Laura Wingard

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news editor at KPBS in San Diego

Laura Wingard manages a team of digital producers responsible for presenting news stories and features for KPBS’ online audience and promoting those stories through social media.

Laura joined KPBS after working as a top editor at three metropolitan newspapers in California and Nevada, including The San Diego Union-Tribune. As metro editor at the U-T, she directed coverage of the October 2007 wildfires and the 2010 disappearance of Poway teenager Chelsea King. She also oversaw the reporting on San Diego's pension crisis and the resignation of Mayor Dick Murphy.

Before joining the U-T, Laura worked at the Las Vegas Review-Journal as the city editor and as an award-winning reporter covering the environment and politics. She also was the assistant managing editor for metro at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside.

She earned her bachelor's degree at California State University Fullerton with a double major in communications/journalism and political science.

FROM Laura Wingard

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Scandal-Ridden San Diego Election Still Undecided Scandals are swirling around one of the nation’s most closely watched congressional races, a race that’s still undecided as election week ends. In San Diego County, incumbent Democrat Scott Peters is trying to hang onto the seat he won just two years ago. If challenger Carl DeMaio wins, he’ll be the first openly gay Republican in Congress. But DeMaio has been accused of sexual harassment and other misdeeds by former staffers.

9 MIN, 47 SEC Nov 07, 2014

How do Trump supporters feel about the Paris Accord? Globally and around the U.S., there are strong opinions whether or not the Paris Climate Accord is a good idea. The American exit is either a horrifying abdication of American leadership or a forceful and long overdue statement about U.S. sovereignty.

51 MIN, 10 SEC Jun 02, 2017

Design and Architecture

Securing Public Spaces, Super Wealthy Asians Vehicles are increasingly being used as weapons, as seen in the London Bridge attack over the weekend and in New York’s Times Square last month. The Compton-based company Calpipe is designing security bollards to help make public spaces safer. And novelist Kevin Kwan satirizes the “crazy rich” Asian jet set and their luxurious tastes in his latest book, “Rich People Problems.”

28 MIN, 31 SEC Jun 06, 2017

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