Claire Trageser is the president of SPJ San Diego and a multimedia reporter for KPBS. She writes and produces in depth coverage for radio, television and the web and covers a variety of topics, including politics, the environment and education. Claire was part of the team that covered allegations of sexual harassment against former Mayor Bob Filner, his resignation and the special election that followed. She also covers the city of San Diego’s budget process, helped create the interactive KPBS Budget Game and does enterprise stories about issues impacting San Diegans. Claire studied chemistry at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. She then earned a master’s degree in journalism at UC Berkeley, where she worked at the Knight Digital Media Center and completed a master’s project with Michael Pollan. She also freelances for NPR, Marie Claire, Runner’s World, Mashable and San Diego Magazine and trains for marathons and half marathons in her free time.