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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Subscribers to The San Diego Union-Tribune on Sunday got something extra with their paper: a campaign ad for Matt Strabone, who's running to be the county assessor/recorder/clerk. -
San Diego County health officials say the populations of the invasive Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes — which can carry diseases including Zika, dengue and yellow fever — are increasing. -
A campaign mailer sent out by the conservative Lincoln Club violated state laws requiring the disclosure of who paid for it. The club says it was an "internal miscommunication" and that it has reported itself to state authorities. -
In San Diego County, anyone who missed the voter registration deadline can go to the Registrar of Voters Office and register to vote and cast your ballot at the same time. -
In past elections, some voters have wanted to take "ballot selfies"— pictures of their ballots to post on social media. But that social sharing had been illegal in California to prevent vote buying and voter coercion. -
KPBS Midday EditionKPBS has pulled voting records for more than 50 candidates running in the 2018 primary
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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.
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