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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We'll discuss the threat by the district attorney's office to boycott a third judge. Is the DA's office violating due process or was there cause to challenge these judges?
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Is the off-campus party an indication of the attitudes of UCSD students? We discuss how state and local officials are responding to the so-called "Compton Cookout."
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Warren St. John, author of "Outcasts United," joins us to talk about his experience in a small town in Georgia with a soccer team made up of refugees from around the world. It's not just a story about soccer.
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Bach Collegium San Diego will perform excerpts from Bach's Motets in our studio.
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We discuss another accusation against a $5 billion social program the state wants to cut. This time allegations government checks are being issued to dead people. -
What's the point of an ethics commission if it isn't allowed to hold elected officials accountable? We put the head of the commission on the record.
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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.
- County official overseeing animal shelters complained of 'shit dogs,' too few euthanasias in voice message
- San Diego City Council approves parking fees in Balboa Park
- A rivalry over $50 million meant to clean cross-border rivers is brewing
- City Council approves phased-in $25/hour minimum wage for hospitality workers
- Nathan Fletcher's accuser seeks restraining order against Lorena Gonzalez