David Ono Biography
David Ono is a Japanese-American journalist and also a filmmaker. He joined ABC 7 in 1996 and he currently works as news anchor and co- anchors with Ellen Leyva in eyewitness news program at 4 and 6 PM. Additionally, sometimes he fills in for Marc Brown at 5 and 11pm at the same program. He is cherished by many who loves watching him as he share his professionalism as he has acquired a huge following on his Social media. We experience more interesting facts about Ono in this Article.
How Old is David Ono?
David was born on 5 February 1957 and presently he is 67 years old. A native of Japan his parents moved to United States in San Antonio, Texas since the time he was one years old and raised him there. He acquired American Citizenship and he has known America in Most of his life. However he holds a Biracial heritage.
David Ono Education
Although he has never disclosed publicly on details of his childhood Education, the veteran Journalist furthered his education from university of North Texas.
David Ono’s Height and Weight
Ono is roughly 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs about 70 kgs.
David Ono Family –parents and siblings
The media personality was born as David Johnston in Japan and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He was born to a Japanese mother and Caucasian father. His parents relocated from Japan to United States when he was only one year old. He says that his mother died young hence making him drift away from his Asian roots. Ono joined Asian American journalist association in California because he wanted to embrace his biracial heritage. He got his last name Ono from his mother’s maiden name which he adopted professionally in early 1990. It is not known whether he has any other siblings.
David Ono Wife and Children
Ono is a married man and together with his wife they share an adorable daughter. Although, he oftenly shares pictures of his family across his social media, very little is known about them. He has never disclosed information regarding his wife and child names. This section will be updated as soon as the info is available.
David Ono’s Salary and Net worth
David major source of income is from his journalism carrier. He is believed to earn an annual salary of $100000 and his net worth range is between $1million- $5 million as of 2024.
David Ono career
Ono joined ABC in 1996, during his time in the station he has interviewed president Barrack Obama and has managed to cover major international events like Boston marathon bombing, the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, hurricane Katrina, the 2010 Haiti earthquake and also the 2011 Tohoku tsunami.
Ono has also produced documentaries pertaining Asian American immigrant experience like internment of Japanese Americans during World War 2, and the napalm girl from the Vietnam girl. He later produced a documentary together with Jeff Maclyntyre named the legacy of heart mountain based on Japanese internment camp ‘heart mountain relocation center’ he witnesses and interviewed some of the survivors.
Prior to working for ABC Ono has also worked in stations like KOVR in Sacramento, California ,KDBC TV in El Paso Texas ,KOSA TV in Midland and also KXAS TV in Dallas.
David Ono’s awards
They say passion and extra efforts never goes unrewarded. Ono, have great achievements and in his career of decades he has obtained 12 Edward R Murrow awards, 31 Emmy award, Distinguished journalist award and more.
David Ono social media profiles
David Ono social media profiles are Instagram, Facebook and Twitter
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