Background
Taylor was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on January 27, 1954.
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As a high school student, Taylor created "Morning Announcements," a televised school announcement show broadcast within his school, and became a paid sports reporter for the local newspaper, The Doylestown Intelligencer. Taylor received his bachelor"s degree from Boston College, where he had served as the editor of British Columbia"s student newspaper, The Heights. Taylor moved to Washington District of Columbia after graduation from Boston College.
He worked for United States Senator Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania for one year.
He then returned to reporting, first as a producer and then a reporter for National Public Radio. Taylor also worked for American Broadcasting Company News for approximately ten years, where he produced segments for 20/20 and Primetime Live.
He also produced pieces for Consumer News and Business Channel, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and Fox News during his career. Clem Taylor spent nearly twenty years with Columbia Broadcasting System News.
He worked as a Columbia Broadcasting System producer based in Washington District of Columbia, Dallas, and New York City.
He was assigned as a producer based in the White House during the Reagan administration during the 1980s. Taylor covered the Reykjavík Summit between Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan in Iceland in 1986. In the late 1990s, he was named a senior producer of the The Early Show during the late 1990s.
Taylor spent his last four years at Columbia Broadcasting System News as a producer for 60 Minutes.
He co-produced a 60 Minutes segment, called "Joy in the Congo," on the Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. "Joy in the Congo" originally broadcast on Easter Sunday in 2012.
Taylor"s last segment for 60 Minutes focused on a group of men who staged the 1980 Winter Olympics. In May 2013, Taylor was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
He died at Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey, on March 21, 2014, at the age of 60.
He was a resident of Montclair, New Jersey.
Achievements
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Taylor won a Peabody Award for his 60 Minutes segment, "Joy in the Congo," which featured the Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra of Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In addition to his Peabody, Taylor also won eight Emmy Awards over the course of his broadcasting career. The segment won a Peabody Award in May 2013.
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Peabody Award; Emmy Award Peabody Award
The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards) program, named for American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, recognizes distinguished and meritorious public service by American radio and television stations, networks, online media, producing organizations, and individuals.The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards) program, named for American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, recognizes distinguished and meritorious public service by American radio and television stations, networks, online media, producing organizations, and individuals.