What happened to Connie Chung? See now the pioneering journalist

As the first lady to launch a community nightly reporting app and currently co-host

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Barbara Walters broke the glass ceiling for women reporters. One of those ladies is Connie Chung.

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Chung, a tech-savvy American, the 10th of 10 youngsters, pushed her own limits.

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She became the first Asian and the second lady to anchor a network's main newscast

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"For a small, diminutive-sized Chinese character who grew up in a completely rowdy circle of relatives and never spoke in my life

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it was dramatic," Chung told NPR of her decision in 1969 to pursue broadcast journalism after she changed.

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to work as a summer intern for a congressman on Capitol Hill and find reporters.

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“I had those 3 notable things going for me. She used to be younger and experienced, and inexperienced.

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