Mary Calvi

Mary Calvi was born on June 11, 1969, in Yonkers, New York. She graduated magna cum laude from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in June 1989 with a degree in broadcast journalism. She started her career in radio as a news anchor and reporter. Calvi later served as a news anchor and assistant news director for News 12 Networks in Westchester.

In March 2002, Calvi joined WCBS-TV in New York City, where she serves as a news anchor for the daily morning and noon news broadcasts. She also holds the role of weekend anchor and weekday fill-in anchor for the syndicated newsmagazine *Inside Edition* since July 2020. Throughout her career, Calvi has covered significant events, including 9/11 and the “Miracle on the Hudson” emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in 2009. Her investigative work includes interviews inside maximum-security prisons, such as with serial killer Joel Rifkin. She has traveled internationally for special coverage in Israel and Rome.

Outside of her journalism career, Calvi is an author of historical fiction. Her debut novel, *Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington’s First Love*, led to her research being featured in the Smithsonian Channel documentary “George Washington’s Secret Love.” Her second novel, *If a Poem Could Live and Breathe: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt’s First Love*, published on Valentine’s Day 2023, is based on previously unpublished love letters involving Theodore Roosevelt.