Connie Chung Biography

Fast Facts

• Was the first woman to co-anchor "CBS Evening News" and the first Asian and second woman to anchor a major American network newscast
• Won Amnesty International's Human Rights Award for her report on women in Bangladesh who had been maimed with acid by men whose advances they had denied
• Graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in Journalism in 1969
• Had her first big break while working at CBS News when she interviewed President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal
• Started out as a reporter for WTTG-TV in Washington and later joined CBS News as a Washington correspondent
• Was the lead news anchor for KCBS in Los Angeles from 1976 to 1983
• Best known as a journalist and news anchor who hosted "CBS Evening News․"
• Launched the newsmagazine "Eye to Eye with Connie Chung," a reiteration of 1983's "Face to Face with Connie Chung," in 1993