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 EditionLocal physicists from UCSD were involved in the discovery of a new subatomic particle called the Higgs Boson, or "the God particle," the finding of which was just announced in Geneva, Switzerland. -
KPBS Midday EditionCalifornia would become the first state to write into law much of the national mortgage settlement negotiated this year with the nation's top five banks, and expand it to all lenders, under wide-ranging legislation state lawmakers approved Monday. -
KPBS Midday EditionHealth care reform is already full steam ahead in California. It will affect everyone -- whether you have health insurance or not. Employers are beginning to take stock of how the Affordable Care Act will affect them. What they decide will affect employees. And, what options will thousands of San Diegans who can't currently afford health insurance have?
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KPBS Midday EditionDavid Bronner, the CEO of the Escondido-based Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, locked himself in a metal cage outside the White House this week. He did it to protest U.S. laws that make it illegal to grow hemp, one of the "magic" soap's main ingredients. -
KPBS Midday EditionA new initiative from the Union of Concerned Scientists launched today in San Diego. It aims to build a Center for Science and Democracy to counter what it calls a "troubling trend": "understanding of science and respect for its role in decision making have declined." -
KPBS Midday EditionA daughter shares what she discovered about her father's service in Vietnam 20 years after his death.
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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.
- 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