Megan Burke
News EditorMegan Burke is an Emmy-award winning news editor overseeing the environment, health, and racial justice and social equity reporting beats. Prior to her current role as editor, Megan spent more than a decade as a producer for KPBS Midday Edition, a daily radio news magazine and podcast. Other news production credits include KPBS Evening Edition, KPBS Roundtable, and San Diego’s DNA, a two-part documentary highlighting the region’s oldest traditions and culture using personal artifacts and oral histories of San Diegans.
Before joining the news staff, Megan worked in KPBS’ outreach team and managed large-scale campaigns including KPBS’ domestic violence awareness and prevention initiative. The project included Emmy award-winning television spots, an extensive and interactive website, collaborative events and programming, as well as a statewide grant campaign. Megan is also credited with producing the Black History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month Local Hero Awards Ceremonies.
Megan is a graduate of the School of Journalism and Media Studies at San Diego State University. She has been a part of the KPBS team since 1999. In her free time Megan and her husband enjoy delighting their young daughters with "new" music.
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KPBS Midday EditionMother Antonia became a nun at age 50 and has called Tijuana's most notorious prison, La Mesa Penitentiary, home since 1978. -
KPBS Midday EditionIraq War veteran Paul Chappell lectures at USD on "Why Peace is Possible." -
KPBS Midday EditionA new planetarium show moves beyond the doomsday myths to reveal the real wonders of Mayan astronomy. -
KPBS Midday EditionIt's the countdown to the big Election Day. Here's what to expect at the voting booth, and what polls can predict about election outcomes. -
KPBS Midday EditionTwo legal cases in San Diego focus on the tension between First Amendment rights and law enforcement security. -
KPBS Midday EditionThere is so much going on in Proposition 31, a measure that would change the state constitution, some might find it hard to have strong feelings for or against it.
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The Guardian found many California cities spent more COVID-19 relief funds on law enforcement than rent relief and health services. -
The federal agency says sea levels on the West Coast will rise 8 inches by 2050, 1½ feet by the end of the century. -
With Alice Childress' 1955 play "Trouble in Mind," The Old Globe brings questions and conflicts about diversity in the American theater to center stage.
- North County housing project clears big hurdle despite fire fears
- Algunos agricultores de Florida reducen sus cultivos porque el temor a deportaciones aleja a trabajadores
- Arrest near a South Bay high school is latest in a string of immigration enforcements close to schools
- Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts again and shoots lava for 31st time since December
- San Diego Police Department agrees to improve on the 'complaint process' for officers