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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Personal data, including social security numbers and birthdates, have been stolen from 26 million veterans nationwide. Tom Fudge speaks with the San Diego District Attorney's Office about how they pla
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America's baby boomers will begin reaching the tradition retirement age at the end of this decade. And there's every reason to believe our nation's population bulge will be old, and alive, for many ye
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Host Tom Fudge speaks to Mayor Jerry Sanders who joins us from Washington D.C. The Mayor is in Washington to meet with California lawmakers and Bush Administration officials about border infrastructu
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San Diegans are busy looking into the future and discussing a possible new site for the county's airport. But to really understand the future, one needs to look back. Tom Fudge speaks with KPBS report
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Host Tom Fudge speaks to Professor Phil Saenz about the eminent domain initiative for Chula Vista, known as Proposition C. We also talk about the Mayor's race in Chula Vista, and the push for a new C
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Ancient Dead Sea Scrolls are coming to San Diego's Natural History Museum. Host Tom Fudge finds out what they are and learns the impact they have on religion today.
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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