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 speaks to KPBS News Reporter Alison St. John about Vice President Dick Cheney's visit to San Diego. Cheney is in town to deliver remarks at a rally for the Navy and to attend a luncheo
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The strategic planning committee of the San Diego Regional Airport Authority voted yesterday to put Miramar on the November ballot. Tom Fudge finds out about this recent development that brings us one
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Richard Greenberg is considered one of the best American playwrights in the last 20 years. The Old Globe's Resident Artistic Director Jerry Patch joins host Tom Fudge to talk about the Globe's produc
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Proposition 227 was meant to reform bilingual education and improve the performance of English language learners. Today, eight years later, there's no evidence that English learners are better off. Ho
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The U.S. Government is spending billions of dollars to rebuild Iraq. Host Tom Fudge speaks with a U.S. Marine in Fallujah who surveys the city to determine what needs to be done.
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Women are not entering the workforce as they once did. Some experts say mothers' overcrowded lives are limiting their roles in the work force. UCSD sociologist Mary Blair-Loy talks about women, career
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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