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 EditionBorre Winckel, president and CEO of San Diego’s Building Industry Association joins Midday Edition Tuesday with the developers perspective on housing in San Diego County. -
KPBS Midday EditionAaron Bianco suffered a series of threats from people angry that the church is welcoming members of the LGBT community into the fold. -
KPBS Midday EditionMeet your neighbors, explore the arts, expand your point of view with the most popular episodes from the KPBS podcasts: Cinema Junkie, Incoming, Rad Scientist and My First Day. -
KPBS Midday EditionAfter news this year about the sale and proposed renovation of Horton Plaza into a high-tech office park, some local historians and architects say San Diego will lose an important part of its history if it is demolished. -
KPBS Midday EditionPrice is known as one of the first African-American composers to win national attention back in the 1930s but some of her most sophisticated works were never performed and almost lost. -
KPBS Midday EditionYou know who you are. The person who may have just or be in the process of placing an order on Amazon. And you are not alone. Holiday shopping season is Amazon’s prime time.
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KPBS Midday EditionCongresswoman Sara Jacobs, D-San Diego, began her second term in office this week. -
Mariachi music is a Mexican tradition during the Christmas season and San Diego has some of the best. -
KPBS Midday EditionLocal company Room Chazer connects roommates and provides quality rentals with the endorsement of several local colleges and universities.
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