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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A student leading the effort says that for the first time UC San Diego is leading other University of California schools in the number of students registered to vote. -
KPBS Midday EditionDon't expect Rossini's opera to be like the Disney cartoon -
A much larger Skyline Hills Library opened to the public Friday in southeastern San Diego. -
Concerns about persistent and widespread traffic tie-ups around a newly opened East County casino appeared to be unfounded Tuesday on its second day of operations. -
Three years ago, the San Diego International Airport underwent a $1 billion expansion and dedicated $6 million of that to adding artwork as a “calming distraction.” Now, they’ve added another form of artwork: the circus. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe writer-director-comedian says trust is key
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Private companies called “Mitigation Bankers” find it can pay to turn developed land back into wetlands, and sell it to developers to mitigate for projects elsewhere. But, not everyone buys into that idea. -
The Feb. 15 deadline to enroll in a Covered California plan is forcing people to make a choice: buy coverage, or pay a fine. -
The Farmers Insurance Golf Tournament tees off at Torrey Pines on Thursday. Golf courses around San Diego hope the excitement generated will boost enthusiasm for the game, which has seen a marked decline. But in San Diego golf courses face a crisis on two fronts.
- 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