Maya Trabulsi
KPBS Evening Edition AnchorMaya Trabulsi is an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist who anchors KPBS Evening Edition. Maya was born in Beirut and grew up in Dubai and the United Kingdom. She came to San Diego after completing her B.A. in media communications with a minor degree in women’s studies from Webster University. She also holds a master’s degree in television, film, and new media studies from San Diego State University.
Since joining KPBS in 2014, Maya’s work has been recognized both regionally and nationally with first place awards for reporting and video editing from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Society of Professional Journalists, Radio and Television News Association, and the National Press Club.
In 2023, the San Diego Press club honored her investigative reporting on animal welfare issues with a first place award for her body of work. In 2024, Maya received her 8th and 9th Golden Mike awards, as well as a second Emmy for journalistic enterprise. She later received national recognition for her investigation into an unscrupulous dog breeder operating on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border when she won the Ann Cottrell Free award from the National Press Club.
Maya is an avid martial artist and holds a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
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KPBS Explores Hidden San Diego shows us a butterfly garden with a unique past. -
Babs Fry is committed to recovering lost animals as a community service to San Diegans. -
KPBS takes a look at the arc of women's voices through historical artifacts at the new home of the Women's Museum of California. -
Each segment on the song rail plays a palindrome, which means the melody is the same played in both directions. -
A group of San Diego women in their late 50s and 60s hiked up Mount Kilimanjaro in February 2023. -
What many people don’t know about Peter Seidler is his infectious optimism for creating a better future for San Diego’s homeless population.
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California is joining with the federal government to open two new vaccination centers as test areas for new President Joseph Biden’s effort to create 100 mass vaccination sites nationwide in 100 days.
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Rescue organizations from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border were called to a puppy mill in Rosarito. What they found was horrifying. -
A lab that conducts studies for a San Diego-based pharmaceutical company is facing scrutiny over its use of beagles. -
Manpower hiring expert touts flexible work models for his employees — and the larger workforce -
Old-school tech is new-school style for local boombox collector. -
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Roger Dangel dedicates his home office to his love for American history. -
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KPBS Midday EditionHow a Poway dog attack highlights the importance of leash laws. -
A conversation about anti-Asian hate with former San Diego news anchor Lee Ann Kim and an update on the more than 700 unaccompanied young migrant girls now sheltered in the San Diego Convention Center.
