Sukanya Krishnan started out her career in the news market of New York at WLIG-TV at Long Island in 1994 after which she moved on to working as an anchor, producer and reporter of the 6pm and 11pm news broadcasts at WUTR-TV, an ABC affiliate in Utica, New York in 1995. She learned many useful skills including shooting, writing and editing new stories during her time at WLIG-TV and WUTR-TV.