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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Election campaign goes on despite California lawmakers raising wages even higher by 2022 -
KPBS Midday EditionDemocratic Attorney General Kamala Harris was leading in a Field Poll last month, with 27 percent of the vote. The poll also showed 48 percent of likely voters in the race remain undecided. -
The state’s leading public media newsrooms are holding a debate tonight at KPBS in San Diego called "California Counts — Race for the Senate." -
San Diego City Council President Sherri Lightner has led the effort to clean up the City Charter. That's why San Diegans will see seven propositions, labeled A through G, on the June 7 ballot. -
With San Diego experiencing a spike in emergency calls related to spice use, the city attorney is looking to use chemistry to ban any substances that cause a specific reaction in the brain. -
KPBS Midday EditionMayor Kevin Faulconer on Monday called for more bike lanes, solar power, natural gas garbage trucks and smart streetlights as part of San Diego's Climate Action Plan.
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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.
- Groundbreaking will lead to hundreds of affordable housing units coming to Mission Valley
- Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to 'go to hell'
- Hundreds of Kaiser Permanente healthcare professionals stage informational picket
- San Diego International Airport opens new entrance roadway to cut down traffic
- Evacuation warnings lifted as crews halt forward progress of Bernardo brush fire