Dion Lim

Dion Lim is an American news anchor and reporter for KGO-TV/ABC7. She is known for reporting on violence against Asian Americans.

Dion Lim
Born
Michigan, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materEmerson College[1]
OccupationNews reporter
EmployerKGO-TV

Early life

Lim was born in Michigan and moved to Connecticut as a teenager.[2] She often cites, including in her first book, published by McGraw-Hill, as being one of only a handful of Asian Americans in her predominantly white communities.[3]

Career

Lim's first on-air job was in Springfield, Massachusetts, and she was then offered a job as an anchor in Kansas City.[4] Lim also worked as a news anchor in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the Tampa Bay area of Florida. While working, she faced racism from viewers, including being compared to Connie Chung.[5]

Lim was working for KGO-TV when the COVID-19 pandemic began. She had reported on previous attacks on Asians, such as the attack on an elderly man collecting cans in San Francisco,[6] but she saw instances of anti-Asian sentiment increasing during the pandemic. She wrote in an op-ed that reporting on these attacks gave her purpose.[5] In an interview with Lawrence Yee and J. Clara Chan of TheWrap, she and fellow journalist CeFaan Kim spoke about the experience of being Asian American journalists reporting on the subject.[7] She was also interviewed about her coverage of anti-Asian violence on a PBS NewsHour segment.[8]

In January 2021, she conducted an interview with Chesa Boudin, the San Francisco district attorney. During the interview, Lim questioned him about a fatal car crash caused by Troy McAlister, a parolee Boudin's office had previously declined to charge following other infractions.[9]

Honors
  • Named in nonprofit Gold House's list of 2021's 100 most impactful Asians and Pacific Islanders[10]
  • 2020 Emmy Award, Anchoring: "Three Hour Solo Anchoring, Gilroy Shooting"[11]
  • Certificate of Honor recipient from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors[12]

See also

References
  1. "Dion Lim". wtsp.com. October 7, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  2. Stieb, Matt (March 18, 2021). "On the Front Lines of the Surge in Violence Against Asian Americans". NYMag.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2021.
  3. Lim, Dion (October 18, 2019). Make Your Moment: The Savvy Woman’s Communication Playbook for Getting the Success You Want.
  4. "Meet Dion Lim, News Anchor / Reporter ABC7 News, KGO-TV". bayareawomenmag.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2020.
  5. Lim, Dion (March 20, 2020). "How the coronavirus story gave me purpose". San Francisco Chronicle.
  6. Lim, Dion (February 24, 2020). "VIDEO: Elderly Asian man attacked, humiliated while collecting cans in San Francisco neighborhood". ABC7.
  7. Yee, Lawrence (March 5, 2021). "Why Covering Anti-Asian Attacks Is So Personal for These TV News Reporters (Video)". TheWrap. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021.
  8. Cerre, Mike (April 4, 2021). "'Hate is learned': Tracing the history of anti-Asian violence in America". PBS NewsHour.
  9. Ting, Eric (January 4, 2021). "'You are deflecting': KGO presses Chesa Boudin on his handling of SF hit-and-run suspect". SFGate.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2021.
  10. Sze, Kristen (May 3, 2021). "ABC7's Dion Lim makes list of 100 Most Impactful Asians". Yahoo News. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  11. "Emmy® 2020 View Awards Videos | NATAS SF/NorCal". emmysf.tv. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  12. Lim, Dion [@DionLimTV] (October 7, 2020). "The Chinese Culture Center presented me with a commendation f/San Francisco's Board of Supervisors for "leadership in spotlighting the plights & stories of the Asian American community during the COVID-19 crisis" I'm blown away. Thank you 🙏🏽 for your support. Let's keep going. t.co/PdU5VkK8Zs" (Tweet). Archived from the original on July 8, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2021 – via Twitter.
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