Michael Lipkin
News Producer, KPBS Midday EditionMichael Lipkin is a producer for KPBS Midday Edition. Before joining KPBS, he covered finance for the San Diego Business Journal and legal affairs for newswire Law360. He was also a producer for Chicago Tonight, a nightly news magazine on PBS member station WTTW. His work has appeared in The New York Times and The Boston Globe, and on the PBS NewsHour. Michael is originally from Brooklyn. He graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in Law, Letters and Society.
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KPBS Midday EditionFamilies across the country may already be bowing out of Thanksgiving visits or canceling dinner all together, afraid of arguments with family members who have wildly divergent political stances. Others are gearing up for a few tense days. -
KPBS Midday EditionSurfers spend a lot of their time in the ocean and a UC San Diego student is on a nine-month trek to find out how much of the ocean winds up in surfers. -
KPBS Midday EditionThere's a new name for unmotivated employees who just won't leave their jobs: "workplace prisoners." The term comes from a new study that says more tenured, competitively paid workers are more likely to behave this way. -
KPBS Midday EditionRegistrars of voters in Southern California are defending the vote count in a tight congressional race after incumbent Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, questioned its validity. -
KPBS Midday EditionSome fake news stories spread quickly during the election: an article falsely claiming Pope Francis endorsed Donald Trump was shared more than 950,000 times on Facebook; an article debunking the claim was shared only 35,000 times. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe city’s annual pension payment is expected to increase by $37 million to $228 million in the fiscal year beginning July 1, according to a financial outlook report from San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer's office.
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