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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A San Diego nonprofit asked all of the candidates for city office about their views on race, policing, and Syrian refugees. Only about half responded. -
San Diego City Council District 9 candidate Georgette Gómez says she's leading the fight against public funding for a stadium and brought a farmers market to City Heights. -
KPBS Midday EditionDozens of faculty members at San Diego State University have signed a letter asking the school's president to denounce fliers that linked several students to terrorists. In a separate letter, the National Lawyer's Guild suggests the school's handling of the fliers violated the Civil Rights Act. -
We'll be tracking what this year's unconventional election cycle does to local voter rolls with our new online tool, the Voter Registration Tracker. -
As part of our California Counts election coverage, we're asking San Diegans who can't vote because of age or lack of citizenship how they would vote if given the chance. Students at El Capitan High School start us off. -
The students graduating from San Diego State University with teaching credentials this year won't make the local pool of teachers more diverse, a problem for district's like San Diego Unified where 80 percent of the kids are students of color.
- 'Good Trouble Lives On' events to be held throughout San Diego County
- San Diego residents to choose their trash can size and cost
- Senate panel approves federal judge nomination for Emil Bove, who defended Trump
- City Council revives controversial housing project in southeast San Diego
- Hundreds protest Trump administration in El Cajon 'Good Trouble Lives On' rally