Kris Van Cleave

Kris Van Cleave is a CBS News Congress correspondent based in Washington, DC

Van Cleave previously served more than five years as CBS News’s transportation correspondent beginning in September 2015, and prior to that, he was a correspondent for CBS Newspath, the 24-hour television news service. the network for CBS stations and broadcasters around the world. .

More recently, Van Cleave reported on how the travel industry adjusted to the world of COVID-19; a years-long CBS News investigation into a dangerously outdated safety standard for vehicle seats sparked by a congressional investigation; the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Kobe Bryant and others; on the Black Lives Matter protests in Washington; and the January 2021 siege of the United States Capitol. His coverage of automatic security issues earned him an Emmy nomination for investigative reports.

Prior to joining CBS Newspath, Van Cleave was a reporter and presenter for nearly eight years on WJLA-TV and NewsChannel 8 in Washington, DC. GOP presidential primaries. He also reported from outside the White House on the night of the news that Osama bin Laden had been assassinated, aired from Haiti after the devastating earthquake, and traveled to Afghanistan to cover up local troops. Van Cleave also presented the 18:00 NewsChannel 8 newscast.

Previously, Van Cleave was a reporter for XETV / Fox6 News in San Diego, California, and KOAA-TV in Colorado Springs, Colo. He began his television career as the producer of KTLA-TV / Tribune’s “CyberGuy Report”.

Van Cleave has won 12 regional Emmy Awards, nine Edward R. Murrow Regional Awards, and was part of ABC7’s team of reporters who won the 2010 and 2014 Edward R. Murrow National Awards for breaking news. . He twice received the Emmy Award for Best General Award Reporter in the DC Region (2007 and 2010) and in 2010 and 2011 was named “Best Reporter” by the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association. His work has also been recognized by the DC chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the San Diego Press Club, the Colorado Associated Press, the University of Southern California, and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. In 2011, Van Cleave was selected as a RIAS Berlin Komission Fellow and in 2013 he traveled to Pakistan as an East-West Fellow.

Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduated from the University of Southern California.