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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Richard Timothy Fischer pleaded guilty to four counts of assault and battery by an officer, two counts of misdemeanor assault by an officer and one count of misdemeanor false imprisonment. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe report by the San Diego District Attorney's Office found that 40% of the shootings involved a white officer and a non-white suspect. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe records, which relate to allegations that a San Diego Police officer sexually assaulted a woman in his custody in 2013, raise questions as to why he was never charged with a crime. -
KPBS Midday EditionShawn Khalifa was sentenced for murder even though he was outside when his friends broke into a Riverside County home and killed a 77-year-old man. A new law could reduce his sentence — but that law is being challenged. -
KPBS Midday EditionThis year, California became one of the few states in the country to pass legislation limiting felony murder convictions. But the law change has powerful opponents who are challenging it in court. -
A new state law aimed at opening up police investigations is not helping in the case of an officer killing a man armed only with a pen.
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Now 75 years old, Jane Dorotik is truly free after two decades in prison. She always maintained she was innocent. -
Republic Services and Teamsters Local 542 sat at the bargaining table on Christmas Eve, but they failed to reach an agreement. -
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.
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