Ed Joyce Breaking News Editor/ Reporter
Ed Joyce is the Breaking News Reporter and Editor for KPCC. Before joining the station, Ed covered the environment beat for six-years at KPBS-FM/TV in San Diego.
Prior to his time at KPBS, Joyce was an editor/columnist with Copley News Service in San Diego. His extensive background in news includes stints as a newspaper, radio, web and TV journalist. The positions include: reporter, anchor, editor, columnist, talk show host, writer and photographer. His career started as a boy delivering the Sunday L.A. Times. He later had a paper route delivering the Evening Star-News.
Along the way, Ed has had stints as a telephone operator and mail carrier. He even wrote a column and edited a weekly newspaper in the Caribbean. He's also been a DJ, a high school and college educator and has worked in public relations.
Joyce has won many awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, The Associated Press and other organizations for his TV and radio writing, producing, anchoring, editing and reporting.
Born in Los Angeles County, Joyce graduated with a B.A. in Communications from the University of Washington, where he studied broadcast journalism, TV-radio production and sociology.
Stories by Ed Joyce
Fullerton police officers ordered to stand trial in Kelly Thomas death
Two officers accused of beating a mentally ill homeless man to death have been ordered to appear in court on May 22.
Final arguments at Kelly Thomas death hearing
A decision in the preliminary hearing is not likely to come Wednesday.
Kelly Thomas hearing: Court studies video, autopsy images
The second day of the preliminary hearing opened with defense attorney asking witness and trauma expert Dr. Michael Lekawa to highlight moments in the video that might have contributed to Thomas' death.
Courtroom riveted by video of Kelly Thomas beating
In a Santa Ana courtroom Monday, Orange County prosecutors played video footage of police beating a homeless man with schizophrenia.
Kelly Thomas hearing: Violent photos from beating shown
The preliminary hearing got underway on Monday, with witnesses identifying bloody photos and describing Kelly Thomas' beating death last July.
Preliminary hearings begin in Kelly Thomas case
The Fullerton police officers charged in the beating death of a mentally ill homeless man are scheduled to appear in a Santa Ana courtroom on Monday.
San Onofre nuclear plant could restart in June
The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station has announced that it could be back online as early as next month, if feds approve the re-start.
Missing OC mother, kids not found in landfill
Boyfriend and father Shazer Fernando Limas is suspected of killing the three.
'I heard her take her last breath': Seal Beach salon shootings testimony unsealed
In unsealed grand jury transcripts, a hairstylist says he watched Scott Dekraai shoot two people inside Salon Meritage in Seal Beach last October.
2nd report focuses on officers' actions in Fullerton homeless man's death
The second report of a three-part review of the Fullerton police department focuses on the actions of the officers involved in Kelly Thomas' death.
Laura Hillman - a Schindler Jew tells her story
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Laura Hillman, saved by luck and by Oskar Schindler, told her story at the Bowers Museum.
Activists prepare for (another) rally to close San Onofre
Anti-nuclear activists plan a march and rally starting at 12:30 p.m. at the San Onofre nuclear power plant on Sunday. The groups want to shut down the plant permanently.
Queen Noor of Jordan inspires UC Irvine students
More than 100 UC Irvine students took part in a Day of Service. Queen Noor of Jordan talked with them before they headed out to help those less fortunate.
Long Beach's 7th Street Bridge reopening after a year
Drivers heading into Long Beach beginning Saturday morning have an easier commute. The key connector is used by 30,000 people a day.
SoCal Edison, UCSD study earthquake risks near San Onofre plant
Researchers at UC San Diego are working with Southern California Edison to study earthquake risks near the San Onofre nuclear plant.













