Emmy Award winning Reporter/Host of "Asian American Life”
Contributing Reporter for “Arts in the City”, “Shades of U.S.” and “Simply Science"

CUNY-TV Channel 75, 25.3 and now on NYC Media, Channel 25

Ernabel is an Emmy-award winning veteran New York City broadcaster and journalism educator. For 10 years, she worked as a reporter and anchor on the Emmy-award winning FOX morning news show, “Good Day New York.” Before coming to New York, she was a reporter for the Orange County Newschannel and the CBS-affiliate in Sacramento.

She currently hosts and reports for CUNY-TV’s multiple Emmy-nominated program “Asian American Life” (AAL) a monthly magazine show focusing on the tri-state’s Asian American community. She is the recent recipient of a Telly Award, honoring the best in TV, for AAL’s 2021 special on Asian Hate. In 2021, after multiple Emmy nominations, she finally won an Emmy for her story on a Philippine-based feeding program. For the last decade, she has reported on hard-hitting AAPI issues from the growing political influence of AAPIs to anti-Asian hate. Her segments have also focused on diversity in theater, Hollywood and children’s/YA literature. She has interviewed and profiled innovators, leaders and rising stars in business, technology, entertainment and the arts.

She has been cited by the Governor of New York for her service and contributions to the Asian American Community and was honored with a Folio Award for Best Environmental Reporting. She also made Buzzfeed’s list of 34 Epic Filipinos in the United States for her work as a journalist and educator and was featured in the recent book: Filipinos in New York. Ernabel was also featured in The Limited’s New Look of Leadership Campaign.

Along, with her work as a journalist, Ernabel managed to find success in a second career. She is a tenured Journalism professor at Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City, N.J. and currently serves as faculty chair of the Department of Communication and Media Culture. She started the Journalism program in 2008 and served as the faculty adviser to the school newspaper, which was named one of the Top 10 college newspapers in the country. In 2017, she was the inaugural recipient of the Frank LoMonte Ethics in Journalism Award, which is given someone who performs "in an outstanding ethical manner demonstrating the ideals of CMA’s Code of Ethical Behavior."

Ernabel is also quite active in the Asian American community. Along with emceeing numerous events, she has served on the boards of several organizations including: Vice President of Broadcast for AAJA, board member for Apex for Youth, an AAPI mentoring organization and board member for the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) for almost two decades. CACF is the largest pan-Asian advocacy group in the country. She currently serves on the board for Advancement for Rural Kids (ARK), a non-profit helping to build schools and empowering communities in developing countries.

Ernabel grew up in San Francisco, California. She received her B.A. in Journalism and International Relations from the University of Southern California and her M.S. in Broadcast Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She lives on the Jersey Shore with her husband, John Muller, an anchor for PIX11News and their 19-year-old daughter.

Follower her on Twitter @ErnabelD