Tiffany Liou

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Tiffany Liou
Born (1990-08-31) August 31, 1990 (age 33)
NationalityTaiwanese
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma mater Santa Clara University
Occupation(s)broadcaster, journalist
Years active2012–present
Employer WFAA
Known forreporting, anchoring
in Dallas, Texas
Website tiffanyliou.com

Tiffany Liou (born August 31, 1990) is a Taiwanese-American [1] multi-media journalist, reporter and anchor. She is currently a multi-media journalist at ABC's affiliate WFAA in Dallas, Texas. [2] Liou has worked for all three major television networks in the U.S.

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Liou won a Heartland Emmy Award in 2019 for her story documenting the eighth anniversary of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Education

Liou attended Harker School in San Jose, California, from the seventh grade onward and graduated in 2008. [3] She studied communications and marketing at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, [3] graduating with a business degree. [4]

Career

External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Perspectives with Tiffany Liou: We need you to fight alongside us to stop Asian hate, WFAA [5]

After undertaking an internship at ABC/KGO-TV in San Francisco, California, and a broadcast journalism class at Ohlone College, in Fremont, California, [3] Liou was hired as Overnight Assignment Editor at FOX/KTVU-2 in Oakland, California, in June 2012. In October 2013 she briefly joined KTVE/NBC-10 and KARD/FOX-14 in West Monroe, Louisiana, before being hired by KWQC TV 6 News/NBC in Davenport, Iowa, [6] in March 2014. In March 2016, Liou joined KWTV News 9 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She assumed her current role, at WFAA in Dallas, Texas, in April 2018. [4]

Following the March 2021 Atlanta spa shootings, Liou's commentary, "We need you to fight alongside us to stop Asian hate" on WFAA was rebroadcast on other stations including WXIA-TV in Atlanta and KVUE in Austin.

Liou is co-president of the Texas chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association. [7]

In 2021, Liou was nominated for three Heartland Emmy Awards: one as a reporter, one as a writer and one as a producer. [8]

Personal life

In addition to English, Liou speaks Taiwanese and Mandarin Chinese. [4]

Awards

Liou won a Heartland Emmy Award in 2019 for her story documenting the eighth anniversary of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. She has also won two Lone Star Emmy Awards, in 2019 [9] and 2020. [10]

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References

  1. About - TiffanyLiou.com
  2. Resume - TiffanyLiou.com
  3. 1 2 3 "Passion: Tiffany Liou is following her heart" - Harker School, July 20, 2017
  4. 1 2 3 Team Bios - Tiffany Liou - WFAA.com
  5. "Perspectives with Tiffany Liou: We need you to fight alongside us to stop Asian hate". WFAA. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  6. CNN Newsroom Transcripts - August 25, 2015
  7. Chapters - AAJA.org
  8. 2021 Lone Star Emmy Nominations – LoneStarEmmy.org
  9. 2019 Lone Star Emmy Awardees - LoneStarEmmy.org
  10. 2020 Lone Star Emmy Awardees - LoneStarEmmy.org