Dion Lim

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'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 45-year-old Troy McAlister, a parolee Boudin's office had previously declined to charge following other infractions.^[9]

• 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]

• Xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic