Dion Lim is an American
news anchor and reporter for
KGO-TV/ABC7. She is known for reporting on violence against Asian Americans.
Early life
Lim was born in Michigan and moved to
Connecticut as a teenager.[2] She often states, including in her first book published by
McGraw-Hill, being one of only a handful of Asian Americans in her predominantly white communities.[3]
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]
^Lim, Dion (October 18, 2019). Make Your Moment: The Savvy Woman's Communication Playbook for Getting the Success You Want. McGraw-Hill Education.
ISBN978-1260455465.