Tanya Mosley

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Let's take a short break. If you're just joining us, my guest is Connie Chung. She's written a new memoir that chronicles her life growing up with her four older sisters and parents who migrated from China. And her career as the first woman and Asian American to anchor a national network news program in the U.S. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air.

Let's take a short break. If you're just joining us, my guest is Connie Chung. She's written a new memoir that chronicles her life growing up with her four older sisters and parents who migrated from China. And her career as the first woman and Asian American to anchor a national network news program in the U.S. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air.

Let's take a short break. If you're just joining us, my guest is Connie Chung. She's written a new memoir that chronicles her life growing up with her four older sisters and parents who migrated from China. And her career as the first woman and Asian American to anchor a national network news program in the U.S. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air.

This is Fresh Air. Today I am talking with trailblazing television journalist Connie Chung. She's written a new memoir about her life and career in television news titled Connie, a memoir.

This is Fresh Air. Today I am talking with trailblazing television journalist Connie Chung. She's written a new memoir about her life and career in television news titled Connie, a memoir.

This is Fresh Air. Today I am talking with trailblazing television journalist Connie Chung. She's written a new memoir about her life and career in television news titled Connie, a memoir.

The book chronicles her parents' harrowing migration from China to the U.S., her first job in television news, breaking major news stories, interviewing luminaries, and how she made history as the first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News and the first Asian to anchor a news program in the United States.

The book chronicles her parents' harrowing migration from China to the U.S., her first job in television news, breaking major news stories, interviewing luminaries, and how she made history as the first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News and the first Asian to anchor a news program in the United States.

The book chronicles her parents' harrowing migration from China to the U.S., her first job in television news, breaking major news stories, interviewing luminaries, and how she made history as the first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News and the first Asian to anchor a news program in the United States.

You mentioned being fired from the CBS Evening News, but it was the day that you were named co-anchor with Dan Rather. You call it the best day of your professional life. It was May 14, 1993, and it was a huge deal because Barbara was the only other woman to ever anchor an evening news program. But this relationship that you had with Dan Rather, how would you describe it?

You mentioned being fired from the CBS Evening News, but it was the day that you were named co-anchor with Dan Rather. You call it the best day of your professional life. It was May 14, 1993, and it was a huge deal because Barbara was the only other woman to ever anchor an evening news program. But this relationship that you had with Dan Rather, how would you describe it?

You mentioned being fired from the CBS Evening News, but it was the day that you were named co-anchor with Dan Rather. You call it the best day of your professional life. It was May 14, 1993, and it was a huge deal because Barbara was the only other woman to ever anchor an evening news program. But this relationship that you had with Dan Rather, how would you describe it?

Well, there were so many rules back then with male and female anchor pairings, one being that men had the upper hand on who even spoke first.

Well, there were so many rules back then with male and female anchor pairings, one being that men had the upper hand on who even spoke first.

Well, there were so many rules back then with male and female anchor pairings, one being that men had the upper hand on who even spoke first.

And you found that out when you were filling in for her on the Today Show.