Connie Chung

AKA:
Constance Yu-Hwa Chung
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
08/20/1946
Birthplace:
Washington, DC
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biography
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 affiliate KNXT in Los Angeles in 1976. She also became a Continued
milestones
Year
Milestone
1969 
Began her career in television as a copyperson at WTTG-TV in Washington DC; responsibilities included some phone answering
 
Became a news writer and later an on-air reporter at WTTG
1971 
Joined CBS News; worked as a general assignment political reporter in the Washington Bureau
1974 
Named a correspondent for CBS News
1976 
Served as a news co-anchor for KNXT (now KCBS) in Los Angeles; was a substitute anchor for the "CBS Morning News" and for weekend and evening broadcasts
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