Andrew Bracken
Producer, KPBS Midday EditionAndrew Bracken is a producer for KPBS Midday Edition. He is also the producer and host for the KPBS podcast series "My First Day" and "San Diego Conversations," a collaboration with KPBS and the National Conflict Resolution Center.
His documentary web series "Facing North," about the multi-dimensional relationship between San Diego and Tijuana, was released digitally on PBS in 2017. A recipient of the San Diego Foundation’s Creative Catalyst fellowship, Bracken has received support for his work from Latino Public Broadcasting, KPBS, and the Berlinale Talent Campus. His short film "Facing North" explored border identity in the San Diego-Tijuana region and won a San Diego Film Award in 2017.
During his infrequent free time, he likes to play drums in and around San Diego.
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San Diego voters will be voting in a special election later this year to select a new San Diego County supervisor for the county's 4th District seat. -
KPBS Midday EditionMany parents, school leaders and legislators are pointing to social media use by children as contributing to rising mental health challenges for young people. -
The San Diego City Council passed a new ordinance to protect renters and prevent San Diegans from falling into homelessness. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe U.S. Supreme Court has blocked an effort to ban access to the abortion pill. The decision provided a temporary reprieve from a Texas court’s ruling seeking a federal ban on mifepristone. -
A new reporting project shows San Diego is in a mental crisis with the health care system overwhelmed and undermanned at multiple levels. -
KPBS Midday EditionA look back at the Iraq War 20 years later from the perspective of an Iraqi-American with personal ties to the U.S. invasion and the aftermath.
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The nationwide baby formula shortage is leading some parents to more creative means to ensure the nutritional needs of their infant children. -
The Guardian found many California cities spent more COVID-19 relief funds on law enforcement than rent relief and health services. -
KPBS Midday EditionSince the start of the pandemic, the number of people moving to California from other states has dropped by 38%, according to a new study.
- Why aren't Americans filling the manufacturing jobs we already have?
- Litigation at Green Oak Ranch in Vista continues and postpones future events
- Could this deadly intersection become San Diego's next 'quick-build' roundabout?
- California attorney general launches civil rights investigation into San Diego juvenile halls
- Preventable hospitalizations in California show continued health disparities as Medicaid faces possible cuts