you\u2019re in an environment where you have 10 cameras on you and there\u2019s a microphone, it can be intimidating,\u201d he continues. \u201cI think being able to have that comfort level with us \u2026 it really can lead to deeper discussions that may not be available on other platforms.\u201d <\/p>\n

Tsuji and de Nies both know very well what it\u2019s like to have a daunting number of cameras on them. They met at KITV, where de Nies and Tsuji anchored the evening and morning shows, respectively. While they were on opposite schedules, the newscasters bonded over the fact that they\u2019re Big Island kids (de Nies is from the Kona side, while Tsuji is from Hilo), which led to a solid friendship-turned-partnership in the years to come.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just love and respect Ryan so much,\u201d enthuses de Nies. \u201cHe\u2019s an ideas guy. He is so smart and innovative and he\u2019s a very hard worker \u2026 but beyond that, he\u2019s really fun to work with.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you ever need anything, work or not work, you will call Ryan and he will figure out how to get it for you. He\u2019s just \u2018that guy\u2019 \u2014 the guy you can always call in a crisis and someone you can always have on your team.\u201d<\/p>\n

And for Tsuji, the feeling is mutual.<\/p>\n

\u201cYunji has so much experience and is so incredible at what she does,\u201d he says. \u201cWe both have this desire and the same commitment to being involved. We both really love news and love being informed and being able to use our skill sets and things we\u2019ve learned to get that out there to the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving a lot of those commonalities and those experiences of working together has made this partnership very easy,\u201d he adds. \u201cWe understand each other\u2019s strengths and weaknesses very well and are able to play off of that when needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before they met, the pair walked down quite different paths that would, however, become incredibly beneficial once their journeys did, in fact, intertwine.<\/p>\n

A Yale and University of California, Berkeley graduate, de Nies was a reporter for mainland TV stations before she was picked up by ABC News. She worked her way up to becoming the White House correspondent for Good Morning America<\/em>, and lucky for her, former President Barrack Obama is also a Hawai\u2018i native, so she was able to come home for an extended period of time whenever he did.<\/p>\n

On one of those trips, de Nies made a connection with KITV, and when an anchoring position opened up, there was no question whether or not she would take it. It was time to come home. She worked at the station for a few years until she decided to move on when her keiki were born.<\/p>\n

Tsuji, meanwhile, moved from Hilo to Honolulu after high school to attend University of Hawai\u2018i at M\u0101noa. He claims he is \u201cwired differently,\u201d likes to have his hand in just about everything (he teases that his next venture is in the food and beverage industry) and thrives in fast-paced environments, so it was no surprise that the vibrant city life called his name.<\/p>\n

In college, he discovered a passion for coaching volleyball (and did so for about eight years, working his way up to becoming assistant coach of the Rainbow W\u0101hine volleyball team), until he fell in love with a new pursuit: being on TV. He was asked to fill in as a sports commentator, then progressed to becoming a sports reporter for Hawai\u2018i News Now and eventually anchored at KITV.<\/p>\n

He left the station to help run Gov. David Ige\u2019s campaign in 2014 (he interned for Ige in college when he was a senator) and worked in his administration for the following two years.<\/p>\n

With his mind constantly swirling about his next move (it falls in line with him being \u201cwired differently,\u201d he says), Tsuji noticed there was a gap in the industry for digital platform creation and marketing, so, in 2016, he departed from the political sphere and founded RKT Media, which won an Emmy Award this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpotlight Hawai\u2018i<\/em> really is an amalgamation of all these different things that I\u2019ve been exposed to and these different careers I\u2019ve had,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s allowed me to utilize what I\u2019ve learned in the various jobs and roles that I\u2019ve done, and the experience that I gained \u2014 understanding the legislative process, knowing the players that are involved and their background.\u201d<\/p>\n

The dynamic duo joined forces in 2017 for Honolulu Star-Advertiser<\/em>\u2019s Digital Billboard Network, a one-minute newscast that featured top headlines at dozens of kiosks around the state.<\/p>\n

Beyond that, the concept of a live virtual show with an emphasis on audience engagement was on the docket for de Nies and Tsuji, though it was slated to be centered around the 2020 election. But when news of a catastrophic virus came to Hawai\u2018i\u2019s shores \u2014 and everyone had a million and one questions to ask \u2014 de Nies and Tsuji got to work. Spotlight Hawai\u2018i<\/em> hit the ground running on March 25, 2020, the first day of Hawai\u2018i\u2019s first lockdown, and hasn\u2019t stopped since.<\/p>\n

From elected officials to leaders in the tourism, education and health care sectors, guests joined \u201cthe Spotlight Hawai\u2018i<\/em> stage\u201d to share updates about their areas of expertise. And while Spotlight Hawai\u2018i<\/em> still discusses the pandemic today, it\u2019s evolved to now feature everyone from local actors and nonprofit founders to political analysts and contenders for the upcoming election. (Coming up on June 29, de Nies and Tsuji will have a conversation with the leading gubernatorial Democratic candidates: U.S. Rep. Kaiali\u2018i Kahele, Vicky Cayetano and Green.)<\/p>\n

While Hawai\u2018i\u2019s state of affairs is ever-changing, one thing is for certain: de Nies and Tsuji\u2019s commitment to providing reliable and relevant information, from their homes to yours.<\/p>\n

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Check out the guest speakers’ schedule at staradvertiser.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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