Priyanka Tewari
Morning Edition HostPriyanka Tewari is a native of New Delhi, India. She moved to the United States with her family in the late 1990s, after living in Russia and the United Kingdom. She is a graduate of Cornell University with a master’s from Hunter College, CUNY.
She launched her media career in 2013 as host for the only English-language commercial radio network in India. She also worked as a TV news anchor for DD News, India’s national public television broadcaster.
After her return to the U.S., she helped launch a South Asian radio network in New Jersey, and is a former host for WHYY, Philadelphia's NPR member station. Priyanka is excited to explore Pittsburgh and is grateful to be able to continue her love affair with radio, It “had her at hello."
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"Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" host Peter Sagal spoke to WESA's Priyanka Tewari about what audiences can expect at the taping. -
WYEP host Joey Spehar spoke with WESA Morning Edition host Priyanka Tewari about the impact of Art Blakey, George Benson and Wiz Khalifa on the city and the world. -
Pittsburgh researchers examine the relationship between broadband internet access and mental health resource availability across the U.S. -
Felix J. Yerace is only the second recipient from Pennsylvania to win the National Earl Reum Award. -
"Och and Oy!" combines the best of public radio and a musical, with thoughtful conversations and slightly bawdy songs. -
Cooper won the National Medal of Technology and Innovation for helping those with disabilities, and was also inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame. -
Afro-Indigenous artist Clara Kent spoke to WESA's Priyanka Tewari about her new EP "The Four Winds: EAST" -
Kati Csoman, director of Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs at the University of Pittsburgh, spoke to WESA's Priyanka Tewari about the upcoming India Day celebration. -
Art galleries across Pittsburgh's Cultural District will welcome hundreds of visitors on Friday, July 28 for this summer's Gallery Crawl. The lineup includes live music, poetry readings and a commemoration of the late artist Elizabeth "Betty" Asche Douglas. -
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