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 EditionAmong the 11 propositions on November's ballot are two that reverse or amend initiatives already approved by voters. As we face another roster of initiatives on the ballot this November, it's time to ask, who is composing these initiatives and is there a better way to do it? -
KPBS Midday EditionLocal environmentalists talk about what could make San Diego’s environment better, and how a new administration could improve conditions throughout the county. -
KPBS Midday EditionSalaries continue to decline in many of San Diego largest industries, according to a report based on U.S. Census data. The numbers show that in 2011 many paychecks were lower in San Diego, the median income was down and the poverty rate increased. -
KPBS Midday EditionWhat could make San Diego better? Every sector of the city has its own ideas. -
KPBS Midday EditionResearchers found that a little "I Voted" button on Facebook may have inspired more than 300,000 voters to go to the polls in November 2010. -
KPBS Midday EditionTwo political experts explain several state and local propositions that will appear on the November ballot.
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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.
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- Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art
- Tinted sunscreen does something regular sun protection can't
- SpaceX postpones 10th test launch of massive Starship rocket
- Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts again and shoots lava for 31st time since December