Mike Damron
Video JournalistMike Damron joined the KPBS team as a video journalist in 2019. He was born in Orlando and grew up in Navy towns like Jacksonville, Pensacola, and even abroad in Bermuda before graduating high school in Nashville. He joined the Navy six months before he graduated and was immediately shipped off to boot camp on the same base he was born. He attended the Navy School of Photography in Pensacola and served for more than ten years. The majority of his Navy career was spent in southeast Asia. He moved to San Diego from Atlanta and studied journalism at San Diego Mesa College. Mike previously worked at KUSI News where he got his start as a photojournalist.
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The carrier dealt with COVID-19 and the loss of an F-35C during an eight-month deployment.
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The Secretary of the Navy came to San Diego to urge sailors, Marines and defense workers to get vaccinated ahead of the upcoming deadlines.
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The SDSU men's basketball team heads to the Final Four for the first time in program history. The team is extra motivated to win a national championship for the city of San Diego.
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