Priya David Clemens
Priya David Clemens is an American journalist based in San Francisco.
Early life and education
Clemens was born Priya David in Madras, India. She grew up in Virginia, California, Brussels and London, where her father worked for an American company that worked with NATO.Clemens graduated with honors from Westmont College in 1997, with a bachelor's degree in anthropology and with a master's degree in broadcast journalism from University of Southern California in 2002.
Career
Clemens was the host of until June 23, 2023. Most recently, she was the spokesperson for the , handling communications, media and policy for the Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Ferry, and Golden Gate Transit bus system.Clemens has worked as a CBS News correspondent based in New York City, reporting for the CBS Evening News and for The Early Show, and filling in as an occasional Saturday and Sunday CBS Evening News anchor. In 2008 and 2009, during the international sub-prime crisis, Clemens regularly reported on financial issues from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
She worked for KTVU in the San Francisco Bay Area, as a reporter for Mornings on 2 and other news shows, and for MSNBC as an embedded presidential campaign reporter in 2004 - covering Dick Gephardt's presidential campaign and Dick Cheney's re-election bid. Clemens was employed as an anchor for KOIN, the CBS affiliate in Portland, Oregon. She hosted Keep It Local, a daily, hour-long news show shot live at various locations in Oregon, and filled in as an anchor on KOIN's various news shows.