Connie Chung discusses her memoir and trailblazing TV career

The iconic trailblazing news anchor and reporter Connie Chung joined “Arizona Horizon” to discuss her new book, “Connie: A Memoir.”

Chung is a former national TV anchor and correspondent for CBS, CNN, NBC, ABC and MSNBC. Chung first joined CBS in 1971, where she worked with Walter Cronkite reporting national news.

Chung dove into her storied career as the first Asian woman to break into an overwhelmingly white, male-dominated television news industry.

Chung recalled when her husband, Maury Povich, used to tell her she was the Jackie Robinson of the news. She never believed him until her discovery of the “sisterhood of Connies,” in which Asian baby girls were being named after her. “I couldn’t believe it,” Chung said. “I see it as a living legacy.”

The renowned former news anchor credits her supportive husband for much of her success and ability to get through the hard times.

“When I would come home, he would say, ‘Do I need to remove all the sharp objects from the kitchen?’ I’d say, ‘Yeah, I think so,” Chung said. Povich had this mantra in which he would say, ‘Don’t take whatever XY and Z said to you seriously. Don’t take the critics seriously. Take your work seriously, and don’t take yourself seriously.’ I thought all of that was quite good advice.”

In her sharp, witty and definitive memoir, Chung provides a behind-the-scenes tour of her singular life. She will appear at the Piper Repertory Theater on Saturday, September 21, 2024, at 3 p.m.