Thomas Fudge
Science and Technology ReporterA journalist with 30 years of experience, Tom covers science and technology stories for KPBS' platforms. He joined KPBS in 1998 to cover San Diego issues related to growth, transportation, and development. He previously served as host of These Days (now KPBS Midday Edition) and as a news editor. Tom began his broadcasting career in 1988 at WSUI Radio in Iowa City as a reporter and newscaster. He then spent five years at Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) where he worked as a reporter. Following his departure from MPR, Tom was a freelance journalist, working for Twin Cities Public Television, WCCO Radio, and a variety of regional and national newspapers and magazines. He has received recognition for his outstanding work in hosting and public affairs reporting from the Unity Awards, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, and the San Diego chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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The movie "Field of Dreams" told us that if you build it, they will come. And if we build an expansion of I-5 more cars will come and congestion could remain the status quo. -
An effort to cure irritable bowel syndrome may have given us a drug that will cure baldness. There's already a move in the works to turn it into a marketable product.
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Governor Jerry Brown today showed us why he really should have stuck with the program and become a Jesuit friar.
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When Egypt rose up in mass protests, would you have been out there in Tahrir Square? If you were a 23-year-old unemployed man with no promise your situation would change, you probably would have.
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San Diego independent bookstores will lose some competition when Borders declares bankruptcy. But they are not celebrating the news, which they see as a blow to the bookstore business. -
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The San Diego County Sheriff's Department's first search and rescue bloodhound is now on duty.
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A grant from the FCC will help the San Diego Housing Commission expand affordable, quality and reliable broadband internet service to low-income families. -
For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas.
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