laubscher attended the columbia school of journalism to obtain his master’s degree in journalism. he received the pulitzer fellowship; upon graduation, he used the fellowship to spend a year traveling and reporting from different locations around the world. when he returned to california, he began his career as a journalist. he took his first job at kgtv in san diego, where he interviewed then-presidential candidate ronald reagan and received two “golden mike” awards for his work. in 1977, he returned to san francisco to report for kron-tv.