Connie Chung

Connie Chung is an American journalist and news anchor who has worked for ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and MSNBC. Born in Washington, D.C., she started at WTTG-TV as a copier and newsroom secretary before becoming a CBS Evening News correspondent in 1971. She later anchored at KNXT in Los Angeles, then returned to network news in 1983 for NBC News at Sunrise and Saturday editions of NBC Nightly News. In 1989 she came back to CBS, hosting Saturday Night with Connie Chung and anchoring CBS Sunday Evening News. In 1993 she co-anchored CBS Evening News, making her the second woman to lead a network newscast. She moved to ABC News in 1997, co-hosting 20/20, and later hosted Connie Chung Tonight on CNN from 2002 to 2003. In 2006 she co-hosted Weekends with Maury and Connie on MSNBC. She was honored with the Hugo Shong Reporting on Asia Award in 2024.