Tara Campbell
Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, Tara got her start as a print journalist before establishing her career on the Canadian Prairies, where she made the shift to broadcast news.
Tara is a storyteller and explorer at heart, driven by a desire to share impactful stories. She arrived in the Bay Area from Omaha, Nebraska where she reported for the NBC affiliate, WOWT 6News. There she helped expose a lack of safe and affordable rental housing, primarily affecting refugee and immigrant communities. Her reporting resulted in the passing of a rental housing, landlord registry ordinance. Her award-winning coverage of the 2019 historic Midwestern flooding dove deep into the aftermath and shed light on small towns struggling to come back from disaster.
In 2022 Tara traveled to Vancouver, Canada to report on the drug overdose crisis and the impacts of the first safe consumption site in North America, culminating in the ABC7 Original Documentary: "Injecting Hope," which received a national Edward R. Murrow Award for news documentary.
Tara's Stories
Bay Area LGBTQ+ community bands together to protect trans youth in wake of Trump re-election
"Protect our people no matter where they live": The Bay Area's LGBTQ+ community is preparing to help vulnerable people from other states in wake of Donald Trump being elected president, again.
New questions raised after deaf man attacked while sleeping on United flight out of SFO
We are following the story of a brutal beating on board a United Airlines flight out of San Francisco International Airport. As we first reported Wednesday night, a witness says the victim is deaf. That account raised questions for us about how airlines accommodate travelers who are hard-of-hearing.
State Senator Wiener to DMV: Stop writing 'San Fran' on driver's licenses
"On behalf of all self-respecting residents of the City by the Bay, I'm asking DMV to promptly cease & desist this nonsense." Senator Scott Wiener is clapping back at the DMV for reportedly issuing driver's licenses to San Francisco residents listing the city of address as "San Fran."
Fallout after pro-Palestinian protest erupts at State Senator Scott Wiener's SF Halloween kids event
San Francisco's Jewish community is outraged over a pro-Palestinian protest at a pumpkin carving event Saturday, hosted by State Senator Scott Wiener. Here's how protesters and the state senator are reacting.
Deadheads descend on SF's 'Grateful Dead House' following death of Phil Lesh
"They've had a really big influence on our life." Deadheads descended on the Haight-Ashbury house Friday that the band called home in the 1960s, to say good-bye to Grateful Dead founding member, Phil Lesh.
Silicon Valley AI company sued over 14-year-old's suicide
The mother of a 14-year-old Florida boy is suing a Silicon Valley-based Character.AI, saying its chatbot is connected to his death by suicide.
SFUSD Superintendent Matt Wayne plans to resign Friday, report says
The school board is meeting Friday to reportedly discuss the resignation of SFUSD Superintendent Matt Wayne, stepping down amid criticism for his school closure plans. One parent called the potential move a "cop-out."
Blue Angels roar over San Francisco Bay in dazzling Fleet Week air show
The amazing Blue Angels defied gravity over San Francisco with jaw-dropping skill and precision. The rumble was not to be ignored.
Marin City's new 'Get Out the Vote' campaign features faces of local kids
With the final push to Election Day on, a group in the North Bay is less worried about who you're voting for and more focused on whether you're voting at all.
Tents pop up in front of Berkeley City Hall in protest of encampment sweeps
The tents protesting Berkeley's expanded encampment sweeps started going up in late September and have since been growing in number.