Jantzen Zink
On-Air Fundraising Associate Producer/EditorJantzen Zink produces television and radio pledge drives for the on-air fundraising department at KPBS. Before joining KPBS in 2011, Jantzen was the promotions assistant at KUSI in San Diego. She started her career in broadcasting in 2008 as a weather forecaster and reporter at WSIL and WSIU in Illinois. Jantzen graduated with a degree in radio and television from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
RECENT STORIES ON KPBS
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Tuesday, FEMA announced it has approved almost 2,900 households for grant assistance, totaling over $22 million. -
Earlier this month, a city commission recommended moving a stretch of Carlsbad Boulevard to higher ground because of climate change. -
Tesla's sales are down. It's slashing car prices and laying off staff. Yet CEO Elon Musk remains bullish on a future that's self-driving and battery-powered. -
A bill from a member of the Legislature’s happiness committee would require schools to come up with homework policies that consider the mental and physical strain on students. -
Premieres Friday, April 26, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS App + Encore Sunday, April 28 at 3 p.m. on KPBS 2. This one-hour special features actor John Lithgow going back to school to demonstrate the transformative power of arts education. He immerses himself with teachers and students to explore four arts disciplines: dance, ceramics, silk-screen printing and vocal jazz ensemble. The program celebrates how arts education nurtures and inspires the hearts and minds of students of all ages. -
The Cal Grant fully covers tuition at the University of California and California State University, and legislators planned to offer it to an additional 137,000 students.
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