Meet the Team

Michael Schuerman

Client Development Analyst

Michael Schuerman supports KPBS’s corporate underwriting efforts with marketing research. He develops ratings, demographics, consumer data and web analytics into presentations and sales fliers to show companies the advantage of having their message reach KPBS TV viewers, FM listeners and digital content users. Prior to joining the station in 2012 Michael worked for 17 years as a research analyst and manager for newspapers in Escondido and Riverside. His media career began as a newspaper reporter and editor. He also worked five and half years in the early 2000s as director of research for the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation. Michael graduated from California State University, Fullerton with a bachelor of arts in English. He also holds a professional certificate in GIS mapping. In his spare time, he’s an accomplished landscape photographer and enjoys baseball, British TV dramas, film noir movies, dancing, and alternative rock. Michael lives in Clairemont with his wife, Laura, and their two cats.

RECENT STORIES ON KPBS

International

Exit polls show Japan's ruling coalition is likely to lose key election

The Associated Press

Soaring prices, lagging incomes and burdensome social security payments are the top issues for frustrated, cash-strapped voters. Stricter measures targeting foreign residents and visitors have also emerged as a key issue, with a surging right-wing populist party leading the campaign.
National

3 people are still missing from deadly floods in Texas county, down from nearly 100

The Associated Press

Officials in a Texas hill country community pummeled by deadly flooding July 4 said Saturday that just three people remain missing, down from nearly 100, after people who had previously been reported missing have since been accounted for.
Politics

Community radio stations are collateral damage as Congress cuts NPR funding

Frank Langfitt

Congress voted to claw back federal funding to public media. Some of those hit hardest include community radio stations in areas that voted for the president.
International

32 Palestinians killed trying to reach food distribution hubs, Gaza authorities say

The Associated Press

Palestinians were shot dead during a food distribution on Saturday at a center run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group in southern Gaza, hospital officials said.
National

Police are investigating a man's death after he was pulled into MRI machine

Chandelis Duster

New York police said the 61-year-old man was wearing a large metal chain that caused him to be "drawn into the machine." The FDA warns that MRI scans create a "strong, static magnetic field."
Kiss cam incident at Coldplay concert highlights the technology's awkward history

Chloe Veltman

A couple embarrassed to be caught cuddling on the big screen at a Coldplay concert in Massachusetts sent the internet into a frenzy. It's not the first time kiss cams have caused mishaps at stadium events.