Connie Chung's secrets to her success

[@whimsicalhamster88]

She is one of those few people who truly earned the title “trailblazer” without any doubt.

[@edbenti5007]

Not really. She had a lot handed to her because of her connections and the age of affirmative action.

[@whimsicalhamster88]

@@edbenti5007 Don’t you have a hospital in Springfield to harass?

[@kayeherrera3821]

@@edbenti5007 how rude if you don't have anything nice to say say Nothing good night

[@edbenti5007]

@@whimsicalhamster88 My father worked with Connie Chung at KNXT Los Angeles. Look up the name Benti. He had NOTHING good to say about her. She was arrogant, obnoxious and married to a well connected insider. You want a GENUINE FEMALE TRAILBLAZER??? Look up Ruth Ashton Taylor. RUTH ASHTON TAYLOR. Chung couldn't survive the glare of Taylor's accomplishments. Seriously you are being propagandized to buy Chung's "Memoirs".

[@edbenti5007]

@@whimsicalhamster88 No I don't think I would harass a hospital in Ohio as I am a lifelong Democrat. Connie Chung is NOT a trailblazer. RUTH ASHTON TAYLOR WAS A GENUINE TRAILBLAZING FEMALE tv JOURNALIST WHO ACTUALLY HAD JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY AND TALENT. LOOK HER UP.

[@quakekatut8641]

I had a college roommate who was in broadcasting .. she looked up to Connie and her journalistic professionalism. This roommate became a well known news person in Hawaii. It started with Connie Chung!

[@edbenti5007]

My father worked with her at one of her first TV jobs and had nothing good to say about her.

[@mattw4496]

What's her name?

[@drewconway7135]

When I was a kid, one of my Asian neighbors had a daughter named Connie. Now I know why.

[@Lauren_1987]

Connie Chung broke the glass ceiling before we knew the glass ceiling existed.

[@lynnhubbard844]

women have always known the glass ceiling existed---how could we not?

[@RaymondHng]

She broke the bamboo ceiling.

[@elliotssportsgamerpro]

@@lynnhubbard844 no glass woman did not want those jobs back then

[@guysovereign]

It is the complete opposite of that. Connie has used her race to her benefit in her professional and personal life. She didn't break any barriers. She rode the wave and perpetuated stereotypes that work in her favor.

[@mattw4496]

@@RaymondHng 😂...and then some 🤣

[@ushondaw]

Love Connie!! ❤ This story brought tears to my eyes! She is a true legend!!

[@edbenti5007]

There are greater legends than Chung in the news biz. My father, who anchored the first hour long TV news broadcast in history worked with her in Los Angeles and had nothing good to say about her.

[@DonJ1973]

Connie's a legend. I've watched her all the way back to KNXT channel 2 here in Los Angeles years ago. I'm happy to see her and Maury retired and living their lives without any regrets.

[@charitobenipayo9792]

😢😢Delete all from my BLOG post. Too tiresome. 😮

[@JacobElyachar]

What a legend!! So glad Connie Chung is receiving her flowers!

[@maureenpalmquist08]

Connie was my idol as a little girl. I use to take my cassette tape recorder and pretend I was Connie Chung while driving my friends crazy with interviews. So glad this piece was done on her as its long over due.

[@malloryemclaren]

I’m a White Southerner Millennial who grew up with Connie Chung on the CBS Evening News. I think she normalized American multiculturalism beyond white and black to a degree that isn’t properly acknowledged like it needs to be. I was crestfallen when Connie left (was fired from) the CBS Evening News and regret they did that to her, for her sake and ours.

[@brennymcphees7557]

Segments like this are why I still watch CBS Sunday Morning.

[@SamMcKinley]

Great story: Jane, Charles, Connie all legends

[@pamelamays4186]

Two legends. Two trailblazers. These two opened up so many doors.

[@dalededen]

I remember Connie locally on the news when I was a kid in the 70s. She really earned it. What a moving story thank you.

[@3l3llala13]

Amazing backstory on Connie Chung. I hav a new level of respect for her now.

[@romstar]

" I just plowed forward like I knew what I was doing" 😭 The story of my life! 😂❤😂😅

[@chuckxu5910]

Connie was a great reporter, because she never reported any fake news 🗞️

[@realbrown3723]

Another good interview Jane.

[@MM-cy1tc]

She is a true icon! I have loved her for so long!

[@MrVatera]

Can't get enough of this! It should be a movie about the life of Connie Chung!

[@victorblock3421]

I'd sleep like a baby through that!

[@laurabustinza9526]

She is so beautiful 😍

[@teamcougars]

Connie and Barbara are truly icons of women in journalism ❤❤

[@rxtf]

Ms. Chung is a national treasure.

[@margieerwin5798]

Connie Chung, you still rock! You did know what you were doing back then and it took you on a four decade career.

[@mallorygraf8574]

Wow! I've been watching her since I was a kid and she made it look so easy.😮 I'm buying her memoir ASAP!

[@mattw4496]

Think I'll buy it, too!

[@jcd110681]

What an amazing women. Such class. ❤

[@SamanthaStevenson76]

That was so nice. It brought tears to my eyes. Thank you Connie.

[@franciscoleal6339]

She's so cool and inspiring

[@tobechukwuolumba7337]

Chung is a wonderful journalist! Since she joined Dan Rather in 1993, she anchored "Eye to Eye" until Spring 1995 when the Rather-Brokaw-Jennings era came back to light. She is a powerful woman going from one step to the next.

[@Josh_Fredman]

I remember watching her on the news when I was a kid! One of the few faces and names I remember. I never appreciated as a child just how hard she had to work to become what she did, in that "snake pit" of sexism and racism as she put it. Goes to show that our passion and our commitment can make us want to climb some very difficult hills in life. I loved that bit at the end about her meeting all the young Connies. What an epic life!

[@banghuynh9840]

Awesome story. I definitely would name my kid Connie if I had a daughter. Hard work and not afraid. Connie is truly legend.

[@DCGuy1997]

Great interview. I've always enjoyed Connie. A little backstory on NBC News at Sunrise and Connie's arrival at NBC News in 1983. NBC originally offered Sunrise to Jessica Savitch but Savitch thought NBC was trying to "bury her in the mornings" and she thought they would take away her primetime news updates because of the hours. Much to Savitch's horror, NBC not only gave Connie Sunrise and some of Jessica's primetime news breaks, but they also gave Connie Jessica's Saturday Nightly News anchor slot which Savitch had fronted for 7 years. It was a really bad year for Savitch career wise. Then sadly, Savitch died in a freak car wreck in the fall of 1983.

[@davidsharp3110]

Great story Jane! CBS Sunday Morning, been watching since it's debut at WJKW-TV Cleveland, the CBS affiliate in 1978.

[@margo3367]

I teared up suddenly. Love Connie and love this interview. ❤✌️

[@hmparentlll]

A true American treasure!!!

[@dominique217]

I loved this story. Thank you for sharing. ❤

[@gnoekus]

Oh the interview with Connie is too short, I was hoping for more ... :-) Love love love.

[@mattw4496]

Yes, especially the part about getting fired after only such a short time as co-anchor with Dan Rather. It reminds me of how Ann Curry was fired just one year after joining Matt Lauer as co-host on _Today._

[@Hope-w5l]

What a treat today ??? Connie Chung and Jane Pauley !!! Women of " Every Generation ".

[@stephaniejames4940]

Grew up watching Connie Chung. And she was always gorgeous.

[@bigpoppa5732]

Before she was international, she was on the local news in Sacramento's KCRA

[@lutomson3496]

I watched her in sacramento

[@giancarlo333]

Pioneers are always the toughest! 💪🏻

[@ELEKTRARE]

Connie is legendary & Iconic 😊❤❤

[@graysonburkhart]

American Legend ❤

[@dondoyle8474]

One of the last REAL Journalists….

[@Sunshine-do3yv]

Smart cookie wih a tenacious spirit 📸📸😎

[@KazzrieNeval]

Wow! She was a role model for all women. Thank you!

[@ShirleyDeeDesigns]

I miss seeing Connie on TV. I can’t explain it but she brings a sense of security to me.

[@kayeherrera3821]

God bless you I've always enjoyed Connie on the news 📰 enjoy your awesome life 🐞🌻🦋😇💐 you've always shine bright 🔆 like a diamond 🔹

[@CapriceSoulsister67]

What a great profile on an amazing woman. She stood by herself.

[@teamcougars]

Connie and Barbara are truly icons and pioneers of women in journalism ❤❤I definitely remember the interview with Magic Johnson Connie did

[@trudim8933]

My mom loved Jane Paula and Connie Chung. She was a tough lady in her own right and knew the struggle women in that generation had. In the late 70s, her civil service job at an air base dining hall ended and she was given the option of a clerical job or a job in the motor pool, fixing vehicles. She took the motor pool job and built a reputation for a no- nonsense person who worked hard and knew her job. Her co-workers respected her and to this day, when I run into them, they light up when I mention mom. When she was dying of cancer, a couple co-workers from the motor pool took a test drive in a vehicle and came to see her. She was confined to a hospital bed at that point. When they were leaving, the vehicle wouldn’t start. We opened the window and mom was yelling out the window what they should try next to fix it and they got it started. 😂. Thank you for this interview with Connie and Paula. I respect both of them and they brought back memories of my mom, who would have fit right with them.

[@kathleenhenselder5846]

She has always been a class act

[@lindaflesch7303]

I've sure missed her!

[@mililaniman]

I admire Connie's Chung adroit acumen and tenacity.

[@creativelady37]

I loved watching her!

[@yankeedoodledarling9232]

She's wonderful!

[@KXV237]

I remember I chose her as the icon to write about in an Elementary project. There were card stock pictures and a little description written about the many of icons from Martin Luther King to Jack Robinson and I chose her. I chose Connie because I look like her and aspire to be like her. I was truly fascinated by her and her tenacity to overcome so many barriers. I’m 43 now, but I still admire her so much and would often wonder about her. Thank you for this piece.

[@chicagochicago8682]

her chemistry with david letterman on his old nbc show was amazing too

[@MrBobbyjr57]

the best!

[@sfmagnolia]

Wow, this is so beautiful.

[@kwangxayprasith8240]

Good interview

[@elnoratenawebbphd7047]

Yes... "Work Hard, Be Brave, Take Risks!" - Connie Chung

[@leonhank4448]

Amazing journey

[@kevinfoster2884]

Always admired her reporting & amazing work ethic.

[@AmericanBuying]

You gotta love Connie

[@minhhoata661]

She makes us proud!

[@darcicali7693]

I ❤❤❤❤❤ her. She is a legend 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@hilliaryk]

love her.

[@elleb1326]

Connie deserved a longer career

[@mattw4496]

Jealousy and prejudice prevails in that industry

[@agoogleuseragoogleuser9349]

And just like that, I teared up at the end of this piece too. ♥

[@alexwells9948]

What i remember about Connie Chung is that she co-anchored with Dan Rather on the CBS Evening News in 1993 to 1995

[@Lauren_1987]

What 8 minutes and 53 seconds for a legendary news icon? Connie Chung deserved more than 8 minutes. How about 15 or 20 minutes next time around.

[@rwboa22]

Should have had the entire episode.

[@robzphotoz5465]

Legendary ❤

[@jamielunes1841]

Good to see her

[@vcrcooking]

She blazed her trail right over a cliff.

[@chidilove8394]

Beautiful interview

[@TrishRyan-ey8go]

So so sorry Maryland University wasn’t good to you! Us Marylanders love YOU Connie❤❤❤

[@deeprose8598]

The American dream-perfect!

[@TaylorMMontgomery]

damn everyone is getting old. two legends, Jane and Connie

[@commandoxy]

A success story. Only in America.

[@privatename3621]

How on Earth does Maury Povitch look almost exactly the same as he did 20 years ago? Connie has aged appropriately, but Maury looks like he just walked off the set from an 1998 show. That's so crazy!

[@romstar]

Magic Johnson looks so handsome in that interview ❤❤😢

[@stephenhawkins9476]

SHE WAS A TOTAL STUNNER.✨🪞👑

[@Chrisoula17]

I just love Connie. A legend and trailblazer. I’ve been watching her since I was a little girl.

[@shuaiwenleonsong1188]

She was just stunning .

[@jc9109]

Beautiful, elegant lady.

[@ChristianJacquet9]

I’m 62 , nearing retirement, but my plans are in disarray. I have a 30k annuity and a depleted 401(k) with only 150k left, leaving me uncertain about my financial future. Considering my circumstances, would it be wise to seek the guidance of a financial advisor to help me get back on track and make the most of my resources?

[@KevinCollins09]

With everything going on, consider financial advsr … that is okay. You can get your money to work for you. but I would say delay retirement a little.

[@ChristianJacquet9]

I have heard how they can help you make the best decisions and to be honest I don’t want to lose anymore money or I will have to work a job in retirement to sustain for God knows how long.

[@richolman6800]

And what if that is all you have, even with SS you may not have enough to retire with. If you opt to work with a financial adviser, Dyor, make sure they are certified from AARP or FINRA.

[@don_hug]

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[@ChristianJacquet9]

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[@Fishing4life1997]

Marlan Brando - “Everybody in this life is an actor.”

[@mattw4496]

I beg to differ

[@pw6787]

I love connie she was a legend!

[@debracarlson5511]

Connie, I hope you read this. I am 71, and I always thought you were a success. In fact, just the other day, I was wondering what happened to Connie Chung.

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

You thought she was a success?

[@sambrownsings]

I just love Connie Chung

[@LanceHall-m3n]

She is one spunky trailblazer

[@MattLeger]

Connie Chung and Jane Pauley were both part of the first wave of female television journalists. They showed women it was really possible to succeed even in a profession filled to bursting with sexist, racist, self-important men...and showed those men that women really could do their job just as well, if not better. Small wonder so many Asian American women named their girl children after Connie. Congratulations and thanks to her and her husband for four decades of hard work and excellence.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Trailblazer🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@cdetrixhe]

I remember her trailblazing career changing coverage of the bombing of OKC.

[@DaGypsyInme]

😢 God bless u.

[@user-bf5ik2sq5e]

💙💙💙

[@Sunn777]

Montana! I went to school in Dillon about 4 decades ago.

[@stanbalo]

Bobby Lee as Connie Chung in Mad TV ❤❤❤

[@kgraham5820]

If young women think life isn’t fair and they’re living "in a man's world" NOW, they are sadly mistaken! The timeframe CC is referring was much, much more difficult and complicated for a woman to maneuver. Comparatively speaking, women today have it much easier because of the women who came before them!

[@2legit2quit4u]

She is a great journalist.

[@ManChan-w5p]

I remember seeing her as a child thinking they made a mistake because she belong on sino television. Being born in Tsuen Wan.