
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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Demand for student housing and construction of apartment buildings is turning San Diego State into a true campus community.
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Chula Vista and port authority officials visit China to drum up financing for a $2 billion bay-front redevelopment.
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In San Diego, rich people believe in the American dream because they lived it. Poor people believe because they need to.
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Crews made accelerating progress today in defeating a wildfire that claimed one life and leveled at least 20 back-country homes in rural southeastern San Diego County over the last three days.
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Legislative committee hosts a hearing in which people debate the merits of the death penalty and of Proposition 34, which would repeal it.
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KPBS Midday EditionSkateboarders in City Heights skate wherever they can, in hopes that a skatepark will someday be built in their neighborhood.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom threw his support behind San Diego's Measure D Thursday.
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Construction began Thursday near Poway on the first leg of a 10,000-mile-long broadband network.
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- The USDA wants states to hand over food stamp data by the end of July