Connie Chung is a veteran journalist and news anchor. She was the first woman and the first Asian-American to co-anchor the CBS Evening News, from 1993-1995. She previously worked as a correspondent for CBS news, a reporter and anchor for KNXT-TV in Los Angeles and NBC News. She has interviewed numerous world leaders and covered breaking news stories from around the globe.
The Business of Getting “The Get”: Nailing an Exclusive Interview in Prime Time
January 1, 1998
A paper by Connie Chung, spring 1997 fellow, provides an insider’s account of a driving force in modern television news: the celebrity interview. Securing such an interview is highly competitive. Chung shows the techniques and strategies journalists use, and the role luck and circumstance sometimes play. Drawing on her own experience as well as that
