DONATE!

close

PROFILE

Laura Wingard Guest
Laura Wingard

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

Scandal-Ridden San Diego Election Still Undecided
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.

9 min, 47 sec Nov 07, 2014

Recommended

A “Marshall Plan” for homelessness
Design and Architecture

A “Marshall Plan” for homelessness The state’s new governor, Gavin Newsom, called for a “California for all” in his inauguration speech this week. He also called for a “Marshall Plan” for affordable housing and said that “we have a homeless epidemic that should keep each and every one of us up at night.” So what will Gov. Newsom do to address housing and homelessness?

4 min, 27 sec Jan 09, 2019

Evan Holloway and Fred Eversley at Kordansky Gallery
Art Talk

Evan Holloway and Fred Eversley at Kordansky Gallery Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about two artists with different approaches to sculpture.

3 min, 28 sec Jan 10, 2019

John Lasseter returns from exile
Hollywood Breakdown

John Lasseter returns from exile The famous animator left Disney and Pixar last year following misconduct allegations and admitted "missteps." Now he's been hired to run the animation department at Skydance Media. So far, the news has gone over like a lead ballon. The backlash among animators has been fierce and swift.

3 min, 41 sec Jan 10, 2019

Broken Family Reunited on Museum Walls
Art Talk

Broken Family Reunited on Museum Walls Edward Goldman talks about the passing of the legendary Sister Wendy, and the moral responsibility of museums to reunite divided artworks.

3 min, 36 sec Jan 15, 2019

CLOSE
CLOSE
CLOSE