Katie Schoolov
Video JournalistKatie Schoolov served as a video journalist for KPBS. She shot and edited in-depth features for television, radio, and the web, and reported on stories when time allowed. She is a San Diego native and returned to cover her hometown after working as a video journalist for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Las Vegas Sun. Katie serves on the national board of directors for the National Press Photographers Association. She previously worked as a print and video journalist for a daily newspaper in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she covered ongoing election violence in Zimbabwe and the resulting emigration. She also interned for the Associated Press, producing internationally circulated videos and writing articles from the White House press room. Katie has won first place awards from the San Diego chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the San Diego Press Club. She was also a finalist for the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
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Labor lawyer and civic booster Bill Earley takes over leading the local American Red Cross from former San Diego Councilman Tony Young, who stepped down in March after a little more than a year in the position. -
Blair Underwood And Richard Thomas Take Lead Roles -
A new app that provides real-time traffic information for commuters on Interstate 15 was released Friday by San Diego's regional planning agency. -
Therese Riedel was a promising college athlete, but was paralyzed in an accident six years ago. Now she's learning martial arts from her wheelchair — which also gives her a unique perspective on San Diego. -
Dingeman Elementary School in Scripps Ranch uses Earth Day to get out an environmentally friendly message. -
San Diego Opera Artistic Director At March 24 Rehearsal
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KPBS Midday EditionEvacuation orders for Potrero, Lake Morena and the surrounding areas have been lifted. The wildfire that started Sunday near the Tecate border crossing had burned 7,483 acres and was 45 percent contained as of Friday morning. -
Overwhelmed San Ysidro customs officials are relying on Tijuana's migrant shelters for help while they catch up processing a rising tide of mostly Haitian migrants. -
If approved, the Downtown Mobility Plan would add more than 9 miles of protected bike lanes in downtown San Diego. It would also eliminate 477 parking spaces over the next 20 years and some car lanes.
- San Diego resident golfers teed off at their vanishing access to city-run courses
- Why It Matters: The backstory to San Diego's lawsuit over La Jolla independence fight
- Fuzzy bear cub found alone, now thriving in San Diego's Project Wildlife care
- Mayor Todd Gloria restores some funding to police, fire, animal services in revised budget proposal
- Gaylord Pacific opens, boosting Chula Vista Bayfront future