Connie : a memoir / Connie Chung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chung, Connie, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chung, Connie, 1946-.

Chung, Connie.

Women television journalists--United States--Biography.

Women television journalists.

Asian American women--Biography.

Asian American women.

Television broadcasting of news--United States--History.

Television broadcasting of news.

Television journalists--United States--Biography.

Television journalists.

Genre:

autobiographies (literary genre)

Informational works.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 325 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group, 2024.

Summary:

"In an industry dominated by white men, Connie Chung stood alone, the first and only Asian woman to break into the television news industry. This is her extraordinary story, told with incisive wit and remarkable candor. Connie Chung is a pioneer. In 1969 at the age of 23, this once-shy daughter of Chinese parents took her first job at a local TV station in her hometown of Washington, D.C. and soon thereafter began working at CBS news as a correspondent. Profoundly influenced by her family's cultural traditions, yet growing up completely Americanized in the United States, Chung describes her career as an Asian woman in a white male-centered world. Overt sexism was a way of life, but Chung was tenacious in her pursuit of stories - battling rival reporters to secure scoops that ranged from interviewing Magic Johnson to covering the Watergate scandal - and quickly became a household name. She made history when she achieved her dream of being the first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News and the first Asian to anchor any news program in the U.S. Chung pulls no punches as she provides a behind-the-scenes tour of her singular life. From showdowns with powerful men in and out of the newsroom to the stories behind some of her career-defining reporting and the unwavering support of her husband, Maury Povich, nothing is off-limits - good, bad, or ugly. So be sure to tune in for an irreverent and inspiring exclusive: this is CONNIE like you've never seen her before"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Male envy

Tradition

The exodus

Another girl

Beginning to break out

Makeup, beer and boys

The doctor

"You'll never make it in this business"

Channel 5 family

CBS: Connie's Big Start

Good girl / bad girl

Three-martini lunch

Watergate

Rocky

Go West, young woman!

Ch-ch-ch changes

Maury

NBC : Nobody But Connie

CBS: Connie's Big Shot

Getting the get

Baby track

Dream job

I'd rather not

The art of the spin

Oklahoma tragedy

The ax

Matthew

Harvard

ABC : Anybody But Connie

Catharsis

Living legacy.

Notes:

Chinese American Librarians Association Annual Best Book Award - Adult Non-fiction, Winner, 2025

ISBN:

9781538766989

1538766981

OCLC:

1437542522