New icon Connie Chung finally wrote a memoir, and I loved it!

A few months ago, I shared that I really enjoyed reading Connie, A Memoir (2024) by TV news icon Connie Chung. I thought my chances of landing her for an interview were abysmal. Rather, I chose to offer my own analysis of Chung’s legacy and impact.

I’ve had my eye on Connie Chung throughout her career in national news. My research for a 2017 podcast episode, The Women Who Reported Watergate, has stayed with me a long time. Lesley Stahl  and Connie Chung (who still hang out together occasionally) were essentially Affirmative Action hires. And until they arrived, white men filled TV news rooms. Stahl, Chung and Barbara Walters stepped into the fast-paced, transformational Watergate scandal coverage. Technology, these three women and a really big, multi-year story changed TV news.

I love that Connie Chung tells stories of her time with some of the biggest names in TV news. She tells of being in rooms where history was being made. Admittedly, I was heavily influenced by TV news growing up. As we define legacies of pioneering women journalists like news icon Connie Chung, I really enjoyed creating both episodes.