Elma González Lima Brandão
KPBS Digital EditorElma González Lima Brandão is the Digital Editor at KPBS. She leads an innovative team of web producers in creating, distributing and enhancing KPBS News digital content.
She formerly worked as a Software Developer and Digital Product Lead for KPBS and was responsible for managing products and projects for the digital team. She also worked as a multipurpose software developer contributing to and building external and internal apps. Previously, she also worked as a web producer for KPBS creating and managing digital news content. She started working at the station as the Gloria Penner Fellow and assistant news producer for KPBS Evening Edition.
Before joining KPBS, Elma lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, reporting stories for RioOnWatch.org and Latin Correspondent. She has collaborated with Bloomberg where she reported on e-waste in Latin America and she contributed to the PBS NewsHour's coverage of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington in 2013. She is also an NPR Next Generation Radio Fellow. Elma majored in journalism at Ithaca College in New York and grew up in Chula Vista where she currently resides.
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KPBS Midday EditionBefore a new executive takes over Escondido-based Stone Brewing Tuesday, co-founder and CEO Greg Koch talks about how his craft beer vision goes beyond the tasting room. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe Olympics are underway, and the spotlight is on host city Rio de Janeiro. While many tourists are heading south of the equator hoping to catch a glimpse of Christ the Redeemer, others want to take a walk on the “wild side” inside Rio’s favelas. -
The play "Klingon Lifestyles," which will stage its 23rd production Friday, has become a classic at Comic-Con in San Diego. Meet the family behind it. -
Artists at the Cinema Makeup School booth at San Diego’s Comic-Con give fans a little taste of how they pull characters from comic book pages. -
While others look forward to the latest blockbuster trailers, some are on the hunt for Comic-Con's exclusive merchandise. Ramie Tateishi, who has been collecting R2-D2 robots for 40 years, explains why he attends the convention year after year. -
San Diego native Jamie Lee Cortez explains what it’s like to walk around Comic-Con dressed up as a popular character.
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