Megan Burks
Education ReporterMegan Burks is the education reporter at KPBS. She reports on teaching and learning from infancy into adulthood, the achievement gap, and school governance. Before tackling the education beat, Megan helped launch Speak City Heights, a media collaborative covering community health in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego. As Speak City Heights reporter for KPBS and Voice of San Diego, Megan's work pushed reform in the San Diego Police Department and taxi industry. She was awarded the San Diego County Taxpayers Association's 2015 Media Watchdog Award for her look at dangerous housing conditions for low-income tenants. Megan has also been recognized by the San Diego Human Relations Commission and Society of Professional Journalists San Diego Pro Chapter for bringing underrepresented voices to radio and television. Megan was born and raised in El Cajon, and graduated from San Diego State University, where she studied journalism and sociology. Her thesis looked at the media’s effects on attitudes toward immigrants. She interned with San Diego CityBeat and KPBS’ Envision San Diego.
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KPBS Midday EditionThousands of San Diegans decried gun violence in downtown San Diego as part of the nationwide demonstrations called the "March For Our Lives" by organizers. The protests were planned as a response to the Feb. 14 shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school that killed 17 people. -
A judge ruled the woman wasn't a danger to society or a flight risk. The woman's immigration case will be sent to federal court in San Diego. -
San Diego State University appears to be using its classrooms less efficiently than the state would like. The university says the state’s guidelines are out of touch with how campuses are used. -
Thousands of San Diego County students walked out of classes Wednesday morning as part of a nationwide action to honor the 17 people killed in last month's school shooting in Florida and urge federal action to curb gun violence. -
They’re still a ways off from striking like their colleagues in West Virginia, but San Diego Unified teachers are taking a step back from work to pressure the district in contract negotiations. -
KPBS Midday EditionActivists held a press conference in National City after video surfaced showing a mother being arrested in front of her children by U.S. Customs and Border agents because she had allegedly been living in the U.S. illegally.
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