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David Louie

David Louie

David Louie has been a reporter for ABC7 News for 35 years. He has tracked the emergence of Silicon Valley as the high tech capital of the world and the growth of the Bay Area as a key hub of the Pacific Rim economy. He has been on top of the region's biggest stories - from the kidnap of heiress Patricia Hearst to the Loma Prieta earthquake. Along the way, he has received national and local recognition, including three Emmy Awards.

Louie joined ABC7 in 1972 after graduation from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, becoming the station's first and the Bay Area's senior Asian American reporter. He has been the East Bay and Peninsula bureau chief, business and technology editor, and financial news anchor, reporting live from the floor of the Pacific Stock Exchange.

In 1996, Louie was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA). He was AAJA national president for two years.

In 1994, Louie was the first minority elected Chairman of the Board of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, which bestows TV's coveted Emmy Award. In that capacity, he launched the Academy's Web site, expanded a national program on media literacy for secondary school students, and created a $20,000 annual scholarship program. He's also appeared on the Daytime Emmy Awards.

Other honors include national awards from the Organization of Chinese Americans and the National Asian Peace Officers Association. He is a charter member of the Hall of Achievement at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism and a member of the Alumni Hall of Fame at Lakewood (Ohio) High School. He received the Meritorious Conduct Award from San Francisco Police for assistance in capturing a bank robber on the spot.

Before joining ABC7, Louie worked at television stations in Detroit, Cleveland and Chicago.

He serves on the board of directors of the Radio and Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) in Washington, D.C. and is a trustee of its foundation. In 1999, RTNDA awarded him the Rob Downey Citation for exceptional service. He was the very first RTNDA scholarship recipient in 1970. He is also a member of the Medill School of Journalism's Board of Visitors. Louie has also served on the boards of several Bay Area community organizations.

Louie covers the technology and business beat in the Bay Area.