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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New data shows some areas were disproportionately hit — creating what are called “child care deserts.” -
About 10% of police staff, who successfully obtained religious exemptions to forgo the COVID-19 vaccine, are also insisting their Christian beliefs instruct them not to use the swabs because they contain ethylene oxide. -
The podcast "No One is Coming to Save Us" digs into the history of child care and what could be done to heal the industry. -
El candidato republicano a la oficina del alguacil John Hemmerling dejó su puesto como fiscal general criminal de la oficina del fiscal de la ciudad esta semana, después de que surgió un video que lo mostraba haciendo comentarios sobre dónde deberían usar el baño las mujeres transgénero. -
For in-home child care providers who don't own their home, skyrocketing rents make it nearly impossible to turn a profit. -
With few exceptions, California law mandates that police make public videos of officer-involved shootings within 45 days of the incident. But the San Diego Police Department kept videos from one shooting under wraps for two years
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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.
- Two San Diego nonprofits are poised to lose promised environmental justice grants — but the EPA has yet to tell them
- Bob Filner, disgraced ex-mayor of San Diego, dies at 82
- Trump administration considers immigration detention on Bay Area military base, records show
- San Diego County releases dashboard compiling on South County sewage
- California sent investigators to ICE facilities. They found more detainees, and health care gaps