Meet the Team

Jill Linder

Director of Video Programming & Operations

Jill Linder serves as the internal and external point person for TV programming working together with independent producers, national program distributors, vendors and public television colleagues to enact the KPBS TV programming schedule and ensure that the programs airing on KPBS meet the station's standards and mission to the community. In addition, she works collaboratively to develop and execute promotion strategies for key TV programs across all media platforms to reach the widest audience possible. Jill has been with KPBS since 2003. Prior to joining the station, Jill worked at local commercial TV stations including KUSI and KSWB (Now Fox5 San Diego). She earned her bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies from National University.

RECENT STORIES ON KPBS

Politics

Trump takes aim at windmills despite increasing energy costs

Tamara Keith

President Trump's mission to fight renewable wind energy comes at a time of rising energy costs.
International

Denmark holds early elections spurred by Trump's threats to take Greenland

Rob Schmitz

Denmark's prime minister called early parliamentary elections after gaining a popularity boost from standing up to President Trump over his threat to seize Greenland.
National

Airstrikes may have destroyed Iran's last F-14s, ending a long, strange saga

Scott Neuman

The F-14 was made famous in Top Gun. The U.S. sold the planes to Iran in the 1970s, only for the two countries to become enemies. Iran kept its F-14s flying for decades in the face of U.S. sanctions.
National

ICE deployments created chaos for cities and cost them millions, NPR analysis finds

Jaclyn Diaz

Local leaders report already-strapped police departments racked up overtime bills in the millions while others report a multi-million dollar hit to business during the worst ICE surges.
National

As parents age, their children face hard choices about when to take the car keys

Joel Rose

States have many policies to stop risky older drivers from renewing their licenses. But in practice, it's often adult children who must decide when to take the car keys away from an aging parent.
International

At least 66 killed in military plane crash in Colombia, head of armed forces says

The Associated Press

Colombian officials say that a military cargo plane with 128 people on board, most of them soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia.