
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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Grape Day Park has long been a gathering place in Escondido — and a reflection of the city’s changing identity.
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Fallbrook Gourd Farm honors the culturally significant fruit
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The Trees For Health garden in Balboa Park introduces San Diegans to the medicinal uses of plants growing all around them.
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KPBS Explores Hidden San Diego shows us a butterfly garden with a unique past.
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Babs Fry is committed to recovering lost animals as a community service to San Diegans.
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KPBS takes a look at the arc of women's voices through historical artifacts at the new home of the Women's Museum of California.
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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.
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KPBS Midday EditionHow a Poway dog attack highlights the importance of leash laws.
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A conversation about anti-Asian hate with former San Diego news anchor Lee Ann Kim and an update on the more than 700 unaccompanied young migrant girls now sheltered in the San Diego Convention Center.
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KPBS Midday EditionHow the San Diego American Indian Health Center is working to keep its urban indigenous community healthy in body, mind and spirit amid the challenges posed by COVID-19.
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KPBS Midday EditionNew podcast dives deep into what makes up modern culture in the San Diego community.
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The event is organized by Alliance San Diego, a community empowerment organization with the mission to build coalitions to promote justice and social change.
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Deceitful marketing leads to a crisis of overfilled pig sanctuaries.
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Poway Mayor Steve Vaus has a narrow lead over former State Sen. Joel Anderson in the race to replace Dianne Jacob on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.
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KPBS Midday EditionAfter 28 years, East County will see a change in leadership.
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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.