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'''Sukanya Krishnan''' ({{lang-ta|சுகன்யா கிருஷ்ணன்}};) is an [[United States|American]] [[News presenter|news anchor]]. She was the morning news anchor on Good Day Wake Up, the early addition before [[Good Day New York]] on Fox 5 NY [[WNYW]] in [[New York City]], alongside with [[Jennifer Lahmers]] from 2017-2019.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} She previously anchored for the PIX Morning News on [[WPIX]] in [[New York City]], paired with Scott Stanford. She originally joined WPIX on August 8, 2001, left in late 2003 to become one of the four hosts of the syndicated TV show ''[[Home Delivery]]''<ref>[http://www.HomeDeliveryTV.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427024634/http://www.homedeliverytv.com/ |date=2006-04-27 }}</ref> and returned to the WB11 Morning News (later CW11 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 Asia]]ns in the media. In 2006, Krishnan won her first [[Emmy Award|Emmy]] for On-Camera Achievement (News Anchor/Host) from the New York Chapter of the [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] (NATAS).<ref>{{cite web |title=THE 49th ANNUAL NEW YORK EMMY AWARDS - WINNERS |url=https://www.nyemmys.org/media/files/files/0c265267/nyemmyawards49.pdf |website=New York Emmy Awards |publisher=New York Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |access-date=1 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325013240/https://www.nyemmys.org/media/files/files/0c265267/nyemmyawards49.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2016 |page=9 |language=en}}</ref> She was the first Indian American woman to work in the New York market at a local network affiliate.

In 2020, Krishnan hosts the [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]] show "Find Love Live"<ref>{{Cite web|title=TLC Brings On Former New York Anchor Sukanya Krishnan to Host Virtual Dating Show|url=https://adweek.it/2VPuF5V|access-date=2021-07-31|website=adweek.it|language=en-US}}</ref> and in 2021, she became the host of "90 Day Fiancé: Love Games," a dating and relationships show on [[Discovery+]] streaming service.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Here's Everything You Need to Know About 'Find Love Live's Sukanya Krishnan|url=https://www.distractify.com/p/find-love-live-sukanya-krishnan|access-date=2021-07-31|website=Distractify|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Family and early life==

Born in [[Madras]], [[India]] (now [[Chennai]]), Krishnan grew up on [[Staten Island]] and attended [[New Dorp High School]], where among her classmates was [[Wu-Tang Clan]] member, [[Method Man]]. 1993, she graduated from [[Dickinson College]] with a bachelor's degree in [[Spanish language|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 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate WUTR-TV in [[Utica, New York]]. She cut her teeth in broadcasting at Long Island's [[WLNY-DT|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]], [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]]'s CBS affiliate. She covered various stories including TWA Flight 800, the "[[Million Man March]]" 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 [[Impeachment of Bill Clinton|Clinton White House impeachment proceedings]], then-Mayor [[Rudolph Giuliani]]'s cleanup of [[Times Square]], the [[Abner Louima]] beating, and the 1998 race between [[Mark McGwire]] and [[Sammy Sosa]] to be the first to exceed [[Roger Maris]]'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, 2001 attacks|September 11 attacks]]. Her community volunteering includes being a celebrity judge for the 2005 [https://web.archive.org/web/20070101224610/http://www.ironskilletcookoff.org/participants/index.shtml Iron Skillet Cookoff]. In March 2004, Krishnan played a reporter covering the mob on the "[[Two Tonys]]" episode of [[HBO]]'s ''[[The Sopranos]]''.

In July 2006, she was honored at the [[Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America|FeTNA]] (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]] and MC'd by comedian [[Judy Gold]]. [http://beta.asoundstrategy.com/sitemaster/userUploads/site118/NY%20Moves,%20awardee%20list.pdf]

On May 3, 2017, at the end of the PIX11 6-9 Morning News, she announced her final weeks as one of the station's co-anchors. Her last day on-air was Thursday, May 18, 2017.

On August 21, 2017, Sukanya Krishnan joined Fox 5 news [[WNYW]] as one of the new morning anchors of Good Day Wake Up from, 4:30am-7am replacing Teresa Priolo and Antwan Lewis.

==See also==
* [[Indians in the New York City metropolitan region]]
* [[New Yorkers in journalism]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.wpix.com/about/wpix-sukanya-krishnan-29060,0,4208080.story WPIX Official Bio]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041227083559/http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/magazine/fall03/feature3.htm "Good Morning, New York: Sukanya Krishnan ’93 takes Big Apple’s a.m. news by storm"], Barbara Snyder Stambaugh, ''Dickinson Magazine'', Volume 81, Number 1, Summer 2003
* [http://abc26.trb.com/entertainment/syn/stv-homedelivery-syn-pkgshow,0,1304393.special?coll=wgno-default-nav About ''Home Delivery'']
* [http://www.saja.org/members/profiles/sukanyakrishnan.html South Asian Journalists Association profile]
* [http://www.abcdlady.com/09-2004/art1.php Opportunity Knocks: "Sukanya Krishnan Lives Her Dream, While Helping Others Attain Theirs"], by Elaine G. Flores, ''ABCD Lady Online'', Sept. 2004.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110722154037/http://english.ntdtv.com/?c=210&a=351 NDTV: "Power Women Awards 2007"] (footage of Sukanya starts at 2:06)

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