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Sukanya Krishnan (Tamil:
ஸுகன்யா கிருஷ்ணன்) (born August 2, 1971) is an Indian-born
American news anchor for the 6-9 am segments of the PIX Morning News on
WPIX in
New York City, paired with
John Muller. 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, 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 organizations for representing
South Asians in the media. In 2006, Krishnan won her first
Emmy for On-Camera Achievement (News Anchor/Host) from the
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). She was the first Indian American woman to work in the New York market at a local network affiliate.
Born in
Madras,
India (now
Chennai), Krishnan grew up on
Staten Island and attended New Dorp High School, where amongst her classmates was
Wu Tang Clan member,
Method Man.
In 1993 she graduated from
Dickinson College with a bachelor's degree in
Spanish, and as president of the senior class.
Krishnan's prior experience in the New York news market included a stint at
WCBS-TV, 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 affiliate WUTR-TV in......
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