Cindy Kwang-Mei Hsu is a Chinese American Emmy Award winning news reporter and anchor at WCBS-TV in New York City.[1] She currently anchors CBS 2 News at Noon and substitute anchors for other shows. She previously anchored for the morning, 9 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. newscasts. She also anchored the weekend morning and evening newscasts until 2016.
Cindy Hsu | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cindy Kwang-Mei Hsu |
| Alma mater | Virginia Tech University |
| Known for | WCBS-TV (1993-present) |
| Children | 1 |
Early career
editHsu joined the station in 1993 as a reporter and was later promoted to anchor various shows including Mornings, CBS News New York at 9 a.m., the Noon show, the News at 5 p.m. and weekends. She now anchors CBS News New York at Noon, reports on mental health issues and creates daily segments called Start with Kindness.
Prior to joining WCBS-TV, Hsu worked as a reporter and anchor at WFRV-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin and for WTOV-TV in Steubenville, Ohio. She began her broadcasting career as an associate producer for WTVR-TV in Richmond, Virginia.
Hsu was awarded an honorary doctorate from St. Thomas Aquinas College and a degree in communication studies from Virginia Tech University.[2][3]
Personal life
editHsu was born in Honolulu Hawaii to Captain Kwang Ping Hsu a Coast Guard pilot and Rosemary Hsu a systems engineer.[4] Both her parents immigrated to the US from China as children. Hsu is a mental health advocate after going public in 2021 about her severe depression, suicide attempt and hospitalization that happened in 2015. Since opening-up in a half-hour special Breaking the Stigma, she spends a lot of time spreading awareness and hope when it comes to mental illness. Hsu is on the National Board of The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. In 2024, NAMI-NYC presented Hsu with the "Breaking the Stigma Award" for her work in mental health awareness. St. Thomas Aquinas College created a scholarship in her name awarded each year to a student pursuing a career in mental health. Hsu is also an adoption advocate after adopting her daughter Rosie from China in 2004. She shared her journey of adopting as a single mom with a multi-part series Bringing Rosie Home, using personal home videos that took viewers on the long process including the trip to China. It was nominated for an Emmy Award and won a New York AP Broadcasters Award for Best Feature.[5] Hsu paddled for years on a championship dragon boating team called Women in Canoe. Hsu lives in New York City with her rescue dog Lilo.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Cindy Hsu".
- ^ "CBS2's Cindy Hsu gives commencement speech for St. Thomas Aquinas College - CBS New York". www.cbsnews.com. 2023-05-12. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ^ "wcbstv.com - Cindy Hsu". 2006-03-24. Archived from the original on 2006-03-24. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ "The Coast Guard Academy's First Foreign-Born Cadet". The Maritime Executive. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "Cindy Hsu - CBS New York". www.cbsnews.com. 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
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