Katie Hyson
Racial Justice and Social Equity ReporterKatie Hyson reports on racial justice and social equity for KPBS. Prior to joining KPBS, Katie reported on the same beat for the local NPR/PBS affiliate in Gainesville, Florida. She won awards for her enterprise reporting on the erasure of a Black marching band style from Gainesville’s fields, one woman’s fight to hold onto home as local officials closed her tent camp, and more. Many of her stories were picked up by national and international outlets, including those on a public charter school defying the achievement gap, the police K9 mauling of a man who ran from a traffic stop, and conditions for pregnant women at a nearby prison.
Prior to that beat, she supervised the newsroom’s student digital team, served as a producer for the award-winning serial podcast “Four Days, Five Murders,” taught journalism classes for the University of Florida, and designed and launched a practicum series. She helped create the university’s first narrative nonfiction magazine, Atrium. She also earned her master’s in mass communications there, in a stunning act of treachery to her undergraduate alma mater, Florida State University. She is an alumna of the 2019 summer cohort of AIR Full Spectrum.
Hyson entered journalism after a series of community-oriented jobs including immigration advising, organic farming, nonprofit sex worker assistance. She loves sunshine, adrenaline and a great story.
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The tragedy knit them together, and became a calling for a volunteer from outside of the neighborhood.
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The proposed reductions are to programs meant to help close racial and economic disparities in San Diego. Advocates are pushing back.
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Organizers said it was the first LGBTQ+ TLC New Year celebration they know of in the country.
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San Diego Muslim leaders speak about the local impact of the rise in anti-Muslim incidents since October.
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Foster pointed to the city's history of underinvesting in the district and promised to change that.
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California lawmakers are trying to strengthen protections against doxxing — publishing someone’s personal information online with the intent to harm.
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The pay increase caps off 10 years of work for the labor movement.
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The raise takes effect April 1. It applies to fast food restaurants that have at least 60 locations nationwide.
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San Diego has seen multiple antisemitic flyering incidents in recent months largely taking place in District 7, represented by Campillo.
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