Sukanya Krishnan (born August 2, 1971) is an Indian-born American

United States

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 news anchor

News presenter

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 for the 6-9 am segments of the PIX Morning News on WPIX

WPIX

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 in New York City

New York City

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, paired with John Muller

John Muller

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. She originally joined the WPIX in August 2001, left in late 2003 to become one of the four hosts of the syndicated TV show Home Delivery, http://www.HomeDeliveryTV.com and returned to the WB 11 Morning News (later CW 11 Morning News, now PIX Morning News) anchor chair in 2005.

Krishnan has won numerous community service awards, as well as many others from Indian American

Indian American

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 organizations for representing South Asia

South Asia

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ns in the media. In 2006, Krishnan won her first Emmy

Emmy Award

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 for On-Camera Achievement (News Anchor/Host) from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

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 (NATAS). She was the first Indian American woman to work in the New York market at a local network affiliate.

Born in Madras, India

India

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 (now Chennai

Chennai

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), Krishnan grew up on Staten Island

Staten Island

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 and attended New Dorp High School, where amongst her classmates was Wu Tang Clan member, Method Man

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In 1993 she graduated from Dickinson College

Dickinson College

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 with a bachelor's degree in Spanish

Spanish language

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, and as president of the senior class.

Krishnan's prior experience in the New York news market included a stint at WCBS-TV

WCBS-TV

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, from June 1997 to July 2001 as a general assignment reporter. In 1995 she was an anchor, reporter and producer of the 6 pm and 11 pm news broadcasts at ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 affiliate WUTR-TV in Utica, New York

Utica, New York

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. She cut her teeth in broadcasting at Long Island's WLIG-TV in 1994. During her year there, Krishnan did a variety of jobs from shooting, writing, and editing news stories behind the camera to reporting on the air in front of the camera.

It was during her internship at WLIG-TV that Krishnan first began her pursuit of a career in broadcasting. Prior to joining WCBS-TV, she was a morning/noon anchor and reporter for WHP-TV

WHP-TV

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, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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's CBS affiliate. She covered various stories including TWA Flight 800, the "Million Man March

Million Man March

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" and the floods of 1996 which wreaked havoc on central Pennsylvania. While at WCBS-TV, Krishnan covered breaking news for CBS 2's 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts. The range of stories she covered included everything from the Clinton White House impeachment proceedings

Impeachment of Bill Clinton

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, then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's cleanup of Times Square

Times Square

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, the Abner Louima

Abner Louima

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 beating, and the 1998 race between Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire

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 and Sammy Sosa

Sammy Sosa

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 to be the first to exceed Roger Maris

Roger Maris

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's single-season home run record.

In addition to her Emmy Award, Krishnan has also won the Project Impact (formerly Indian American Political Awareness Committee)'s "Creating A Voice" Award, and a Distinguished Broadcast Journalist commendation from the Office of the Comptroller of the City of New York, for her work covering the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks

September 11, 2001 attacks

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. Her community volunteering includes being a celebrity judge for the 2005 Iron Skillet Cookoff. In March 2004, Krishnan played a reporter covering the mob on the "Two Tonys" episode of HBO's The Sopranos

The Sopranos

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.

In July 2006, she was honored at the FeTNA

Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America

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 (Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America) annual convention held in New York City. On October 9, 2007, Krishnan was named one of the 2007 Power Women by New York Moves Magazine, at an awards ceremony hosted by Academy Award-winning actress Mira Sorvino

Mira Sorvino

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 and MC'd by comedian Judy Gold

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Krishnan is fluent in Tamil

Tamil language

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, Spanish and English

English language

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. On the CW11 Morning News on September 17, 2007, she announced her marriage to Eric Schroeder, and she lives with her husband on Staten Island. On March 10, 2009, Sukanya also announced her first pregnancy during the show, that she is 18 weeks pregnant. Krishnan gave birth to a son on July 22, 2009.

Sukanya returned to the Morning News October 12, 2009.