Claire Leka
| Claire Leka | |
|---|---|
| Education | The American University, BA Communication & MA Journalism |
| Occupation | Television News Anchor & Correspondent |
| Spouse(s) | Donald Leka, Chairman and CEO TransMedia Corporation Glide OS |
| Website | Claire Leka |
Claire Leka is a television presenter and journalist, specializing in business & finance. For a long part of her career, she worked for CNN as a correspondent and anchor as well as for MSNBC, NBC News, CBS News and WABC-TV. She is a prominent Filipina, and was born in Washington, DC.[1] Claire has also been a Finance correspondent on Australian breakfast show Sunrise.
News coverage highlights
Leka was on the frontlines covering the current financial crisis for CBS. She reported live from the NYSE on the August 2007 fall of mortgage giant Countrywide Financial which sparked the mortgage meltdown and the stock market crash of 2008. She reported extensively on the automobile, housing and credit crisis as well as the collapse of Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Claire also provided live analysis of the U.S. government's efforts to rescue the American economy, the bank crisis and the intricacies of the derivative markets. In addition to her work as a business correspondent, Claire has covered major general assignment stories for CBS News including: the Virginia Tech massacre, the hanging of Saddam Hussein, President Gerald Ford's funeral and the Amish School massacre. Leka served as a Washington, D.C. correspondent covering Congress and the White House for CBS during the summer of 2007.
Prior to working with CBS, Claire was a CNN correspondent based at the NYSE from 2000 to 2005. In July 2000, she helped to launch the CNN MarketSource service from the NYSE which served CNN's more than 700 affiliates worldwide. She produced, wrote and reported daily live stock market updates for member stations including: WHDH-Boston, WSVN-Miami, WFLD-Chicago, KGO-San Francisco and KABC-Los Angeles. Leka reported from the floor of the NYSE during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. She also covered the wide ranging economic aftermath of 9/11 and its impact on lower Manhattan and the financial world for the next couple of years. Claire won an Emmy Award for her 9/11 business coverage at CNN.[2]
Education
Claire received a Master's Degree in Journalism from The American University (AU)
Claire received a Bachelor's Degree in Communication from The American University (AU)
Factoids
Claire's first job was as a television reporter at WHAG-TV in Hagerstown, Maryland.[1]