Mary Calvi (born June 11, 1969) is an American television journalist and author of ''If a Poem Could Live and Breathe: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt's First Love, ''publishing Valentine's Day 2023, which is based on love letters from Gilded Age to and from Roosevelt and his first love, many of which have never been published. Her first book was named'' Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington's First Love''. Her research is profiled in the

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documentary, "George Washington's Secret Love." She is the co-anchor of the daily morning and noon news broadcasts at

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in New York City and since July 2020 has been the weekend anchor and a weekday fill-in anchor for the syndicated newsmagazine ''

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''. Over the course of her career, Calvi has won thirteen New York Emmy Awards.

Early life and education

Calvi was born and raised in

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. She graduated from Maria Regina High School in Hartsdale NY and ''

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'' with a degree in

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from the

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in June 1989.

Career

Calvi began her career at a New York radio station as a

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and reporter. She then served as news anchor and assistant

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for the

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in Westchester, which operates seven regional cable-television

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in the

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. In March 2002, Calvi joined WCBS — a local

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-television station located in New York City, and the

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of the

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broadcast-television network — where she is a news anchor. Her novel, ''Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington's First Love'' is published by

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along with an award-winning audio book of the same name. Calvi is the recipient of twelve

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s, including for her breaking-news reportage of the "Miracle on the Hudson", the 2009 emergency landing of

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. She has also received Emmy Award nominations in the "breaking news" and "special reports" categories.

Appearance in popular culture

The

documentary film "George Washington's Secret Love" (2021), features Calvi's journey into discovering a never-before-known story of

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and his first love,

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. The

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documentary film ''Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable'' (2004), directed by

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, features several

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s of Calvi anchoring the news.

Personal life

Calvi has three children with her husband,

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, who was elected mayor of

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, New York, in 2011.

References

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