Lam Deng

Disclaimer: While place descriptions and news events may coincide with the real world, all characters and the plot are fictional.
== Biography ==
=== Eyewitness News ===
Lam Deng is the editor of the weekly Folio print news.
==== Book 2: Choose ====
On Monday evening October 12, 2020 Lam Deng introduces himself to Sarah King, assuring her that Folio articles are longer, and by more experienced writers.
Lam is present at the editors' meeting in Ryan's office on Thursday evening, when Sarah shares that J.J.'s father is an officer with PPB. No one has concerns other than for J.J.'s mental health. Ryan praises Lam for the Folio issue that morning.
At the editors' meeting on Saturday afternoon, Ryan runs through minor agenda items, then introduces discussion on the protests, the attempted raid, what happens next, and the 6 blackmail photos sent to Carroll. Lam agrees with Ben that only one photo should be included with the story in the broadcast. The decision to publish is unanimous.
====Book 3: Don't Go====
When Lam Deng arrives at EWN on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, Emily calls him in to the EIC's office, and tells him the plan for the evening and that she will return later that night, and can edit whatever Will doesn't get to.
When Cage and Sarah arrive at EWN the next afternoon, Lam is laying out Folio on the big editing computer at the editors pod. When Ryan arrives, he asks Sarah and Lam to hold down the fort, and to send in Will Bristol when he arrives. Lam is still working when Cage arrives back at EWN after covering the ICE protest. Cage had interviewed some of the protesters about agents tearing down students' posters from the school fence. They plan to meet on Saturday to make new posters for the school fence. Cage says before he records the protesters doing that, EWN needs to decide if they will cover that protest. Lam asks why wouldn't they, when they've been covering the BLM protests downtown. Emily replies that Ryan had made the argument to PSU administration that downtown was 'in their neighborhood', but the ICE facility is further out. Joanna Montgomery says ICE is closer to PSU than the Moda Center sports arena on the other side of the river, and they cover all PSU sports there. Lam says that EWN prides itself on its diversity, but they are much more diverse than Portland is. Before they take on ICE, they need to make sure their own staff is protected from pushback. His family have been in the USA for generations, and he's in favor of the coverage, but he thinks they need to warn their staff first.
Sarah is editing Folio for Lam on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 when the commotion in the EIC's office draws them in. Ryan says he has to take Teresa to Mexico, and with luck will be back for graduation in spring. Cage agrees he'll work with Emily, but only as interim EICs, then Emily can run for EIC the following year.
====Book 4: Hold Me====
*Tuesday December 1, 2020 - Noon: Lam Deng is working at the design workstation for Thursday's edition of Folio when Emily arrives at EWN. Emily tells them they have a positive COVID test on staff, so they need to think about how to contain it. But more than that, they need to discuss how to cover it, because she thinks it's going to be bad. She relays Cage's briefing to the staff, and starts assigning tasks. Emily asks Lam if he should be there, with teenage children at home, and Lam says they're on deadline and he doesn't have the page-design software at home. He hasn't had contact with anyone from sports or advertising, but will go home as soon as he's finished. When he's done, he tells Emily she can tell Sarah that everything is queued for her to check, and he will come in the next day to lay it out. Emily asks him if he remembers Bill the Copy-Editor God? Lam says they should do that whole routine for Sarah sometime, when things get back to normal, as she'd get a kick out of it. Emily says Sarah would find it her due, the gods of copy-editing know these things. As he leaves, she tells him to be near a phone at 4pm, as they really are going to have Zoom staff meetings.
*Wednesday December 2, 2020 - 7:45am?: Lam sends a message to Sarah, and she calls him back on FaceTime. Lam says that he's concerned that some stories for Folio have not been copy-edited yet. Sarah says a bigger problem is that his cover story is about the ten best movies to watch during a pandemic, and that there is no one on campus to pick up the paper. Emily recommends the cover story be changed to something like ten things to do to be safe in a pandemic, and move the movie recommendations inside. J.J. says Lam should get Will to write a piece about the Health Center problems and substitute that - perhaps they could pull stills from the video that Karin and Jason took. Cage adds Lam can cut the press run back by a third, and consider distributing more widely. Emily suggests grocery stores and pharmacies, Sarah suggests OHSU and other hospitals. Lam says he'll call the printers and talk to Will, and apologizes for calling Sarah so early.
== Physical Appearance ==
Lam Deng is a tall slim Eurasian man.
== Relationships ==
=== Family ===
Book 2: Choose
* Lam is a happily married man, with teenage children.
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