Asian Americans in broadcast journalism

Asian-American broadcast journalists emerged in the 1970s with local TV news stations in regions with high Asian American urban populations such as the Los Angeles metro area and San Francisco Bay Area in California; Seattle, Washington; and the New York City metropolitan area. National TV network news anchors Ken Kashiwahara and Connie Chung rose to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s, resulting in high visibility. With the development of international business cable news broadcasting, especially for broadcast from East Asia, the careers of many Asian American broadcast news journalist has seen a large growth of opportunities.