Michelle Yu (born in

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) is an American

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who is a

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for

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in New York City and the author of two novels.

Education

Yu graduated from

Manhattan College Manhattan College is a private, Catholic, liberal arts university in the Bronx, New York City. Originally established in 1853 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Christian Brothers) as an academy for day students, it was la ...

in 2001 with a degree in broadcast communications.

Career

Yu began her career as a writer for '' The Journal News'' and ''

Sports Illustrated for Kids ''Sports Illustrated Kids'' (''SI Kids'', trademarked ''Sports Illustrated KIDS'', sometimes ''Sports Illustrated for Kids'') is a monthly spin-off of the weekly American sports magazine ''Sports Illustrated''. ''SI Kids'' was launched in January 1 ...

''. In 2003 Yu joined

College Sports Television CBS Sports Network (a.k.a. CBSSN) is an American pay television television network, network owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global. When it launched in 2002 as the National College Sports Network (later College Sports Tele ...

. In 2009, she joined

SportsNet New York SportsNet New York (SNY) is an American regional sports network owned by Sterling Entertainment Enterprises, LLC, itself a joint venture between the Fred Wilpon (which owns a controlling 65% interest) Sterling Equities, Charter Communications thr ...

as an anchor and reporter. In 2019, she joined NY1 News as a news anchor. She is the co-author of two novels with Blossom Kan. ''China Dolls'' (2008) tells the story about the lives of three Asian American professional women in

and was described by ''

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'' as a "Chinese American installment of the Sex in the City genre." ''Young, Restless, and Broke'' (2010) relates the struggle of an actress in

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Honors and awards

* 2016

New York Emmy Award The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) is an American professional service organization founded in 1955 for "the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, edu ...

, Societal Concerns:Program/Special

Works

* ''China Dolls'' (2008) * ''Young, Restless, and Broke'' (2010)

Personal life

In 2013, she married Eduardo Romero while she was a sports anchor for SportsNet New York, who she had first met at a

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

tournament in 2008 when she was first starting to work for SNY.

References

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