
Claire Trageser
Investigative ReporterClaire Trageser is an investigative reporter and has worked at KPBS since 2012. She is part of the KPBS Investigations Desk and writes and produces in-depth coverage for radio, television, and the web. She was named the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists' 2020 Journalist of the Year. Claire finds stories that are not part of a specific beat, including reporting and producing the six-part in depth radio, TV, and podcast series Dr J's. She created a searchable database of police shootings and use of force cases as part of her reporting on policing, including the finding that officers are more likely to shoot if a suspect is a person of color. She won the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists' Diversity Prize two years in a row for coverage of emerging leaders in San Diego's lower income communities and the tension between two neighborhoods that share a common boundary. Claire has also contributed to KPBS's coronavirus coverage, including exclusively obtaining the data on where COVID-19 outbreaks are happening. She also has analyzed demographics surrounding deaths, infection rates, and the growing childcare crisis. 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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San Diego hasn’t had a new sheriff in more than a decade, but that will soon change in this year’s election.
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The nationwide shortage of baby formula is leading some parents to try to buy breast milk from neighbors or strangers on Facebook.
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This will be the 50th year that volunteers will drive to the desert and spend all day counting peninsular bighorn sheep.
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A review of 105 exemption requests on religious grounds from SDPD staffers showed that nearly all included the same Bible passages copied from the Internet.
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The board is looking for community members to play a role in selecting candidates for its deputy executive director position.
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The results of the University of San Diego study suggest that the region’s already bleak child care landscape could get even worse in the future.
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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.
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Emergency 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.