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 Connie Chung, 2006-10-11 |
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| Born | August 20, 1946 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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| Title | News Presenter, Reporter | |
| Spouse | Maury Povich | |
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Constance Yu-Hwa Chung Povich (simplified Chinese: 宗毓华; traditional Chinese: 宗毓華; pinyin: Zōng Yùhuá; born August 20, 1946) is an Asian-American journalist who has been part of the cast of several USA television news networks. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A reporter is a type of Journalist who Researches and presents information in certain types of Mass media. Maurice Richard "Maury" Povich (born January 17, 1939) is an American TV Talk show personality who currently hosts Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people
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Background
The youngest of ten children (of whom she and four others survived [1]) of a high-ranking Republic of China diplomat from Taiwan, she was born and raised in Washington, D.C.[2] She graduated from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, and went on to receive a degree in journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park in 1969. REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Montgomery Blair High School (most often simply known as Blair) is a public High school located in unincorporated Silver Spring in Silver Spring is an urbanized Unincorporated area in Montgomery County Maryland, USA Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people The University of Maryland College Park (often referred to as The University of Maryland UMD, UMCP or simply Maryland) is a public research She has been married to talk show host Maury Povich since 1984. Maurice Richard "Maury" Povich (born January 17, 1939) is an American TV Talk show personality who currently hosts Chung converted to Judaism upon her marriage to Povich. [3] Chung announced that she was reducing her workload in 1991 in the hopes of getting pregnant. Together, they have one son, Matthew Jay Povich, adopted on June 20, 1995.
Career
Chung’s network television career has spanned NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. Chung was a Washington, D. C. -based correspondent for the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite in the early 1970s, during the Watergate political scandal. CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. Walter Leland Cronkite Jr (born November 4 1916) is a retired American broadcast journalist, best known as Anchorman for the The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's Later, Chung left for the Los Angeles-owned and operated station of CBS, KNXT (now KCBS). Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West KCBS-TV, channel 2 is an owned-and-operated station of the CBS Television Network, located in Los Angeles California. She then moved to the nation’s second largest (and highest paying) local markets, southern California. Chung also anchored the CBS Newsbriefs for the west coast stations from the KNXT studios at Columbia Square during her tenure there.
She returned with great fanfare to network news as NBC created a new early program, NBC News at Sunrise, which was scheduled right before the popular Today program. Later, NBC created American Almanac, which she co-hosted with Roger Mudd, after Mudd left the NBC Nightly News, where he co-anchored for two years with Tom Brokaw. Roger Mudd (born February 9, 1928, Washington DC) is an Emmy Award -winning U Thomas John "Tom" Brokaw (born February 6, 1940) is an American Television Journalist and Author, and
Chung left NBC for CBS where she hosted Saturday Night with Connie Chung, and on June 1, 1993, she became the second woman (after Barbara Walters with ABC in 1976) to co-anchor a major network’s national news broadcast (with CBS; the solo national news anchor title goes to Sophie Thibault, with the French-Canadian network TVA in 2002, and in the United States, to Katie Couric at CBS. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Barbara Jill Walters (born September 25 1929) is an American Journalist, writer and media The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. TVA is a Canadian French language privately owned Television network. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ). While hosting the CBS Evening News, Chung also hosted a side project on CBS, Eye to Eye with Connie Chung. CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. Eye to Eye With Connie Chung was a news show that aired on CBS from 1993 to 1995. After her unsuccessful co-anchoring stint with Dan Rather ended in 1995, Chung jumped to ABC News where she co-hosted the Monday edition of 20/20 with Charles Gibson and began independent interviews, a field which would soon become her trademark. Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather Jr (born October 31, 1931) is a journalist and former news anchor for the CBS Evening News 20/20 is an American television Newsmagazine broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. This article refers to the TV journalist For other people with the same name see Charles Gibson (disambiguation.
Chung's interviews were largely gentle, but often they were punctuated by a rapid-fire barrage of sharp questions. Despite this, her interviews were still widely recognized as being decidedly softer than those of other interviewers, such as Barbara Walters or Mike Wallace. Barbara Jill Walters (born September 25 1929) is an American Journalist, writer and media Mike Wallace (born Myron Leon Wallace on May 9, 1918) is an American journalist. Consequently, her interviews were often used as a public relations move by those looking to overcome scandal or controversy. Public relations (PR is the practice of managing the flow of Information between an Organization and its Publics Public relations - often referred A scandal is a widely Publicized incident that involves Allegations of wrongdoing, disgrace or moral outrage Some of her more famous interview subjects include Claus von Bülow and U.S. Representative Gary Condit. Claus von Bülow (born Claus Cecil Borberg on August 11, 1926, in Copenhagen Denmark) is a British socialite of German and Danish The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Gary Adrian Condit (born April 21 1948) is a former American Politician, a Democrat who served in the House of Representatives
Chinese spies controversy
She faced protest when, during a CBS broadcast (May 19, 1994; 6:30PM), Ms. Chung said:
"Every day, planeloads of Chinese citizens arrive legally in the United States, ordinary people. But to the Chinese government, some of them may be future spies, who a few years down the road, will be activated to steal American's military and technological secrets, whether they want to or not. . . ordinary Chinese students, scientists and businesspersons, who are in the US and have nothing to do with spying, can always be forced to be spies just by the Ministry of State Security's threatening: "Remember, we'll be watching your family members in China. ""
Gingrich interview controversy
She also faced controversy when, in a 1995 interview with Kathleen Gingrich, mother of Republican politician Newt Gingrich, on Eye to Eye, Ms. Newton "Newt" Leroy Gingrich, (born Newton Leroy McPherson on June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the Speaker Gingrich said she could not say what her son thought about First Lady Hillary Clinton on the air. First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26 1947 is the junior United States Senator from Chung asked Ms. Gingrich to “just whisper it to me, just between you and me,” and Ms. Gingrich replied that her son thought of Clinton as a “bitch. ” Many people interpreted Chung’s suggestion that if Ms. Gingrich would whisper this statement it would be promised that the statement would be off the record. When the statement aired, viewers felt Chung had compromised her journalistic integrity.
Oklahoma City Bombing interview sinks anchor
A few months later, in the wake of the April 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, Chung asked an Oklahoma City Fire Department spokesman, “Can the Oklahoma City Fire Department handle this?” Many viewers, particularly those in Oklahoma City, felt the question was insensitive to the situation. The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist attack on April 19 1995 aimed at the U Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma. Thousands of viewers in Oklahoma and elsewhere called and wrote letters of protest over the tone of the questions. Moreover, co-anchor Dan Rather was irate that Chung was sent from New York to the assignment while he was already in nearby Texas. Consequently, after public outcry, and Rather's complaints, Chung was laid off as co-anchor of the CBS Evening News and was offered a demotion to weekend anchor or morning anchor.
ABC and CNN
After making the jump to ABC News as a co-host of 20/20, she had a high profile interview with Gary Condit, on his relationship with murdered Washington, D. Gary Adrian Condit (born April 21 1948) is a former American Politician, a Democrat who served in the House of Representatives C. , intern Chandra Levy. Chandra Ann Levy ( April 14, 1977 – ca May 1, 2001) was an intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington D
She was a popular guest host of the morning program, Good Morning America. Good Morning America ( GMA) is a morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network debuting on November After short-lived host Lisa McRee left the program, Chung declined to take over on a permanent basis, saying she did not want to broadcast 10 hours a week in early morning hours. Lisa McRee (born November 9 1961 in Fort Worth Texas) is an American Television Journalist and former News anchor
Chung briefly hosted her own show on CNN entitled Connie Chung Tonight, where she was paid $2 million per year. Connie Chung Tonight was a television Newsmagazine with Connie Chung that aired from 2002 to 2003 on CNN/US. Though her arrival at CNN was heavily hyped by the network, her show was panned by critics. CNN changed her show from live to tape-delay to make it flow better. Although it did moderately well in the ratings (a 500,000 increase in viewers), her show was suspended once the 2003 Iraq War began. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign During the war, she was reduced to reading hourly headlines. Once CNN resumed regular programming, Chung requested that CNN resume broadcasting her show as soon as possible. The network responded by cancelling it, even though her contract had not yet expired. In an interview, CNN founder Ted Turner called the show “just awful. Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American Media proprietor and philanthropist. ”[4]
MSNBC
In January 2006, Chung and Maury Povich began hosting a show titled Weekends with Maury and Connie on MSNBC. Maurice Richard "Maury" Povich (born January 17, 1939) is an American TV Talk show personality who currently hosts Weekends with Maury and Connie was a light-hearted take on news of the week MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. It was Chung’s first appearance as a television host since 2003. The show was subsequently cancelled and aired its final episode on June 17, 2006. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. On this episode, Chung, dressed in a white evening gown and writhing atop a black piano, sang a parody to the tune of Thanks for the Memory. " Thanks for the Memory " is a 1938 song composed by Ralph Rainger, with lyrics by Leo Robin. Video clips of the bizarre, off-key farewell performance circulated on internet video sites like YouTube, ironically viewed by more people than viewed Weekends with Maury and Connie during its run. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees Connie herself commented, “All I want to be sure of is that viewers understood it was a giant self-parody. If anyone took it seriously, they really need to get a life. ”[5] On the June 27, 2006, episode of The Tonight Show, Chung was interviewed by Jay Leno regarding her "Thanks for the Memories" parody. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as appropriate --> The Tonight Show is a long-running James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born April 28 1950 is an Emmy Award -winning American Stand-up comedian and Television host During the interview, Chung poked fun at her show’s low ratings, referring to the musical number as a “private joke for our two viewers. ”
Trivia
- Chung first majored in biology in college then eventually changed to journalism.
- Chung accepted a teaching fellowship at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. [1]While she was at Harvard, she wrote a discussion paper entitled The Business of Getting "The Get": Nailing an Exclusive Interview in Prime Time. [6][7]
- Chung was the first journalist to interview basketball legend Magic Johnson after he went public about being HIV-positive. She was also the first to interview congressman Gary Condit after his intern Chandra Levy disappeared. Gary Adrian Condit (born April 21 1948) is a former American Politician, a Democrat who served in the House of Representatives Chandra Ann Levy ( April 14, 1977 – ca May 1, 2001) was an intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington D [2]
- She has received three Emmy Awards, including two for Best Interview/Interviewer. [3]
- Even when not in the public eye, Chung has been lampooned regularly on the Fox television series MADtv by comedian Bobby Lee in drag. MADtv, is an American Sketch comedy television series based on the humor magazine Mad. Bobby Lee (born September 17, 1972) is an American Comedian, notable for his membership in the recurring cast of comedians on the live comedy Drag in its broadest sense means any clothing one wears however the traditional use of the term is for any Costume or outfit that carries symbolic significance (Years before this, Chung was parodied on the program In Living Color by cast member of the show, Steve Park)
- She worked alongside sportscasters Brent Musburger and Roy Firestone, and Steve Edwards (talk show host) when she did local news in Los Angeles. This article is about the television series For the band see Living Colour. Brent Woody Musburger (born May 26, 1939, in Portland Oregon) is an American Sportscaster for the ABC and ESPN Roy Firestone (born on December 8, 1953 in Miami Beach Florida) is a Commentator and Sports Journalist. Steve Edwards (born Steven Edward Schwartz in New York City) is a Los Angeles -based broadcast personality Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
- Walter Cronkite is Chung's hero in journalism. Walter Leland Cronkite Jr (born November 4 1916) is a retired American broadcast journalist, best known as Anchorman for the [8]
- Chung's biggest phobia is disorganization, as a result of her problem with OCD. [8]
References
- ^ Connie Chung bio on IMDb
- ^ World Changers
- ^ Guess Who's Jewish?. The Jewish Ledger (July 24, 2007). Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ Studio Briefing 10 February 2003
- ^ Connie Chung's Serenade Gag A Web Hit
- ^ Papers and Reports
- ^ Connie Chung, The Business of Getting "The Get": Nailing an Exclusive Interview in Prime Time April, 1998. D-28.
- ^ a b Mates: Maury and Connie
External links
- Connie Chung at the Internet Movie Database Retrieved 2008-01-15
- Maury Povich and Connie Chung Discuss Work and Family on Larry King Live
- Lifetime's Intimate Portrait: Connie Chung
- Mates: Maury and Connie - New York Magazine
- "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" for June 22, 2006: Interview with Connie Chung after her farewell song
- Connie Chung, The Business of Getting "The Get": Nailing an Exclusive Interview in Prime TimeApril, 1998. D-28.
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