Tiffany Liou
Tiffany Liou | |
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| Born | August 31, 1990 |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Santa Clara University |
| Occupation(s) | broadcaster, journalist |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Employer | WFAA |
| Known for | reporting, 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.
Liou won a Heartland Emmy Award in 2019 for her story documenting the eighth anniversary of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Education
[edit]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
[edit]| External videos | |
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 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
[edit]In addition to English, Liou speaks Taiwanese and Mandarin Chinese.[4]
Awards
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ About - TiffanyLiou.com
- ^ Resume - TiffanyLiou.com
- ^ a b c "Passion: Tiffany Liou is following her heart" - Harker School, July 20, 2017
- ^ a b c Team Bios - Tiffany Liou - WFAA.com
- ^ "Perspectives with Tiffany Liou: We need you to fight alongside us to stop Asian hate". WFAA. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ CNN Newsroom Transcripts - August 25, 2015
- ^ Chapters - AAJA.org
- ^ 2021 Lone Star Emmy Nominations – LoneStarEmmy.org
- ^ 2019 Lone Star Emmy Awardees - LoneStarEmmy.org
- ^ 2020 Lone Star Emmy Awardees - LoneStarEmmy.org
External links
[edit]- Tiffany Liou - Twitter
- Tiffany Liou WFAA - Facebook
- Tiffany Liou - YouTube
- Tiffany Liou - Team Bios, WFAA.com
- Living people
- 1990 births
- 21st-century American women journalists
- 21st-century American journalists
- News & Documentary Emmy Award winners
- American women television journalists
- American television reporters and correspondents
- American television news anchors
- American people of Taiwanese descent
- Journalists from California
- The Harker School alumni
- Ohlone College alumni
- Santa Clara University alumni
- 21st-century American women