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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Access to San Diego’s crown jewel is a challenge for visitors and the park organizations that don’t want to turn them away. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs analyzed a decade of suicide data and found female veterans commit suicide at nearly six times the rate of other women. -
KPBS Midday EditionResidents living near the now shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant have security questions after a new emergency plan was approved by federal regulators. -
KPBS Midday EditionAn Escondido avocado farm is testing a growing technique that may help the fruit thrive with less water in the middle of California’s drought. -
KPBS Midday EditionMaya: Hidden Worlds Revealed opens Friday and runs through January 2016. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe environmental group turns 20 this year. We have a look at what sort of impact it's had on San Diego's waterways.
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The San Diego County Sheriff's Department's first search and rescue bloodhound is now on duty.
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A grant from the FCC will help the San Diego Housing Commission expand affordable, quality and reliable broadband internet service to low-income families. -
For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas.
- New safe parking site frees city to push campers out of Mission Bay
- The strange-but-true origin story of the humble potato
- California strikes deal to temporarily protect $4B in bullet train funds, but project’s future still uncertain
- Afghan allies seek action after Trump signals resettlement support
- Electric vehicle drivers in California could soon lose HOV lane perk