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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On the heels of Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to spend $350 million implementing federal health reform in California comes another announcement. A private health organization has pledged a hefty sum to help with the effort and go a step further. It wants to help undocumented immigrants get health care. -
A City Heights art installation on childhood memory closed Jan. 4, but it isn't fleeting yet. An arts nonprofit in the neighborhood is now featuring the work in its formal gallery. -
City Height's newest school clinic at Monroe Clark middle school is helping students get quality health care. School administrators say the effort helps keep attendance levels and academic achievement high because healthy students are more likely to show up to class. That's the case for Andrea Vizcarra, who is getting support for her high blood pressure on campus. -
You might know City Heights youth want a skate park. Here are five more causes they took up this year. -
Foster children and their families got an early holiday present from San Diego County on Thursday: free computers. -
City Heights refugees turn the lens on their health care experiences, using photography to raise awareness about the need for better medical translation.
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