Connie Chung on Outwitting the Boys Club

She’s an icon, she’s a legend, and she is the moment. Connie Chung is the trailblazing veteran broadcaster who worked her way up from being a copy-girl at a local news station to anchoring one of the most popular nightly newscasts, CBS Evening News. To get there, she had to make it through the “boys club” of the 70s newsroom. Think: Mad Men, but news. She says it could’ve been worse. But she made it work by being just as confident as they were.

In this episode of 9 to 5ish, Connie shares: 

• The impact of growing up around four strong-willed sisters  
• How she defied the racist and sexist stereotypes men had of her
• Her biggest regret of her career and how she reconciles it now 
• Why getting fired from CBS Evening News proved to be serendipitous
• A cameo from her husband, Maury Povich. Yes, that Maury

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