Birth Name: | Constance Yu-Hwa Chung Povich |
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Date of Birth: | 20/08/1946 |
Age: | 78 years old |
Nationality: | American |
Net Worth: | $15 Million |
Qualification: | Degree in journalism |
American journalist, Connie Chung net worth has been amassed from her work for news networks like NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC. Connie Chung has been seen in shows like 20/20, Good Morning America, Connie Chung Tonight, Weekends with Maury and Connie, among others.
Connie Chung is a prominent American journalist who is best known for her contribution in the journalism sector. Connie Chung is best known for her work in ABC’s Good Morning America, and CNN’s Connie Chung Tonight. The details of Connie Chung husband, twitter, net worth and more can be found on several social media sites that are continuously observed by her fans all around the world.
Connie was born as Constance Yu-Hwa Chung on August 20, 1946 in Washington, D.C., United States to William Ling Chung who was an intelligence officer in the Chinese Nationalist Government . She spent most of her childhood with her four siblings one of who is Josephine Chen. She is of American nationality.
Connie went on to attend Montgomery Blair High School based in Silver Spring, Maryland. She then joined University of Maryland, College Park from where she graduated with a degree in journalism in 1969.
Connie Chung began her career as a department news secretary in WTTG-TV based in Washington. She then worked as an editor and news reporter. Soon, Connie went on to work for CBS News as a television news correspondent. She has been seen in CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite from 1972 and 1977. Connie then began working for NBC’s Today Show in 1983. For NBC, Connie worked for Nightly News, News Digest, News at Sunrise, American Almanac, and more.
In 1989, Connie went on to work in CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, Saturday Night with Connie Chung, CBS This Morning, Face to Face with Connie Chung, Eye to Eye with Connie Chung as a co-host. In 1997, she went on to work as a correspondent for ABC’s PrimeTime Live. Connie went on to work as a Substitute anchor for ‘ABC Evening News’, ‘Good Morning America’, as an anchor for ‘Vanished’, and more. In 2002, she appeared as a host for Cable News Network’s ‘Connie Chung Tonight’.
Furthermore, Connie Chung has made special appearances in ‘The Baby Business’, ‘Scared Sexless’, ‘David Letterman’s Old-Fashioned Christmas’, and more. In 1988, Connie appeared as a correspondent and anchor for Summer Showcase, Campaign Countdown. In the same year, Connie was seen as an anchor in NBC’s Guns. In 1992, Chung was seen as a co-anchor in America on the Line. Connie Chung appeared in 1997’s miniseries, Knife to the Heart as host and narrator.
Connie has made brief appearances on ‘The Rosie O’Donnell Show’, ‘The Phil Donahue Show’, ‘The View’, ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’, ‘The O’Reilly Factor’, and more. Connie has also been seen in movies like Brother’s Keeper, Boogie Man, and more.
Connie Chung net worth is estimated to be $ 15 million. Connie Chung net worth has been accumulated from her career as an anchor and reporter. Connie Chung net worth resulted from her work in shows like channels like ABC, CNN, CBS, MSNBC, and more. Connie Chung net worth has been high and rising each day with her new endeavors.
Connie Chung age at present is 70. However, Connie Chung age exceeds her looks. The audience adores Connie’s warm smile. Connie Chung married her husband Maury Povich in 1984. The couple has been together since. Connie Chung husband, Maury Povich is a prominent American television presenter. He is known best for his work on the Maury Povich Show. Connie Chung and Maury Povich adopted a son named Matthew Jay Povich. There have been no divorce or extramarital affair rumors till date. She currently resides in New York with her husband.
Connie Chung has been honored many times for her extraordinary contribution in the field of journalism. Connie won a News & Documentary Emmy award in 2000 for Outstanding News and Documentary Program Achievement – Programs & Segments for her work in ABC’s The Millennium. Furthermore, Connie has also received a ‘Metro Area Mass Media Award, Association of American University Women award, National Association of Media Women, Woman of Distinction Award, Golden Slipper Club, Women in Communications Award, Golden Mike Award, Pioneer in Journalism Award, Asian American Journalists Association’, among others.
She is hugely respected for her work. Connie Chung has a huge number of fan following on her social media accounts. Connie Chung bio can be found on many sites. Connie Chung twitter account has details of her triumphant career and her day to day events. The eminent and respected, Connie Chung’s bio can be found on various social media sites like, Wikipedia, Twitter, IMDB, Facebook, and more.
Just remembered that this happened. I miss 2012. #Linsanity @JLin7 pic.twitter.com/z4oO4wTSn3
— Connie Chung (@conniechung) September 19, 2016