Jessica Plautz
Web ProducerJessica Plautz brought her writing, editing and multimedia skills to KPBS as a newsroom Web Producer. She began at KPBS in 2009 as an Associate Producer, returning to the station in 2011 to work on KPBS Evening Edition, a daily news show bringing San Diego local news and analysis. She received her B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her master's in Mass Communication & Media Studies from San Diego State University. Her research includes social media, politics, the intersection of social media and politics, and networked publics. Her previous professional experience includes film, television, theater and print journalism. Jessica has received awards from the San Diego Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists, Scholars without Borders, the SDSU Women's Association, the Mensa Foundation, and the John F. Reeves Memorial Foundation. She is fluent in Spanish.
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Four employees including three reporters were let go from the nonprofit news organization voiceofsandiego.org, it was announced today.
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San Diego Lifeguards today were determining what to do with a dead 50-foot fin whale that washed up ashore on an isolated Point Loma beach yesterday.
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The local Pearl Harbor survivor, who was discovered living in squalor as a victim of elder abuse in January of this year, has died of pneumonia at a convalescent home in Chula Vista. -
More than a dozen schools would be closed, relocated or consolidated next year under a plan being recommended by a San Diego Unified School District committee. -
Coverage from the community of the "Occupy San Diego" protest planned for Friday evening. -
A new report finds there are now more Hispanic children living in poverty than any other ethnic group.
- Millions of Latinos could lose Medi-Cal if work mandates pass, study warns
- Advocates urge San Diego Sheriff to reconsider stance against county sanctuary policy
- After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors
- More than 50 House Democrats demand answers after whistleblower report on DOGE
- These border buoys faced lawsuits in Texas. Border Patrol might bring them to California