At Playboy, Kim was a founding talent and producer of its documentary and news video division.[3] She covered stories on drug policy and subcultures for her show Journalista.[4]
Previously she reported and produced for Vocativ and has appeared in its segments for msnbc.[5] Topics covered include marijuana legislation and female incarceration. She hosted Participant Media's hour-long documentary special on the open defecation crisis in New Delhi, India.[6] As a writer, Kim was a columnist for Bitch, writing on the intersection of race and the entertainment industry based on her personal experiences as a former model.[7]
In 2021, she was a contributing writer in the anthology My Life: Growing Up Asian in America (Simon and Schuster).[8][9]
Her commentary on politics and feminism have been published in The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, and more, and she has frequently appeared as a commentator for CBS News, Sirius XM, and more.[10][11][12][13]
In 2023, Kim starred in her own real estate-focused reality television series My Desert Shangri-La (2023) on Charter Communications about her home remodeling journey in Joshua Tree.[14]
