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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Countless organizations devote money and research to trying to fix the public school system in the United States and kids keep falling farther behind. Why do you think people disengage from talking about education? The United Way of San Diego is using the momentum of a new film, "Waiting for Superman," to start a local conversation about the troubles in our schools and what we can do to fix them. We'll talk about the difficulties faced by students and teachers in San Diego County and find out what the United Way is doing to address the future of education here. -
What are you telling your children about the school shooting in Carlsbad? How are you handling your concern about your kids at school?
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Musician Kevin Roth joins us in studio to sing some lullabies. We'll talk about the history of lullabies and why these simple songs have stood the test of time. This is radio that is meant to put you to sleep. -
Are you concerned that you might have bedbugs? We'll find out about the signs to look for and how to get rid of them. -
The fight over San Diego's Proposition D grows fiercer with powerful business interests on both sides. We'll discuss the impact of a half-cent sales tax on consumers and find out what San Diego's fire and police officials say would happen if Prop. D fails. -
Why will California voters become the deciders on whether recreational marijuana should be legal and taxed? That's Prop 19 on your November ballot. Learn the details of the ballot measure.
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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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- Trump is making a state visit to the U.K., the homeland of his immigrant mother
- Charlie Kirk's widow: 'You have no idea what you have just unleashed'
- Australia approves vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia
- Over 100,000 attend London rally organized by far-right activist, clashes break out