Claire Trageser
Public Matters EditorClaire leads the KPBS Public Matters initiative, a content hub that will provide news stories on politics and governance; facilitated, in-person discussions around important issues that often divide us; and helpful resources and explainers to ensure all San Diegans understand and act upon their opportunity to participate in the democratic process. Claire leads the KPBS initiative and its partnerships with news organizations Voice of San Diego and inewsource.
Her journalistic highlights include producing the six-part podcast series Free Jane, leading and editing the Murrow award-winning public art series Art in the Open and the digital video series about the childcare crisis, Where's My Village.
In 2020, Claire was named the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists' Journalist of the Year. Claire studied chemistry at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. She then earned a master's degree in journalism at UC Berkeley, where she worked at the Knight Digital Media Center and completed a master's project with Michael Pollan.
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Independent Voter Network, a website for "no-party preference" voters, launched in San Diego this year to provide election information. -
This week brought two new ground-shakers in San Diego’s tight mayoral race, plus stories on medical marijuana dispensaries and the "Three Strikes" law. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe two candidates to be San Diego’s next mayor continued their tradition of mudslinging and negativity in a debate Monday hosted by KPBS and San Diego State University’s School of Public Affairs. -
This week, KPBS and I-Newsource released a joint investigation that kept getting weirder and weirder. -
UC San Diego has won part of a grant that will help researchers understand how the mind of a cybercriminal works by taking apart computer scams bit by bit. -
Cal Fire lifted all evacuation orders in an area near Julian where a brush fire broke out Friday afternoon.
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While de-escalation is now a buzzword in law enforcement circles in the wake of the George Floyd killing by Minneapolis police, it's been central to the Berkeley Police Department's mission for years. -
The San Diego Police Department is now requiring that officers learn de-escalation tactics. But experts and advocates say the overall training regimen still fosters an us vs them mentality. -
KPBS Midday EditionEmergency room visits are up 35% in San Diego County and 49% statewide since voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2016, data show. But doctors say many patients are simply inexperienced pot users who aren't in significant danger.
- Lodge Fire evacuation warnings lifted
- Confusion over new federal rules complicates COVID booster access in San Diego
- Trump threatens 'Apocalypse Now'-style action against Chicago to boost deportations
- HHS responds to report about autism and acetaminophen
- New San Diego Democratic chair vows to rebuild unity and win back voters