Dion Lim

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Dion Lim
Born
Michigan, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Emerson College [1]
OccupationNews reporter
Employer KGO-TV

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

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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]

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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. 1 2 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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