Connie Chung,

Connie Chung,

Connie Chung, net worth is $15 Million. Also know about Connie Chung, bio, salary, height, age weight, relationship, and more …

Connie Chung, Wiki Biography

  • Constance Yu-Hwa Chung Povich was born in Washington, D.C., USA, on 20 August 1946, the daughter of a Taiwanese diplomat. 
  • She is a journalist, notable for being the first woman to work for the “CBS Evening News” as a co-anchor, and also the first Asian to anchor a major newscast on the American network. 
  • The reporter has an approximate net worth of $15 million, and her money has been made available to numerous TV news networks, including CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, and ABC News. 
  • The career of Chung now amounts to more than 40 years as a journalist and recently as a teacher/lecturer. 
  • In 1969, Connie Chung graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park, and began her career at Washington’s WTTG-TV, where she worked as a reporter. 
  • She became a Washington-based CBS News correspondent in 1971; she secured an exclusive interview with President Richard Nixon during the Watergate crisis, which helped improve her career considerably. 
  • After leaving for Los Angeles, where she worked for KNXT, a CBS affiliate, her fame increased (now KCBS). 
  • In LA, the journalist was also a West Coast anchor for “CBS Newsbriefs.” 
  • Connie Chung signed a deal with CBS in 1989, where she became the host of’ Connie Chung’s Saturday Night.’ 
  • She was the second woman to co-anchor a national news show, the “CBS Evening News,” four years later, in 1993. 
  • The journalist hosted a second project on CBS between 1993 and 1995, a 60-minute show called “Eye to Eye with Connie Chung.” 
  • Chung co-hosted the show “Weekends with Maury and Connie” with her partner, Maury Povich, from January to June 2006. 
  • The show broadcast by MSNBC ended with a controversial last edition dubbed by Chung “a giant self-parody. 
  • Connie Chung is now teaching at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. 
  • She is also the author of the article “The Business of Getting “The Get”: Prime Time Nailing an Exclusive Interview.” 
  • She was a Miss Universe competition judge in 2011. 
  • In 1984, Connie Chung married journalist and television host Maury Povich in her private life. 
  • The pair have an adopted son and two daughters from a previous marriage to Povich. 
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Connie Chung, Quick Info

Full Name Connie Chung
Net Worth $15 Million
Date Of Birth August 20, 1946
Place Of Birth Washington, D.C. USA,
Profession American journalist, correspondent for CBS News, an anchor,
Education University of Maryland, College Park
Nationality American
Spouse Maury Povich (m. 1984-)
Children Matthew Jay Povich
Parents William Ling Chung, Margaret Ma
Siblings Josephine Chen
Nicknames Constance Yu-Hwa Chung Povich,
IMDB www.imdb.com/name/nm0161202
Awards Special Classification for Outstanding News and Documentary Program Achievement – Programs
TV Shows Weekends with Maury and Connie (2006)

Connie Chung, Quotes

  • I was just going at this career – boom, boom, boom! Then all of a sudden, at 38, Oh, my God – I forgot to get married!

Connie Chung, Important Facts

  • She was nominated for the 2016 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts and Letters category.
  • She was nominated for a 2013 New Jersey Hall of Fame for General Services.
  • She received a teaching fellowship at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
  • She 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.
  • The youngest of 10, 5 of whom died in China. She has 4 older living sisters one is Josephine Chen.
  • Met her future husband, Maury Povich, in 1968 at the local TV station in Washington, DC (WTTG), where she was a secretary and he was an anchorman.
  • Attended the University of Maryland, where she first majored in Biology and then switched to Journalism.
  • The only person in history (male or female) to have served as a substitute anchor for all three network nightly newscasts (NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970), CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (1962) and ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (1953)); as well as all three network morning newscasts (Today (1952), CBS This Morning (1987) and Good Morning America (1975)).
  • Daughter-in-law of Shirley Povich.
  • Attended Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring Maryland
  • Newscaster
  • Son, Matthew Jay Povich, adopted in 1995

Connie Chung, Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Murphy Brown 1989 TV Series Connie Chung Actress
Evening Magazine 1977 TV Series series producer – 1 episode Producer
The Insider 2016 TV Series Herself Self
Entertainment Tonight 2014 TV Series Herself Self
The View 2005-2014 TV Series Herself Self
Watch What Happens: Live 2014 TV Series Herself Self
30 for 30 2014 TV Series documentary Herself – CBS News Anchor Self
Nancy & Tonya 2014 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Politics Nation with Al Sharpton 2013 TV Series Herself – Guest Host Self
Clockwork Orange County 2012 Video documentary Herself Self
Miss Universe 2011 2011 TV Special Herself – Judge Self
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 2009 TV Series Herself – Expert Self
Urban Struggle: The Battle of the Cuckoo’s Nest 2008 Video documentary voice Self
Paula’s Party 2008 TV Series Herself Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2006 TV Series Herself Self
The Colbert Report 2006 TV Series Herself Self
Today 2006 TV Series Herself Self
Connie Chung Tonight 2002 TV Series Herself Self
Late Show with David Letterman 1993-2002 TV Series Herself Self
Good Morning America 2002 TV Series Herself – Substitute Co-Host Self
America.01 2001 TV Series Herself / Correspondent Self
Orlan, carnal art 2001 Documentary Herself Self
ABC 2000: The Millennium 1999 TV Movie documentary Self
20/20 1999 TV Series documentary Herself – Contributing Anchor Self
The Rosie O’Donnell Show 1999 TV Series Herself Self
Knife to the Heart 1997 TV Mini-Series documentary Narrator Self
Eye to Eye with Connie Chung 1993 TV Series Herself (Host) (1993-1995) Self
Late Night with David Letterman 1983-1992 TV Series Herself Self
The Howard Stern Show 1990-1992 TV Series Herself Self
Face to Face with Connie Chung 1990 TV Series Herself (Anchor) (1990) Self
Donahue 1985-1990 TV Series Herself Self
The Arsenio Hall Show 1990 TV Series Herself Self
Saturday Night with Connie Chung 1989 TV Series Herself (Anchor) (1989-1990) Self
CBS This Morning 1987 TV Series Herself – Substitute Co-Host (1990-1993) Self
Hour Magazine 1987 TV Series Herself Self
1986 1986 TV Series documentary Herself – Co-Host Self
NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration 1986 TV Special documentary Herself Self
American Almanac 1985 TV Movie Herself Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1985 TV Series Herself Self
NBC News at Sunrise 1983 TV Series Herself – Anchor (1983-1986) Self
CBS Evening News with Dan Rather 1981 TV Series Herself – Substitute Anchor (1989-1995) / Co-anchor (1993-1995) Self
CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite 1975 TV Series Herself – Correspondent Self
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt 1970 TV Series Herself – Substitute Anchor (1983-1989) Self
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir 1953 TV Series Herself – Substitute anchor (1998-2002) Self
The Eighties 2016 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself – CBS News / Herself – NBC News Archive Footage
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words 2016 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown 2015 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
Black Mass 2015 Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Above the Fray: The Lessons of Dukakis ’88 2014 Documentary short Herself Archive Footage
Mad As Hell 2014 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
Killer Legends 2014 Documentary Herself – Newscaster Archive Footage
The ’80s: The Decade That Made Us 2013 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Big Miracle 2012 Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Ethos 2011/I Documentary Herself – CBS News Reporter Archive Footage
30 for 30 2010 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story 2008 Documentary Herself – News Anchor Archive Footage
The O’Reilly Factor 2008 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
911 Amateur 2007 Video documentary short Herself – ABC Reporter Archive Footage
Maxed Out 2006 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
Mademoiselle and the Doctor 2004 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
Tupac: Resurrection 2003 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
Brother’s Keeper 1992 Documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Slaying the Dragon 1988 TV Movie documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage

Connie Chung, Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2000 Emmy News & Documentary Emmy Awards Outstanding News and Documentary Program Achievement – Programs & Segments ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999) Won
2000 Emmy News & Documentary Emmy Awards Outstanding News and Documentary Program Achievement – Programs & Segments ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999) Nominated