Chung in 1973, when she was a reporter in Washington, DC, for CBS News CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
Summary.
Soft-spoken as a child, Chung found her voice as a journalist and in 1993 was named coanchor of the CBS Evening News. In this interview she talks about her determination to climb the ladder, how she navigated sexism in the workplace, and more.
As the youngest of five sisters in a Chinese family—the only one born in the United States—Chung was a soft-spoken child who eventually found her voice in student government and then as one of the first prominent nonwhite female TV news reporters. Her career high came in 1993, when she was made a coanchor of the CBS Evening News, but she held the seat for only two years. She took time off to be a mom, hosted a few other programs, and later settled into retirement. Her memoir, Connie, is out now.
A version of this article appeared in the September–October 2024 issue of Harvard Business Review.