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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Host Tom Fudge talks about the new Superman movie with Film Club of the Air regular Scott Marks and University of Minnesota physics professor Dr. James Kakalios, who authored the book The Physics of S
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Are you being watched? How? And by whom? Tom Fudge speaks with Deborah Hurley, an international expert in privacy and surveillance, to find out what human rights might violated by close-circuit TVs, "
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Host Tom Fudge speaks to City Attorney Mike Aguirre about the delayed release of the Kroll report. Aguirre has given Kroll two weeks to release the report, or he will pursue a lawsuit against the fir
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Civic activist and Republican aide, Wendell Cutting, died this week after a long battle with cancer. He was 59. Tom Fudge remembers him with his longtime friend and the founder of Rescue Task Force, G
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Host Tom Fudge speaks to Kevin Keenan, from the San Diego ACLU, about the goals of the organization, its local advocacy efforts, and how it works with the ACLU's State and National offices. Keenan al
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A bill, passed by the U.S. Senate last month, would make English the national language of the United States. Whether it is practical or symbolic, the bill has raised anew the question of whether the E
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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.
