Connie
A Memoir
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Connie Chung
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Connie Chung
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In a sharp, witty, and definitive memoir like no other, iconic trailblazer and legendary journalist Connie Chung delves into her storied career as the first Asian woman to break into an overwhelmingly white, male-dominated television news industry.
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.
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- 19-01-25
Delightful listen....honest.thought provoking.
....I move towards the end of the book when, I feel, Connie starts absorbing what matters. what doesn't. I bore people saying it but I believe without the lowest of lows and highs in-between, you can not evolve. secondly, the song she sang when the hubby and her show went off the air, that was far more relative to the meaning of life...not her regret.
I live in lower middle class, have far less and missed the mark on career dreams but what would say are my failures and mistakes and wrong choices are actually what makes the simple life I have at 70 understood with gratitude and all I might wish I could have as just....just life!!!! wonderful book, wonderful life and living guidance for so many!!!
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