connie chung

Connie Chung is a pioneer in American television journalism. She was the first person of Asian descent to anchor one of America’s major networks and the first woman to co-anchor CBS Evening News.

She was an anchor and reporter for major news networks NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC. Chung anchored NBC Nightly News and News at Sunrise on CBS, while hosting such shows as Saturday Night with Connie Chung and Eye to Eye with Connie Chung, and 20/20.  Chung’s rise in journalism began as a Washington DC-based correspondent for CBS News, where she landed an exclusive sit-down with President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal. In 1976, Chung became the lead news anchor for Los Angeles, KCBS.

Chung is the recipient of three Emmy Awards including two for Best Interview/Interviewer. She also received the Amnesty International Human Rights Award and the George Foster Peabody Award honoring American women in Radio and Television.

Chung was the daughter of a Chinese diplomat and grew up in the Washington DC area. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from the University of Maryland. She also has honorary doctorate degrees from Brown University, Providence College, Wheaton College, and Norwich University.