Cindy Kwang-Mei Hsu (born May 6, 1966) 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 9am, and substitute anchors for other shows. She previously anchored for the morning, noon, and 5:00 p.m. newscasts. She also anchored the weekend morning and evening newscasts until 2016.

Early career

Hsu joined the station in 1993 as a reporter and was later promoted to weekend co-anchor in May 1994. Hsu was promoted again to morning co-anchor in July 1996, then noon co-anchor in October of that same year.

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

Hsu 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. Hsu is mental health advocate after going public in 2021 about her severe depression, suicide attempt and hospitalization that happened in 2015. Since opening-up on 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. St. Thomas Aquinas College created a scholarship in her name awarded each year to a student pursuing a career in mental health. Hsu adopted her daughter Rosie from China, and through home videos shared the journey of adopting as a single mom on WCBS with her series Bringing Rosie Home. 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.