Rental Partner: Earshot Jazz and Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra present
Duke Ellington’s Sacred Music
A Timeless Celebration of Jazz
Rental Partner: Seattle Arts & Lectures presents
Stories from the Career of a Legendary Journalist
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Presented by Seattle Arts & Lectures. For questions about this event, please contact grajendran@lectures.org or call (206) 621-2230.
In a sharp, witty, and definitive memoir like no other, iconic trailblazer and legendary journalist Connie Chung delves into her storied career as the first Asian woman to break into an overwhelmingly white, male-dominated television news industry.
All tickets, with the exception of a limited number of Pay What You Can tickets, include a copy of Connie.
Connie Chung is a pioneer. In 1969 at the age of 23, this once-shy daughter of Chinese parents took her first job at a local TV station in her hometown of Washington, D.C. and soon thereafter began working at CBS news as a correspondent. Profoundly influenced by her family’s cultural traditions, yet growing up completely Americanized in the United States, Chung describes her career as an Asian woman in a white male-centered world. Overt sexism was a way of life, but Chung was tenacious in her pursuit of stories – battling rival reporters to secure scoops that ranged from interviewing Magic Johnson to covering the Watergate scandal – and quickly became a household name. She made history when she achieved her dream of being the first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News and the first Asian to anchor any news program in the U.S.
Chung pulls no punches as she provides a behind-the-scenes tour of her singular life. From showdowns with powerful men in and out of the newsroom to the stories behind some of her career-defining reporting and the unwavering support of her husband, Maury Povich, nothing is off-limits – good, bad, or ugly. So be sure to tune in for an irreverent and inspiring exclusive: this is Connie like you’ve never seen her before.
Connie Chung, a pioneer news anchor and reporter was the first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News, the flagship news broadcast on CBS. Connie was only the second woman to anchor any network evening broadcast in television history.
Rental Partner: Earshot Jazz and Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra present
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