Biography
One of the 1st Chinese Americans to anchor at a national sports network, Cary Chow is an award-winning storyteller and multi-platform content creator. A broadcast journalism veteran of nearly two decades, the former SportsCenter host’s acclaimed TV work includes ESPN, MSNBC, Fox Sports San Diego, and local TV stations in Los Angeles, Washington DC, San Diego, Mobile, AL, and Casper, WY. At ESPN, he helped launch the first national sports network podcast hosted exclusively by Asian Americans.
In addition to anchoring and hosting, Chow is an award-winning writer whose work has been featured in the Washington Post and The Undefeated (now called “Andscape”). He’s interviewed CEOs, government leaders and celebrities; and covered everything from Super Bowls to presidential elections to the Academy Awards. A passionate advocate for underrepresented groups, he’s a recognized Diversity, Equity and Inclusion consultant, who speaks to Fortune 500 companies, universities and national organizations on topics ranging from media representation, to career transitions, to corporate storytelling. He currently lives outside Washington DC, where he was named “#1 Dad” on a pair of socks from his wife, 2 kids and mini-poodle, Wall-E.
Articles, Publications, and Appearances
AAPI Op-eds
- How Jeremy Lin’s career mirrors the current AAPI movement
- 2 weeks after the Atlanta shootings, there’s still plenty to talk about
- My hate then love of Bruce Lee
- Why it’s not the China virus
- Fresh Off the Boat was a game changer
- Birth of an Abomination: Jesse Watters racist news segment
- Going virile: ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ and Asian men in pop culture
- Stop the slanted eye gestures
AAPI Stories
- Wat Misaka: unknown groundbreaking icon
- Crazy Rich Asians: the Asian Black Panther?
- Randall Park: on Asians and hip hop
- Jeremy Lin: career reflections
- Sophia Chang: Wu Tang’s muse
- Mirai Nigasu: from Olympics to intern
Hosting/Broadcasting
- Cary Chow Race/Culture Demo Reel (ESPN, MSNBC, etc)
- Cary Chow NBC Washington 2020
- Cary Chow ESPN Demo 2018
Corporate Storytelling
- Unemployed, homeless former restaurant manager uses Salesforce to start tech career
- Career Bartender Lands Tech Analyst Job Through Free Salesforce Workforce Programs
- Software developer focuses on cultural intricacies to mentor future LATAM developers
- Goodbye to Being on Hold for Hours: Service Cloud CEO on How Slack Enhances Service Cloud
- Promoted on Parental Leave: How Salesforce Supports Women at Every Stage of Their Lives
- The Strategy Behind Salesforce’s New Streaming Service, Salesforce+