John Carroll
General Assignment Reporter & AnchorJohn Carroll is a general assignment reporter and anchor at KPBS. He loves coming up with story ideas that are not being covered elsewhere, but he’s also ready to cover the breaking news of the day.
John studied broadcast journalism at Pepperdine University, having fallen in love with the medium after a high school internship at WMAQ TV in Chicago. Over the years, he has worked in Reno, Los Angeles, and San Diego. He has worked as a reporter for San Diego’s Channel 10 and a weekend reporter/anchor at San Diego’s CW6.
John loves being at KPBS because he’s given the support and the resources needed to do the kind of thorough, fair reporting the KPBS audience relies on.
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More than 150 local groups are joining forces to urge San Diegans to fill out the 2020 Census. They're focusing on so-called "hard to count" communities, made up primarily of immigrants and refugees, to get them to fill out their Census forms. -
San Diego Food Bank President & CEO calls the process for applying for CalFresh cumbersome. He supports a bill which would simplify and streamline the process for seniors. -
Friday was a big day for reopening businesses and other organizations across San Diego County. We checked out what it was like for the only museum in Balboa Park to reopen so far. -
Nearly 30 faith leaders from across San Diego County gathered on Thursday to demand an end to police brutality and systemic racism in society. -
As beach parking lots, piers and boardwalks open in the city of San Diego, the San Diego Fire & Rescue Department's EMS medical director reminded people that they must still wear facial coverings when in public. -
First it was San Diego P.D., then the Sheriff's Department a couple of days later. Now every major local law enforcement agency in San Diego has banned use of the carotid neck restraint hold.
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San Diego County rescheduled hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine appointments due to weather-related shortages Thursday as public health officials reported 810 new viral infections and 36 deaths. -
In an effort to help schools reduce the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks as they resume in-person instruction, UC San Diego and San Diego County are testing a program to detect the virus which causes COVID-19 at schools and child care centers, it was announced Thursday. -
Speaking outside Cabrillo Avenue Elementary School in San Pedro, Kevin Faulconer said he was prepared to run in a special election this year if Newsom is recalled via a statewide effort.
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