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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Vendit™ who wrote (1223)	11/8/2000 9:16:43 PM
From: sandintoes	Respond to of 6710

Rather said that Connie should read a book! Like he has any room to talk! abcnews.go.com Co-anchor, 20/20 Connie Chung, a veteran broadcast journalist, joined ABCNEWS in November 1997. During her more than 28 years as a reporter and anchor, Chung has traveled extensively across the United States and abroad to report on a wide range of topics and to interview an extraordinary array of newsmakers. Chung began her journalism career in 1969 in her hometown of Washington, D.C., where she worked at WTTG-TV, first as a copy person and later as news writer and ultimately, news reporter. She joined CBS News in 1971 as a national correspondent based in Washington. While at CBS, she covered the 1972 Presidential campaign of George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic National Convention, Watergate, the Vice Presidency of Nelson Rockefeller, Capitol Hill and politics in general. In addition, she traveled overseas to report on the Nixon/Brezhnev SALT I talks and on President Nixon’s final trip to the Middle East. In 1976, Chung moved to Los Angeles, where she spent seven years as an anchor at KNXT-TV (now KCBS), the CBS-owned station there. In 1983, she joined NBC News as a correspondent and anchor. Her assignments at NBC included anchoring the Saturday edition of the NBC Nightly News, NBC News at Sunrise, NBC News Digests, several primetime specials and a news magazine. While at NBC News, Chung often served as a substitute anchor for NBC Nightly News. She was a floor correspondent at the 1984 political conventions and a podium correspondent during the 1988 conventions, and provided political reporting and analysis during the presidential campaigns and elections. Chung rejoined CBS News in 1989 as anchor and correspondent on Saturday Night with Connie Chung and also anchored the Saturday edition of the CBS Evening News. In 1990, she became the anchor and senior correspondent for the Emmy Award-winning CBS News primetime series, Face to Face with Connie Chung. During this time, Chung conducted a series of exclusive interviews, including the first and only national television interview of Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the Exxon Valdez; and the first interview with L.A. Lakers star Magic Johnson after his announcement that he was HIV-positive. She was also the first network television correspondent to report on the controversy over testing rapists for AIDS, for which she earned the American Bar Association’s 1991 Silver Gavel Award. From 1993 to 1995, Chung was co-anchor of the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and Connie Chung, and anchor and correspondent on Eye to Eye with Connie Chung. During this time, she covered the historic Israeli/PLO signing ceremony at the White House, the Israeli/Jordan signing ceremony in the Middle East; and she obtained an exclusive interview with Chinese leader Li Peng, five years after the massacre at Tiananmen Square. Chung was a floor reporter for CBS News during the 1992 national political conventions and provided analysis during election-night coverage in 1990, 1992 and 1994. During 1997, Chung was a fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She has received three Emmy Awards, including two for Best Interview/Interviewer. In addition, she is the recipient of a George Foster Peabody Award and honors from American Women in Radio and Television, and many other organizations. Chung graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in journalism. She is married to Maury Povich and lives with him and their son, Matthew, in Manhattan.