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Connie : a memoir /

In an industry dominated by white men, Connie Chung stood alone, the first and only Asian woman to break into the television news industry. This is her extraordinary story, told with incisive wit and remarkable candor. Connie Chung is a pioneer. In 1969 at the age of 23, this once-shy daughter of Ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chung, Connie, 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Grand Central Publishing, [2024].
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Chung, Connie, > 1946-
Women television journalists > United States > Biography.
Asian American women > Biography.
Television broadcasting of news > United States > History.
Television journalists > United States > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Male envy
  • Tradition
  • The exodus
  • Another girl
  • Beginning to break out
  • Makeup, beer and boys
  • The doctor
  • "You'll never make it in this business"
  • Channel 5 family
  • CBS: Connie's Big Start
  • Good girl / bad girl
  • Three-martini lunch
  • Watergate
  • Rocky
  • Go West, young woman!
  • Ch-ch-ch changes
  • Maury
  • NBC : Nobody But Connie
  • CBS: Connie's Big Shot
  • Getting the get
  • Baby track
  • Dream job
  • I'd rather not
  • The art of the spin
  • Oklahoma tragedy
  • The ax
  • Matthew
  • Harvard
  • ABC : Anybody But Connie
  • Catharsis
  • Living legacy.