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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Nationally acclaimed jazz vocalist Sherri Roberts performs in studio and talks with Tom Fudge about searching for the obscure and forgotten jazz standards. She has a new CD called The Sky Could Send
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Tim Harford explains the economics behind topics as diverse as used car sales, Starbucks coffee, supermarket products, third world poverty and poker. The author of The Undercover Economist and a Dear
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Today is D-day for the San Diego Airport Authority. Tom Fudge speaks with KPBS reporter Alison St. John who is at the meeting where they are deciding on the final ballot language for San Diego's airpo
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Host Tom Fudge speaks to Laura Strickler, a reporter for Capitol Hill News Connection about immigration reform; the killings in Haditha; the terms with Iran; the election; and the buzz for 2008.
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Host Tom Fudge talks with cloud enthusiast Gavin Pretor-Pinney about his book The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds.
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As baby boomers move into their twilight years, can they imagine a neighborhood model different from the typical suburban cul de sac?
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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.
- San Diego is building a lot of homes in its most walkable neighborhoods
- City Council clears way for tiered parking rates at San Diego Zoo
- San Diego to pay $875K to man shot with police bean bag rounds and bitten by K-9
- Oceanside city council approves new tenant protections, rejects rent control
- San Diego class-action suit says ICE courthouse arrests are illegal