Connie Chung Biography
Connie Chung is an American journalist who has worked as an anchor and reporter for the television news networks NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC in the United States. As part of CBS Evening News in 1993, she became only the second woman to co-anchor a network newscast. She was fired in 1995 after a contentious interview with a firefighter during the Oklahoma City bombing that appeared inappropriately combative.
How old is Connie Chung? – Age
She is 74 years old as of 20 August 2020. She was born Constance Yu-Hwa Chung in 1964 in Washington, D.C., United States.
Connie Chung Family
Chung, the youngest of ten children, was born and raised in Washington, D.C., less than a year after her family emigrated from China. Her father, William Ling Chung, was a Chinese Nationalist Government intelligence officer, and five of her siblings died during the war.
Connie Chung Husband
Since 1984, she has been married to talk show host Maury Povich. Chung converted to Judaism shortly after marrying Povich.
How old is Connie Chung’s son?
Their adopted son Matthew Jay Povich was born in the United States in 1995, so he is around 22 or 23 years old.
Connie Chung Net Worth
Connie has an estimated net worth of $80 Million.
What is Connie Chung’s salary?
She is said to be earning a salary of $2 million per year.
Connie Chung Career
Chung worked as a Washington correspondent for the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite during the Watergate political scandal in the early 1970s. Chung later left to anchor evening newscasts for KNXT, the network’s Los Angeles owned and operated station. During her time at KNXT, Chung also hosted the network’s primetime news updates for West Coast stations from the KNXT studios in Columbia Square. Chung returned to network news in 1983 as the anchor of NBC’s new early show, NBC News at Sunrise, which was scheduled as a lead-in to the Today show. She also hosted NBC Nightly News on Saturdays and filled in for Tom Brokaw on weeknights. She also co-hosted two NBC newsmagazines, American Almanac and 1986, which she co-created with Roger Mudd.
In 1989, Chung left NBC to co-anchor the CBS Sunday Evening News with Dan Rather. In 1993, she became the second woman, following Barbara Walters with ABC in 1976 to become a national news anchor on a major network’s national weekday news broadcast. Chung later moved to ABC, where she co-hosted the Monday edition of 20/20 with Charles Gibson and began doing independent interviews, which became her trademark.In the aftermath of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, Chung was widely chastised for his sarcasm. “Can the Oklahoma City Fire Department handle this?” she inquired of an Oklahoma City fire department spokesman. Many Oklahomans thought the question was inappropriate for the situation. Following public outcry and Dan Rather’s complaints, Chung was given the option of resigning or moving to weekend or morning anchor. Chung left CBS after being fired as co-anchor of CBS Evening News.
Chung joined ABC News in 1997 as a reporter on 20/20, where she co-hosted the Monday edition of the show with Charles Gibson. In 2001, she appeared on Primetime Thursday with Gary Condit, focusing on his relationship with murdered Washington, D.C. intern Chandra Levy. She appeared as a guest host on Good Morning America after Lisa McRee left the show. Connie Chung hosted her own CNN show, Connie Chung Tonight, for a short time. Despite the network’s efforts to hype her arrival, her show was widely panned by critics. Her show did moderately well in the ratings, but it was canceled when the Iraq War began in 2003.
Chung was the first journalist to speak with NBA player Earvin “Magic” Johnson after he revealed he was HIV-positive. Chung’s interviews were mostly gentle, but they were frequently punctuated by a barrage of sharp questions. Chung and Maury Povich began hosting Weekends with Maury and Connie on MSNBC in January 2006. The show was later canceled, with the final episode airing on June 17, 2006. On the internet, video clips of the off-key farewell performance circulated. Chung served as a judge for the Miss Universe 2011 pageant. During the war, she was forced to read the news every hour. The network reacted by canceling her show, despite the fact that her contract had not yet expired.