Connie Chung

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Connie Chung

• Frank Tankard
• JOUR 503
• May 9, 2007

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Career Highlights

• Co-anchors CBS Evening
• News with Dan Rather
• Hosts Eye to Eye with
• Connie Chung on CBS
• Co-hosts 20/20 on ABC
• Works for CBS, NBC, ABC
• CNN and MSNBC, mostly on
• magazine shows

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Connies Start

• Begins at WTTG-TV
• in D.C. in 1969
• Joins CBS News in 1971
• as D.C. correspondent
• Covers Watergate
• Co-anchor for L.A. CBS
• affiliate, 1976-1983
• NBC News, 1983-1989

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A Face of 90s News

• Moves to CBS to host Saturday Night with Connie
  Chung,1989
• Cuts work load to try to get pregnant, 1990
• Becomes co-anchor of evening news, 1993

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Dan in Washington, Connie in New York

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vb0fRkfh5kr8

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Anchor Thrown Overboard

• CBS News third in ratings
• Gingrich interview
• Oklahoma City bombing
• coverage
• Problems with Dan Rather
• I now know how Barbara
• Walters felt almost 20 years
• ago.

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Career after CBS

• Hosts 20/20 on ABC, 1998-2002
• Short-lived Connie Chung Tonight, CNN
• Weekends with Maury and Connie, MSNBC
• Popular YouTube video of Connie singing

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Thanks for the Memories

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vAiMvXCp2Qvo

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Legacy for Women

• ''It is obvious that the women
• are generally nice looking. The
• men can be nice looking or
• funny looking.''
• Described by one TV writer
• as intelligent, lively, attractive and
• Personable.
• It's nice to dream, but I don't
• think that any woman will hold a
• nightly news anchor position in
• my lifetime. 1985

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Works Cited

• Associated Press. (1985, July 6). Chung Stars in
  New Show. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved from
  http//global.factiva.com.www2.lib.ku.edu2048/sb/
  default.aspx?NAPCSfcpilen
• Beck, M. and Smith, S.J. (1993, September 13).
  Chung Frets About Careers Effect on Marriage.
  The Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved from
  http//global.factiva.com.www2.lib.ku.edu2048/sb/
  default.aspx?NAPCSfcpilen
• Moore, F. (1995, May 21). CBS Removed Chung as
  Rathers Co-anchor. The Commercial Appeal.
  Retrieved from http//global.factiva.com.www2.lib.
  ku.edu2048/sb/default.aspx?NAPCSfcpilen
• Negra, D.M. (n.d.). Chung, Connie. Retrieved from
  http//www.museum.tv/archives/etv/C/htmlC/chungcon
  nie/chungconnie.htm
• Schwartz, T. (1980, July 27). Are TV Anchormen
  Merely Performers? The New York Times. Retrieved
  from http//global.factiva.com.www2.lib.ku.edu204
  8/sb/default.aspx?NAPCSfcpilen
• Smith, S.B. (1983, August 6). TV Newswomans Suit
  Stirs a Debate on Value in Hiring. The New York
  Times. Retrieved from http//global.factiva.com.ww
  w2.lib.ku.edu2048/sb/default.aspx?NAPCSfcpilen
  
• Voorhees, J. (1985, June 20). Connie Chung is One
  Early Bird Whos Getting the News Viewers. The
  Seattle Times. Retrieved from http//global.factiv
  a.com.www2.lib.ku.edu2048/sb/default.aspx?NAPCS
  fcpilen
• Yandel, G. (1990, July 31). Chung Cuts Workload,
  Plans for Pregnancy. Atlanta Journal. Retrieved
  from http//global.factiva.com.www2.lib.ku.edu204
  8/sb/default.aspx?NAPCSfcpilen