Joanie Lum
Joanie Lum has more than 20 years of experience reporting for Chicago-area stations, most recently serving for six years as a general assignment reporter for WBBM-TV. Prior to that, she spent 16 years as a general assignment reporter for WGN-TV.
Earlier in Lum's career, she spent a year as a reporter, anchor, producer and weathercaster at WREX-TV in Rockford, Illinois. Before that, she was an associate producer for one year at KFVS-TV in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Her first broadcasting job was reporting for the student-run, commercially-owned KOMU-TV in Columbia, Missouri.
Throughout her career, Lum has interviewed numerous newsmakers, most notably His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his 1996, 1999 and 2007 Chicago visits. She was part of the team that earned the 2008 Chicago Emmy Award for Spot News for coverage of the NIU shootings, as well as the 2005 National Emmy Award for Outstanding Coverage within a Newscast for "Farewell to the Pope." She was also honored with two Emmy Awards for her work on the 2003 and 2004 Chicago Marathon broadcasts.
From 2000-2001, Lum wrote a column for the Chicago Tribune, "Adventure Shopping with Joanie Lum," chronicling her experiences hosting the WGN-TV segment, "Around Town."
A graduate of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Lum holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism. She is a past president of the Asian American Journalists Association's Chicago chapter and is currently an advisory board member of the Chinese American Service League, Inc.
The latest from Joanie Lum
Bitter cold slams Midwest, pushes wind chills below zero
Much of the snow that was supposed to fall in the Midwest has come down and now it's time for the main event: Record-breaking cold.
More than 1,200 flights canceled amid Veterans Day snowstorm; record cold expected
Record cold temperatures are expected overnight in Chicago as the city recovers from a storm that dropped several inches of snow — snarling the morning commute as airlines canceled more than 900 flights and a jet slid off a snowy runway at O’Hare.
Carbon monoxide leak prompts hazmat response at Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy
Students at Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy were transferred to another school Monday morning after a carbon monoxide leak in a boiler system shut down the South Side school.
President Trump's visit to Chicago creates stir before he even arrived
President Donald Trump's visit to Chicago is stirring up a tempest even before he arrives in the city that he's repeatedly derided as the poster child of urban violence and dysfunctional Democratic politics.
2 Chicago teens killed in Hammond crash
The pair, an 18-year-old woman and a 17-year-old girl, was involved in a crash about 11 p.m. near the intersection of 108th Street and Indianapolis Boulevard in Hammond.
Man barricaded in Austin apartment set couch on fire: police
A man was arrested after barricading himself inside an apartment for several hours and allegedly setting a fire Monday in Austin on the West Side.
Chicago teachers begin vote to authorize strike next month
Chicago teachers are voting on whether to authorize a strike next month as contract negotiations continue in the nation's third-largest school district.
Man shot, killed in attempted carjacking in Logan Square
Alexis Andrade, 22, was in a vehicle with a 21-year-old woman about 11:47 p.m. in the 3000 block of North Kimball Avenue when a male approached him and demanded the vehicle, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
Nurses hold 1-day strike at University of Chicago hospital
Nurses at University of Chicago Medical Center are holding a one-day strike following what they call a breakdown of contract negotiations between their union and the hospital.
Mayor Lightfoot proposes zoning rule limiting marijuana dispensaries
When the recreational use of marijuana becomes legal, Chicago's mayor wants its sale banned in the central business district, near schools and in residential areas.