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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Department of Justice auditors are in town to begin their assessment of the San Diego Police Department.
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Mid-city residents took part in a countywide watershed cleanup event, scouring the region's canyons, creeks and beaches. -
A new law lets parents step in before police add their child's name to a statewide gang database. So far, no one has taken the cops up on the offer. -
Officers were told to limit when they sit people on the curb for questioning and when they ask them if they're on probation or parole. -
A pilot program that provided free transit passes to students in need is coming to an end. Program advocates are looking to fund an expansion. -
A state computer glitch is holding up Medi-Cal applications across California, delaying health coverage for thousands of San Diegans.
- San Diego Navy doctor fired after right-wing activists find pronouns on social media
- People are losing jobs due to social media posts about Charlie Kirk
- Charlie Kirk's widow: 'You have no idea what you have just unleashed'
- From Old Town to Escondido, how San Diegans are marking Mexico’s Independence Day this weekend
- Fletcher breaks silence, rules out return to public office after lawsuit dismissal