Tiffany Liou
Tiffany Liou | |
|---|---|
| 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
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 | |
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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
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]
References
- ^ 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
- Tiffany Liou - Twitter
- Tiffany Liou WFAA - Facebook
- Tiffany Liou - YouTube
- Tiffany Liou - Team Bios, WFAA.com
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Articles with hCards
- Living people
- 1990 births
- 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