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 novel reveals the personal experience of what it’s like to be defined by the color of your skin. -
KPBS Midday EditionDave Erving, who teaches ceramics at Hoover High School, said he wants district leaders to know that their reopening plan to help keep him and his students safe should be clear, well understood and guided by science. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe threats wildfires pose to life, property and health, and the challenges inherent in emergency evacuations, are compounded by the coronavirus pandemic. -
KPBS Midday EditionAs protests continue against police violence and racial injustices across the nation, San Diego native Jordan Carroll opens up about the "daily grind" of being a black man in "America's Finest City." -
KPBS Midday EditionOn Wednesday, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters honored Scripps Research scientist, Ardem Patapoutian, with its 2020 Kavli Prize in neuroscience for his work, discovering proteins in the body that are key to our sense of touch. -
KPBS Midday EditionA study from researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology offers the first detailed look at the immune response of patients who contracted and recovered from SARS-CoV-2, which is causing the coronavirus pandemic.
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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.
- A Maryland town backed Trump's cost-cutting pledge. Now it's a target
- San Diego County Farm Bureau takes 'wait-and-see' approach to possible tariffs
- Warmer weather expected this week for San Diego County
- Trump restricts funding for 'gain-of-function' research — calling it dangerous
- What’s one fix for coastal railroad tracks in North County? Try 7,700 tons of boulders