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 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. -
KPBS Midday EditionSunday marked 10 years since the death of Patient HM, identified after death as Henry Molaison, whose brain was the most studied in medical research history.
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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.
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- City Heights residents say proposed cuts to libraries, rec centers are inequitable
- Newsom outlines $12 billion deficit, freeze on immigrant health program access