Amita Sharma
Investigative ReporterAmita Sharma has worked at KPBS since 2000 and has covered a wide range of stories for TV and radio. She is part of the KPBS Investigative Reporting unit and occasionally hosts KPBS Evening Edition. She has covered the devastating toll of Covid-19 on San Diego nursing homes as well as some of the pre-existing conditions within facilities that contributed to the crisis. In 2018 and 2019, Sharma was assigned to public broadcasting’s California Dream Project and reported on California’s inequality crisis exemplified by stagnant wages, housing affordability, a dwindling middle class, senior poverty, and dropping birth rates. She also moderated a statewide town hall meeting on the economic challenges of aging in California.
Before working on the California Dream Project, Sharma’s investigative reporting helped uncover corruption, including questionable activities by private businesses, state regulators, and elected leaders.
Sharma previously served as a legal affairs reporter and anchor/host of KPBS news programs.
Amita Sharma earned dual bachelor’s degrees in journalism and international relations from the University of Southern California.
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Artist Evan Apodaca created a piece critical of San Diego’s military that was displayed at San Diego International Airport.
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If you are an elected official in San Diego County and have received threats, KPBS wants to hear from you.
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A University of San Diego poll found that women politicians are three times as likely to face threats over social media than their male colleagues.
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The 4th District Court of Appeal is expected to decide whether to hear a case about a local journalist’s fight to review CVPD’s drone footage.
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Salas was hired more than two decades ago to design something that would offset the drab, industrial feel of the adjacent wastewater treatment facility.
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The region has a diverse mix of murals representing local culture and history, whimsical sculptures and edgy pieces that provoke discussion.
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The legal dispute over police drone footage stems from a lawsuit filed by Arturo Castanares, publisher of La Prensa San Diego.
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