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 EditionThe state is stepping in with millions to help clean up the polluted air. It's part of a statewide effort called the Community Air Protection Program that specifically targets disadvantaged communities. -
KPBS Midday EditionMore than 1,500 volunteers will fan out across San Diego County Friday to tally the region's homeless population. -
KPBS Midday EditionThanks in part to the efforts of the Sunrise Movement, young voters surged to the polls for the midterm elections. They backed Democrats by more than a 2-to-1 margin and helped flip the U.S. House of Representatives. -
KPBS Midday EditionIn his more than 3,000 columns, Jenkins wrote about everything from water wars to cock fights, more than one political scandal and even about being kissed as a 10-year-old by Marilyn Monroe, maybe. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego Police Department reports 34 pedestrians were killed by cars in 2018, up from 17 the year before. -
KPBS Midday EditionMorris, who was represented by the California Innocence Project, spent 27 years in prison for a murder another man confessed to committing. He walked free last Thursday.
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The Alzheimer's Association of San Diego/Imperial Counties chapter hosts a national leader in research and outreach for people living with the disease. -
The San Diego Community College District reopens for the fall semester with major plans for the future. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego Union-Tribune reporter Greg Moran joined Midday Edition to talk about details of the case — and what is next.
- Thousands in San Diego to be booted from Medicaid
- Trump administration freezes $50 million in San Diego County public school funding
- Want to make yourself less appealing to mosquitoes? Our quiz has surprising ideas
- Ticket sales remain strong despite SD Pride Festival controversy
- San Diego pediatrician warns children could bear the brunt of federal budget cuts