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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Doctors at UCSD are working on a way to make sure breast surgeries really remove all of the cancer cells. KPBS Reporter Tom Fudge has more.
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Researchers at San Diego's Salk Institute say small rapid eye movements reveal what our brains really want to look at. And that could affect the way people design visual environments. Tom Fudge report
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A new drug, that'll be tested in San Diego, could change the approach to treating Alzheimer's disease. KPBS Reporter Tom Fudge has more.
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The U-C-San Diego Medical Center has become the first hospital in the region to offer microwave technology as a way to attack liver cancer. KPBS Reporter Tom Fudge has more.
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A San Diego company has announced positive results in prenatal testing. Sequenom is finding a safer way to test for Down's Syndrome.
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Job losses have hit San Diego's biotech sector already. But the major damage from the slumping economy may be yet to come. KPBS Reporter Tom Fudge has more.
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For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom threw his support behind San Diego's Measure D Thursday. -
Construction began Thursday near Poway on the first leg of a 10,000-mile-long broadband network.
- MTS ridership data reveal high cost of banning apartments near trolley stations
- General Atomics magnet could help unlock limitless clean energy
- Newsom deploys CHP crime suppression teams to San Diego, L.A., Inland Empire
- San Diego City crews clean up homeless camps along freeways
- New Terminal 1 at San Diego Int'l to open with 19 gates, 30 restaurants and shops