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| birthname = Priya David<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|12|23}}<br />
| birth_place = Madras (now [[Chennai]]), India<br />
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| education = [[University of Southern California]]<br />
| occupation = Journalist, news presenter<br />
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| spouse = Alex Clemens<br />
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| credits = ''[[KQED (TV)|KQED Newsroom]]'' (2020–2023) <br /> ''[[CBS Evening News]]'' (2008–2012) <br /> ''[[The Early Show]]'' (2008–2012) <br /> ''[[The Early Show]] Saturday Edition'' (2008–2012) <br /> ''[[KTVU#News operation|KTVU]]'' (2005–07, 2010)<br />
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'''Priya David Clemens''' (born December 23, 1974) is an American journalist based in [[San Francisco]].<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Clemens was born Priya David in Madras (now [[Chennai]]), India. She grew up in Virginia, California, Brussels and London, where her father worked for an American company that worked with [[NATO]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Priya David |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/priya-david/ |website=CBS News |access-date=October 25, 2021 |date=April 8, 2008}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_news/release?id=18338|title = Viacom CBS Press Express}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Clemens was the host of [https://www.kqed.org/news/program/kqed-newsroom/ ''KQED Newsroom''] until June 23, 2023 (the series finale of the program).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kqed.org/pressroom/11104/priya-david-clemens|title=Priya David Clemens Introduced as the New Host of KQED Newsroom|last=pcavagnaro|date=2020-01-22|website=KQED|language=en-us|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref> Most recently, she was the spokesperson for the [https://www.goldengate.org/ Golden Gate Bridge District], handling communications, media and policy for the Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Ferry, and Golden Gate Transit bus system.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Prado |first1=Mark |title=Golden Gate Bridge has new face in Priya David Clemens |url=https://www.marinij.com/2014/09/19/golden-gate-bridge-has-new-face-in-priya-david-clemens/ |website=Marin Independent Journal |access-date=October 25, 2021 |date=September 19, 2014}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the_revolving_door/priya_david_named_cbs_news_correspondent_81926.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923155305/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the_revolving_door/priya_david_named_cbs_news_correspondent_81926.asp |archive-date=23 September 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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]].<br />
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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.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
In September 2011, she and her family were subjected to an armed raid of their [[Alameda, California]] home, by the [[Martinez, California|Martinez]] Police Department, the [[FBI]], and the [[Alameda, California|Alameda]] Police Department. The law enforcement officials had a search warrant for the previous owners of the home, who had moved out nearly three months earlier when David and her husband Alex Clemens purchased the home.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Henry K. |title=Alameda raid mistakenly targets TV reporter's home |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Alameda-raid-mistakenly-targets-TV-reporter-s-home-2309943.php |website=SFGATE |access-date=October 25, 2021 |date=September 15, 2011}}</ref><br />
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