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Connie Chung

  • Birthplace: Washington, DC, USA
  • Birthday: August 20, 1946

Graceful, reassuring, well-groomed TV newscaster with a beautiful speaking voice who, on June 1, 1993, on CBS, became the first woman to co-anchor a major network's national news broadcast since Barbara Walters was teamed with Harry Reasoner on ABC in 1976. The youngest of ten children born to Chinese immigrants (and the only one born in the US), Chung began as a cub reporter in the Washington DC area. Signed on by CBS in 1971 she eventually began covering stories for the "CBS Evening News" before becoming a co-anchor for network …more

Career Milestones

  • 2003

    Released from her CNN primetime show and replaced by Aaron Brown

  • 2002

    Moved from ABC to CNN; hired to host one-hour primetime show

  • 2001

    Landed interview with disgraced US congressman Gary Condit for ABC

  • 1998

    Began appearing on "20/20" as a contributor

  • 1997

    DreamWorks announced it was abandoning plans for proposed show hosted by Chung and Povich

Awards

  • 1989

    News Emmy:

  • 1987

    News Emmy:

  • George Foster Peabody Award:

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