Connie Chung
Birth Name:
Constance Yu-Hwa Chung
Birth Place:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Profession
Actress, Producer
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