Michelle Yu

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Michelle Yu (born in New York City, New York) is an American journalist who is a news anchor for NY1 News in New York City and the author of two novels.

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Education

Yu graduated from Manhattan College in 2001 [1] with a degree in broadcast communications.

Career

Yu began her career as a writer for The Journal News and Sports Illustrated for Kids .

In 2003 Yu joined College Sports Television. In 2009, she joined SportsNet New York as an anchor and reporter. [2] [3] In 2019, she joined NY1 News as a news anchor.

She is the co-author of two novels with Blossom Kan. [4] [5] China Dolls (2008) [6] tells the story about the lives of three Asian American professional women in New York City [7] [8] and was described by The Bloomsbury Review as a "Chinese American installment of the Sex in the City genre." [4] Young, Restless, and Broke (2010) relates the struggle of an actress in Los Angeles. [9]

Honors and awards

Works

Personal life

In 2014, she married Colombian financier Rafael Eduardo Romero while she was a sports anchor for SportsNet New York. They had first met at a tennis tournament in 2008 when she was first starting to work for SNY. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Masiello Appears On SNY's Daily News Live". gojaspers.com. Manhattan College Athletics. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "SNY TV's Michelle Yu Shares Her Journalistic Journey on Scoop B Radio". RESPECT. 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  3. ↑ Robinson, Brandon (18 July 2017). "SNY TV's Michelle Yu Shares Her Journalistic Journey on Scoop B Radio". respect-mag.com. RESPECT. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  4. 1 2 "China Dolls by Michelle Yu and Blossom Kan [in Bloomsbury Review]". BookDragon. 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  5. ↑ "Asian Loop: Interview with Michelle Yu and Blossom Kan, the Authors of 'China Dolls'". www.asianloop.com. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  6. ↑ Thoma, Pamela (2013). Asian American Women's Popular Literature: Feminizing Genres and Neoliberal Belonging. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN   978-1-4399-1020-7.
  7. ↑ "Fiction Book Review: China Dolls by Michelle Yu, Author, Blossom Kan, Author . St. Martin's/Dunne $22.95 (278p) ISBN 978-0-312-36280-5". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  8. ↑ "CHINA DOLLS". Kirkus Reviews . November 15, 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Fiction Book Review: Young, Restless, and Broke by Blossom Kan, Author, Michelle Yu, Author . St. Martin's $24.99 (252p) ISBN 978-0-312-37420-4". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  10. ↑ "THE NEW YORK CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF THE 59th ANNUAL NEW YORK EMMY® AWARDS" (PDF). www.nyemmys.org. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "China Dolls | Michelle Yu | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  12. ↑ "Young, Restless, and Broke | Blossom Kan | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  13. ↑ Mallozzi, Vincent M. (2014-09-21). "A Matter of Game, Set, Perfect Match". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-06-24.
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