San Diego News Fix Podcast
1) Moscow
Reporting dire news out of America and at home, Russian news anchor Viktor Antonov attempts to guide his audience through what may be the beginning of the end. Everywhere is a battlefield. ‘SIGN OFF’...Show More
2) Minot
Following a wave of cyber attacks against the U.S., news anchor Maria Mason finds herself at the center of an escalating crisis where the International Space Station emerges as a strategic foothold. ...Show More
3) The Backstory: The reasons why prosecutors opted not to file criminal charges in SDSU rape case
Rarely, if ever, is the public made aware of the reasoning behind a District Attorney’s Office’s decision not to file charges in a case. The Union-Tribune obtained an audio recording of a meeting betw...Show More
4) The Backstory: The Poway case being heard by the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will take up a case from Poway Unified School District that tackles a contentious area of social media — when, and if, public officials can block people from thei...Show More
5) The Backstory: The Union-Tribune’s Community Voices Project
The Union-Tribune’s Community Voices Project is an online platform for civil discourse about news of the day and matters of the community. It brings dozens of thought leaders together with the goal of...Show More
6) The Backstory: Behind the Union-Tribune’s 72 Hours project
San Diego County, like many places nationwide, faces a mental health crisis. For three days last year, nearly two dozen journalists with The San Diego Union-Tribune followed patients, police, clinicia...Show More
7) The Backstory: Customers are steamed over SDG&E’s rate-hike proposal
San Diego Gas & Electric is making a case before the California Public Utilities Commission to increase rates starting next year. SDG&E says it needs money for critical projects, like wildfire safety ...Show More
8) The Backstory: The San Diego Union-Tribune stops running ‘Dilbert’
Hundreds of newspapers across the country – including The San Diego Union-Tribune – have either stopped or will stop running the “Dilbert” comic strip after its creator made racist comments during a Y...Show More
9) The Backstory: What determines where a story runs in the newspaper?
In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at a couple of recent stories that had a lot of people talking. First, allegations that Padres beat writer Kevin Acee misquoted Padres pitcher Nick Martinez...Show More
10) The Backstory: How the deaths of three sisters affected those making humanitarian water and supply drops in San Diego County
The number of migrants who have died or gone missing trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border has sharply increased in recent year from an estimated 371 in 2020, to nearly 600 in 2021, to more than that...Show More