
Priya Sridhar
General Assignment ReporterPriya Sridhar worked at KPBS as a general assignment reporter. She came to San Diego from San Antonio, Texas where she worked as a general assignment and investigative reporter for KENS5, a CBS affiliate. Priya began her journalism career as a multimedia journalist for the NBC affiliates in Maine. She went on to work as a Washington correspondent for RT, an international news channel. She went on to work as the South Asia bureau chief and correspondent based in New Delhi, India. After returning to the U.S., Priya worked as a video journalist for the Associated Press based in Chicago. She has also worked as a D.C. correspondent and morning show co-host for an international news channel, Arise, headquartered in Nigeria. Some of her most memorable stories in her ten year journalism career include covering the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, MO for the Associated Press and Nigeria’s historic 2015 presidential elections. Priya has a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s in international relations and history from Bowdoin College. Priya is also an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve and serves as an Advisory Board Member of Military Veterans in Journalism.
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KPBS Midday EditionBy 2030, one in four people living in San Diego County will be a senior citizen and many will be "senior orphans."
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KPBS Midday EditionCountless kids across San Diego County are enjoying their last week at the beach before school starts, but for some getting to the beach can be a long ordeal.
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Caltrans is closing an off-ramp in Mission Valley Tuesday night as part of a major transportation project aimed at reducing congestion and making the area’s roads safer.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe ongoing housing affordability crisis impacts nearly everyone in California, but few are hit harder than the refugee community.
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A new UC San Diego study found that nurses die by suicide at a significantly higher rate than the general population.
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This week in business: From a massive sell off to claims of currency manipulation, the U.S.-China trade war heats up, Disney announces their streaming service details, and the fake meat industry sees more growth.
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The announcement comes Gov. Gavin Newsom called on Californians to cancel events with crowds larger than 250 people.
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Authorities sought Friday morning to find as many as three people missing from a panga smuggling boat off the coast of Del Mar.
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Smith died at Kindred Hospital in San Diego on Saturday at the age of 91. The cause of death was not immediately released.
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