Tanya Mosley

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This is Fresh Air. I'm Tanya Mosley. And today my guest is award-winning journalist Connie Chung. She's written a new memoir about her life and career in television news. She takes us in the book behind the scenes of her news career, from the showdowns with powerful men to the stories behind some of her career-defining reporting.

This is Fresh Air. I'm Tanya Mosley. And today my guest is award-winning journalist Connie Chung. She's written a new memoir about her life and career in television news. She takes us in the book behind the scenes of her news career, from the showdowns with powerful men to the stories behind some of her career-defining reporting.

This is Fresh Air. I'm Tanya Mosley. And today my guest is award-winning journalist Connie Chung. She's written a new memoir about her life and career in television news. She takes us in the book behind the scenes of her news career, from the showdowns with powerful men to the stories behind some of her career-defining reporting.

In 1993, Chung became the first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News. And a few years ago, Chung learned about a phenomenon. From the late 70s through the mid-90s, Asian American parents, inspired by seeing Chung on TV, named their daughters Connie, forming the Connie Generation. You know, Connie, your career...

In 1993, Chung became the first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News. And a few years ago, Chung learned about a phenomenon. From the late 70s through the mid-90s, Asian American parents, inspired by seeing Chung on TV, named their daughters Connie, forming the Connie Generation. You know, Connie, your career...

In 1993, Chung became the first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News. And a few years ago, Chung learned about a phenomenon. From the late 70s through the mid-90s, Asian American parents, inspired by seeing Chung on TV, named their daughters Connie, forming the Connie Generation. You know, Connie, your career...

It's not a straight line in that you had to play offense and defense and you had to be strategic to get the big stories in the interviews. And many times you won. That's why you're so successful. You got what you wanted, but it was never a straight line to get there. And one of the things that you really struggled with is being put on the celebrity beat.

It's not a straight line in that you had to play offense and defense and you had to be strategic to get the big stories in the interviews. And many times you won. That's why you're so successful. You got what you wanted, but it was never a straight line to get there. And one of the things that you really struggled with is being put on the celebrity beat.

It's not a straight line in that you had to play offense and defense and you had to be strategic to get the big stories in the interviews. And many times you won. That's why you're so successful. You got what you wanted, but it was never a straight line to get there. And one of the things that you really struggled with is being put on the celebrity beat.

Yet your news bosses felt like you were the one to do those, especially in the 90s. You were assigned to cover like the OJ murder trial and the Nancy Kerrigan and Tanya Harding skating fiasco, these assignments were like an indication of something bigger happening in network television news. There was kind of this shift towards sensationalized journalism and this, like,

Yet your news bosses felt like you were the one to do those, especially in the 90s. You were assigned to cover like the OJ murder trial and the Nancy Kerrigan and Tanya Harding skating fiasco, these assignments were like an indication of something bigger happening in network television news. There was kind of this shift towards sensationalized journalism and this, like,

Yet your news bosses felt like you were the one to do those, especially in the 90s. You were assigned to cover like the OJ murder trial and the Nancy Kerrigan and Tanya Harding skating fiasco, these assignments were like an indication of something bigger happening in network television news. There was kind of this shift towards sensationalized journalism and this, like,