Maya Trabulsi
KPBS Evening Edition AnchorMaya Trabulsi is an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist who anchors KPBS Evening Edition. Maya was born in Beirut and grew up in Dubai and the United Kingdom. She came to San Diego after completing her B.A. in media communications with a minor degree in women’s studies from Webster University. She also holds a master’s degree in television, film, and new media studies from San Diego State University.
Since joining KPBS in 2014, Maya’s work has been recognized both regionally and nationally with first place awards for reporting and video editing from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Society of Professional Journalists, Radio and Television News Association, and the National Press Club.
In 2023, the San Diego Press club honored her investigative reporting on animal welfare issues with a first place award for her body of work. In 2024, Maya received her 8th and 9th Golden Mike awards, as well as a second Emmy for journalistic enterprise. She later received national recognition for her investigation into an unscrupulous dog breeder operating on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border when she won the Ann Cottrell Free award from the National Press Club.
Maya is an avid martial artist and holds a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
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KPBS Midday EditionAfter 28 years, East County will see a change in leadership. -
With classrooms closed this fall due to COVID-19, some parents are asking if traditional homeschooling might offer some lessons for the virtual learning environment. -
The new wave of shutdowns leaves some businesses unable to move outside. -
This year marks a century since the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Winning women the right to vote, however, was an effort launched decades before it was passed, with national and local campaigns securing small victories that led to final ratification in 1920. -
A Southern California organization continues to support the female veteran community 100 years on. -
Airlines scale back their flight schedules due to reduced demand amid the coronavirus outbreak, mortgage rates fall as a result of the Federal Reserve interest rate cut to boost the global economy and how the failure of Measure C will affect San Diego's convention business.
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California is joining with the federal government to open two new vaccination centers as test areas for new President Joseph Biden’s effort to create 100 mass vaccination sites nationwide in 100 days.
- Live election results: San Diego County District 1 Supervisor
- Hundreds of veterans volunteer to attend asylum hearings with Afghans
- Marines are now stationed on the California border. Newsom’s office calls it ‘mission creep’
- Federal data reveals the truth about immigrant detention
- Southeast San Diego celebrates modest victory over gun violence
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San Diego’s quality of life is measured in new USD Report -
A SANDAG survey asks commuters, who drive to work alone if they'd consider alternative transportation, even if it's only one day a week. -
A new study by ApartmentList.com shows teachers in San Diego are facing financial hardship because their salaries have not kept up with the rising cost of housing. -
California State University San Marcos is about to graduate the school’s largest class in its 29-year history. -
National University has launched a coordinated effort to address the teacher shortage in the areas of San Diego County that have the highest need. -
KPBS Midday EditionMothers with a Message walks a path of forgiveness by making murderers understand what they’ve done. -
KPBS Midday EditionA documentary film resurfaces a local championship and the personal tragedy that followed. -
Patients in San Diego and across the country urge the FDA to expand the legal use of fecal microbiota transplantation. -
Brother Blaise of Oceanside's Prince of Peace Abbey will carry beekeeping to the end of his days. -
KPBS Midday EditionA plant called kratom is banned in San Diego, and the DEA is considering banning it nationwide. Some San Diegans say it has medicinal benefits.
