Alison was born in Tanzania, brought up in Scotland, and earned her degree in psychology and sociology from Durham University in England.
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Alison has won awards from the San Diego Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Associated Press TV and Radio Association, and the California Golden Mike Awards. She occasionally hosts the KPBS Roundtable and KPBS Midday Edition. She has done many stories on the military in San Diego, and the series she edited on the challenges veterans face returning from active duty to civilian life won “Best of Show” from the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists. She covered health when the industry was converting to managed care and told welfare reform stories in the late 1990s when Clinton was “ending welfare as we know it.” She has covered land use issues extensively, looking at the challenges of meeting a growing population while preserving community character, and developing a better transportation system to meet environmental concerns. Alison covered the metro beat during the critical period of the San Diego City pension crisis, and the education beat while Alan Bersin was the controversial Superintendent of San Diego City School District. Alison has reported on stories about North County and was based in the KPBS' North County Bureau. She has been a voice on KPBS Radio since 1989, and has served as a news reporter for radio, TV and the web, as well as anchoring, hosting, producing and editing. She fell in love with KPBS Radio when she arrived in San Diego in 1985 and first heard NPR.
Alison St John currently serves as a general assignment reporter and occasionally co-hosts KPBS Midday Edition.
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